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Reviewing Our Defenses, Four Years After 9/11
The fourth anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 is a time of mourning and reflection for all Americans. It is also an opportunity to assess what has been done — and what has not been done — to make our country safer. Since that terrible day, we have been spared another major attack on American…
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After L.A. Terror Bust, Security Boosted
LOS ANGELES — With the indictment of four men in an alleged prison-hatched plot to attack Israeli, Jewish and military targets in Los Angeles, synagogues and Jewish institutions in the area have intensified their security measures in preparation for the High Holy Days. While in this instance the alleged Muslim plotters were caught, thanks partly…
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Netanyahu’s Lead Narrows
TEL AVIV — Two weeks ago, when resigning finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a direct leadership challenge to Prime Minister Sharon, early polls had him leading by close to 17% among the Likud Party members, who will select the party’s candidate for the next elections. Sharon’s situation seemed hopeless, but his associates kept saying they…
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Orthodox Group Ups Criticism of Israel
WASHINGTON — After months of refusing to oppose the dismantling of Jewish settlements in Gaza, the largest Orthodox organization in America is stepping up its criticism of the Israeli government. The Orthodox Union, representing 1,000 congregations in North America, sent an August 31 letter to the Israeli Supreme Court, urging it to forbid Prime Minister…
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Pakistan Confirms Contacts
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said his country has had secret contacts with Israel for at least the past decade, the Pakistan News Wire reported Tuesday. According to the report, Kasuri made the remarks following a meeting of the Pakistani Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in Islamabad on Monday. The report quoted Kasuri as saying…
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Finding Refuge From the Storm, in the Nick of Time
There’s always been a special kind of pride among the Jews of New Orleans. One of America’s oldest Jewish communities, they are a bundle of paradoxes with a genius for survival. Fifteen thousand strong at last count, they thrived for 300 years in a city whose staple foods are shrimp and crab, part of a…
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Chertoff Takes Heat for Slow Response
As the Bush administration finds itself under fire for its slow response to Hurricane Katrina, much of the criticism has focused on a favorite of the Jewish community: Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security. Political leaders, disaster preparedness experts and reporters are all pointing fingers at Chertoff’s leadership. The criticism became especially…
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Hurricane Toughens Fight for Israel Aid
WASHINGTON — As the federal government rushes to fund hurricane-related recovery efforts, pro-Israel activists in Washington are worried that Congress will be reluctant to send Jerusalem the $2.1 billion of additional post- disengagement aid that it is requesting. With New Orleans destroyed and the surrounding region devastated, lawmakers will be hard pressed to explain to…
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Brickner Maintained Commitment to Social Justice
I am deeply saddened by the death last week of Rabbi Balfour Brickner. For two generations — as a pulpit rabbi in Washington, founding the staunchly liberal/progressive Temple Sinai, then on the national staff of the Reform movement, then as a pulpit rabbi again for New York City’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, and since his…
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Newsdesk September 9, 2005
Protester Kills Himself An American-born Israeli who set himself on fire to protest Gaza withdrawal has died. Baruch Ben-Menachem, a recent American immigrant, doused himself in lighter fluid and then ignited himself at his Hebrew-language learning center in Jerusalem last week. He succumbed to his injuries Tuesday. Medics who arrived to treat Ben-Menachem quoted him…
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After Gaza Pullout, Religious Zionists Talk of Crisis
TEL AVIV — Thousands of people arrived in Jerusalem last week to accompany the coffins of 14 former residents of the Gush Katif settlement bloc in Gaza as they were reburied in the capital’s Mount of Olives cemetery. Yisrael Meir Lau, former chief rabbi of Israel, addressed the mourners. “We brought 14 of the Gush…
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