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Former Nixon Aide ‘Pardoned’ By 2 Members of ‘Jewish Cabal’
Lucky for Republican fund raiser Fred Malek — and his bid to buy the Washington Nationals baseball team — Peter Henle and Harold Goldstein are more forgiving than Malek’s old boss, Richard Nixon. Henle and Goldstein were working at the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1971, when Nixon became convinced that a “Jewish cabal” was…
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Fund Honors Cancer Survivors
“In the room today is my wife, Linda, alive because of the work done by [the] Israel Cancer Research Fund,” said high-profile criminal attorney Benjamin Brafman, who served as master of ceremonies at the ICRF’s June 20 Women of Action Luncheon, held in New York City at The Pierre. Honored was Luna Kaufman, who survived…
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Tying the Knot While Rolling the Dice (Correction)
A recent article on Jewish weddings in Las Vegas (“Tying the Knot While Rolling the Dice,” June 24) erroneously suggested that prostitution is legal in Las Vegas. Though legal in a number of Nevada counties, Clark, where Las Vegas is located, is not among them.
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Pro-Palestinian Group To Push Divestment for AFL-CIO
A far-left pro-Palestinian group is seeking to bring a resolution to the floor of the AFL-CIO convention next week demanding that the labor federation divest from Israel Bonds and from companies doing business in Israel, according to Jewish labor activists who hope to counter the measure. The group, Labor for Palestine, failed in an earlier…
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Groups Focus on Court Nominee’s Church-state Views
The National Council of Jewish Women is vowing to oppose President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court, John Roberts, but most other Jewish groups are asking only for a careful questioning. President Bush nominated Roberts, a judge on the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, on Tuesday night. Roberts immediately won wide praise for…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Bald Innuendo: One of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s top crowd pleasers, former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer, is featuring prominently in press reports about the administration leak of the identity of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Fleischer has served as a veritable Bush ambassador to the Jewish community since leaving the administration in 2003. The…
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Israelis Search for New Consensus, Vision
TEL AVIV — Two billboards dominate the Israeli street in these final weeks leading up to the disengagement. One, in the ubiquitous construction cone orange that has become the brand of the anti-disengagement forces, reads, “Jews do not expel Jews.” The other, in the patriotic blue and white that the pro-disengagement groups have chosen as…
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Settlers Vow To Continue Gaza March
KFAR MAIMON, Israel — Days of clashes between anti-disengagement protesters and Israeli police and soldiers ended in an uneasy standoff at midweek, with protesters vowing to continue an illegal march toward Gaza that police just as firmly vowed to prevent. Some 20,000 protesters set out Monday from the Negev town of Netivot, aiming to reach…
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Newsdesk July 22, 2005
FBI Investigates L.A. Plot FBI counterterrorism agents are investigating whether two American Muslim converts planned to attack the Israeli consulate, two synagogues and other targets in Los Angeles. Yariv Ovadia, the Israeli consul for communications and public affairs in Los Angeles, confirmed July 15 that federal agents had warned the consulate of possible threats. “We…
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Despite Controversy, Conference Widens Interfaith Dialogue
The refrain that freedom and democracy are on the march in the Middle East may seem premature, but recent events — like last month’s conference in Qatar on interreligious dialogue — reflect positive and noteworthy changes. The two previous conferences — held in Doha in 2003 and 2004, originally at the initiative of the archbishop…
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Times: Israeli Agents Are in Iraq…Maybe
Buried in the middle of a short July 14 news story about Turkey’s request that Iraq extradite two Islamists held at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, The New York Times made a stunning allegation: Israeli intelligence officials are operating in Iraq. The story, written by the Times correspondent in Istanbul, Sebnem Arsu, mentions in its…
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