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Jerusalem Hoping To See Wish List In U.N. Reforms
UNITED NATIONS — Israel and its supporters are hoping that a comprehensive reform package to be adopted next week during the United Nations General Assembly will open the door to some of the key changes that Jerusalem has been demanding for years. “We see in this General Assembly [what may be a] unique opportunity to…
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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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School Boots Teachers’ Union, Fueling A Debate Among Conservative Rabbis
Just days before the start of classes this week, the trustees of a Conservative Jewish day school in suburban Detroit pulled the plug on its teachers’ union. The controversial move followed an August 16 decision by the State of Michigan Court of Appeals, which said that teachers in religious schools throughout the state do not…
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School Daze
For millions of contemporary American Jewish children, September is back-to-school time. Like their parents and grandparents before them, they approach the first day of class with a mix of anticipation and trepidation: Butterflies in the stomach, my mother called it. Unlike their parents and grandparents, who had little choice in the matter, American Jewish school…
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Orthodox Union Riles Working Moms
The country’s largest Orthodox organization posted an essay on its Web site last week that sharply criticized working mothers. “Let’s shatter the myth [of] a mother who works outside of the home,” Sara Malka Poupko Reichman wrote in an essay titled “Diary of a Professional Mother,” which was posted on the homepage of the Orthodox…
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