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White House Considers Syria Sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is signaling its intention to slap new sanctions on Syria, say congressional sources and Western diplomats. “There is very little doubt in anyone’s mind that more sanctions will soon be imposed,” said a congressional aide who was recently briefed by administration officials. Frustrated by Syria’s failure to block militants from…
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Plea May Affect Aipac Lobbyists’ Cases
WASHINGTON — Jewish organizations are worried that a reported plea bargain involving a former Pentagon official will complicate two former pro-Israel lobbyists’ efforts to defend themselves against charges that they passed on secret information to Israel. The former Pentagon official, Lawrence Franklin, reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing highly classified information to unauthorized…
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Jewish Representative Rises In House’s Republican Ranks
With the indictment of Rep. Tom DeLay, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives, is climbing up the GOP leadership ladder. Cantor — who is chief deputy majority whip, the fourth-ranking House leadership post — is gaining added responsibilities as Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri, the third-ranking…
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Guantanamo Servicemen To Get Holiday Services
Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay may not give Rosh Hashanah a second thought. But if all goes as planned, a rabbi will visit servicemen stationed at the American base as the Jewish New Year begins. Rabbi Melinda Zalma, a newly minted chaplain for the U.S. Navy, will be the sole chaplain during the High Holy…
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Newsdesk October 7, 2005
Navy Chapel Criticized Conservative Catholic activist William Donohue is accusing the Anti-Defamation League and other church-state separation advocacy groups of hypocrisy for not opposing the construction of a large, federally funded synagogue at Maryland’s U.S. Naval Academy. The Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel was inaugurated earlier this month at the Annapolis Naval…
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Conservatives Slap Fund-raising Group
A fledgling American nonprofit group seeking to raise money for non-Orthodox congregations in Israel is meeting stiff resistance from a fund-raising arm of the Conservative movement. The new group, Kehillot B’ Yachad (“Congregations Together”), said it has compiled a 15,000-person e-mail list from contacts listed on synagogue Web sites. KBY is using the list to…
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Dating History
The new Jewish year of 5766 that began this week will be called in Hebrew “Tashsav,” after the four letters, e-q-y-z, whose numerical equivalent is 766. (z in Hebrew numerology equals 400; y, 300; q, 60; and e, 6 — the remaining 5,000 generally being unexpressed, although it can be indicated by putting the letter…
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Yid.Dish: Curried Red Lentil Soup
Note: this recipe makes a very large pot of soup – if you are not feeding a large crowd you can half the recipe or freeze a few portions of the soup. Its great to have individual portions of soup you can pull out of your freezer and take to work, or to have a…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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Newsdesk September 30, 2005
Lulav Shortage Eyed An Orthodox Jewish organization and a New York congressman were working with the government of Egypt this week to forestall a shortage of ritual palm fronds, called lulavs, as the holiday of Sukkot approached. The Washington representative of Agudath Israel of America, Abba Cohen, and Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, were…
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FORWARD FORUM Since the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was established 55 years ago, the number of Palestinians registered on its dole has expanded exponentially. What was originally intended as a temporary agency has become a vast entitlement program, feeding, housing and clothing tens of thousands of people and providing free…
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