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Experts Debate ‘Ticking-bomb’ Torture
As debate over the use of torture spreads from Iraq to Europe to Washington, new questions are being raised about the validity of the claim that harsh interrogation techniques can be effective in extracting information on impending terrorist attacks. The subject, known to experts as the “ticking-bomb scenario,” surfaced in a high-level debate last month…
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Anti-immigration Bill Pits Jewish GOPers Against House Hard-liners
With the passage this week by the House of Representatives of tough new anti-immigration legislation, political observers are warning of a growing rift on the issue between moderate Republicans allied to the White House and party hard-liners in the House. The House passed the bill in a largely party-line vote, with 36 Democrats joining the…
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Poll: 70% of Jews Oppose Iraq War
Approximately 70% of Jews in the United States oppose the war in Iraq, compared to 28% who support the war, according to a survey released this week by the American Jewish Committee. The survey indicates that 60% of American Jews do not agree with the way the administration is “handling the campaign against terrorism.” Support…
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Christian Right Leader Warns Foxman on Israel
According to one prominent Christian evangelical, support for Israel may go on the chopping block if Jewish leaders persist in publicly criticizing the religious right. Don Wildmon, president of the evangelical American Family Association, had sharp words for the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, during the December 5 broadcast of his daily…
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L.A. Rabbi Will Not Seek Seminary Post
A leading candidate for the top job at the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism has announced he will not seek the post, and will instead remain the rabbi of a prominent congregation in Los Angeles. Rabbi David Wolpe was rumored to be a front-runner in the race to find a new chancellor for New York’s…
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Yiddish Writer Ikhil Shraibman, 93
OBITUARY Yiddish prose master Ikhil Shraibman died on December 9 in Kishinev, Moldova. He was 93. Shraibman’s life and work were rooted in Bessarabia, a Romanian-speaking section in eastern Moldova that was home to a dynasty of important Yiddish and Hebrew writers. His literary debut was at age 17. When a novel of his, published…
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U.S., Israel Seek To Delay P.A. Elections
WASHINGTON — Alarmed by growing indications that the Islamist organization Hamas might win the upcoming elections for the Palestinian Authority’s legislative council, the Bush administration and Israel are exploring possible ways to postpone the elections. The elections are currently scheduled for January 25. According to diplomatic sources in Washington, administration officials have discussed possibilities for…
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Columnist Takes Heat for Mideast Views
TORONTO—When Canadian Friends of Peace Now awarded columnist Shira Herzog its first annual Journalism Peace Prize last week, it reinforced a remarkable makeover of her image in Canada’s Jewish community. Herzog, who won the award from the Jewish peace group for her monthly columns on the Middle East in the Globe and Mail newspaper, was…
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Sharon: Indispensable, Not Indestructible
TEL AVIV — After holding its collective breath for two long hours this past Sunday night, waiting for news of Ariel Sharon’s health, Israel appeared to shrug off the prime minister’s mild stroke as a passing incident and returned to normal. Beneath the nonchalance, however, was a palpable uncertainty. The stroke reminded Israelis that Sharon…
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Et tu, Wex?
Why is it that in the English language there are so many popular books about Yiddish as opposed to, say, French, Portuguese, Turkish or Hindi? And why is it that these books are invariably humorous in tone, as if Yiddish were somehow an intrinsically cute or hilarious language? For instance, log on to Amazon’s Web…
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Hit Video Births a Sequel
The latest buzz at Tot Shabbat — and isn’t there always a grape juice-induced buzz? — is about a video that’s equal parts Baby Einstein, Jewish camp sing-along and JCC preschool fare. “OyBaby,” a half-hour of gentle Jewish songs, giddy kiddies, cheerful puppets and Hebrew vocabulary, has been quietly finding its way into the playrooms…
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