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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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Liberal Groups Split With Allies Over Roberts
WASHINGTON — As church-state activists launched their harshest assault yet on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, they criticized Jewish organizations that have refused to join the fight. In one of the strongest attacks on Roberts, the Washington-based interest group Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued a report stating that the nominee’s record…
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Two ‘Cheesy’ Dudes Bring Epicureanism to the Masses
It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday. Jon Mizrachi and Dan Grenke are ready for class. Their students are gathered in a circle, eyeing the vocabulary lists they’ve been given, taking in the focus of the evening’s lesson — yellow, crumbly, even a little stinky — sitting in front of them on a thick, black slab….
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Jewish Terror Wave Puts Israel on Alert
TEL AVIV — Shortly after 3 a.m., on the evening of August 19, a resident of Rehovot called the local fire department station to report a fire in a nearby field. Then a neighbor reported a strong smell of gas coming from below his apartment. The firemen who rushed to the scene, about 15 miles…
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Job Hunt: Choosing the Right White Coat
I am 32 years old, and it’s time to decide what I want to be when I grow up. I do have things narrowed down somewhat: I want to be a doctor. But what kind? I don’t have the luxury of thinking it over much longer. The time has come to apply to residency programs…
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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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