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New for Conservative Jews: Passover at Beach
The brochure promises the most lavish of vacation getaways. The hotel, gleaming with white walls, features a 60-foot glass atrium, a pool cascading with waterfalls, ocean views and access to five-star tennis courts. When it’s time to escape from the rigors of relaxing, afternoon tea or a massage are close at hand. But that’s not…
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The Goat of Berditchev (or Every Jew Must Have a Goat)
Walking under the tall black pines of the two-acre parcel he’d carved out for himself in what would soon become suburban America, the Berditchever got it into his head that what his young, newly-settled family needed was a milking goat, one little goat he could purchase for two twenties. It would be just the thing,…
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Energy Bill Worries Some Observant Jews
The April 15 article “Energy Bill Worries Some Observant Jews” contained an error about the measure at hand. Under the proposed measure, an amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, clocks would be moved up on the first Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of November. In the April 8 article…
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Sharon: No Unilateral Plan For Second Disengagement
JERUSALEM — Buoyed by American support for his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, Prime Minister Sharon reportedly is considering a second unilateral “disengagement” meant to determine Israel’s permanent borders. Though Sharon denies such a plan, and President Bush continues to insist on a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian agreement based…
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Gaza Expects Flood of Tourists, Some of Whom Will Stay
JERUSALEM — The beachfront Jewish settlements of southern Gaza, long a popular Passover getaway destination among religious Israelis, are expecting a bumper tourism season this week. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to throng the region’s guest houses and campsites during the weeklong vacation. But not all of them are planning on going home…
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Campaign Offers Support for Diplomacy
WASHINGTON — The chairman and the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission are among the 100 prominent Americans who have helped launch a campaign to build public support for American efforts to achieve a two-state solution in Israel. The chairman, former Republican governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean, and the vice chairman, former Democratic congressman…
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Questions Raised About Future of Aipac Officials
Well-placed sources in Washington say that America’s most influential pro-Israel lobby and one of its top officials are parting ways. Spokesmen for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee refused to say whether the official, Steve Rosen, who is reportedly under federal investigation, is still employed by the organization. Rosen’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, refused to speak…
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Newsdesk April 22, 2005
Hyde Blasts Israel Rep. Henry Hyde, an Illinois Republican, berated Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres for Israel’s treatment of Christians in the West Bank. Hyde, chairman of the House International Relations Committee, enumerated the effects of Israel’s security policies on the dwindling Palestinian Christian community when Peres met privately with the committee two weeks ago….
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UJC Training Women To Be Top Leaders
In an effort to shatter its own glass ceiling, the country’s main Jewish philanthropic organization is tapping women to fill half the slots in a training program for top executives. The United Jewish Communities announced last week that 12 women will be selected to take part in a training program aimed at training future leaders…
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Study Finds Nationwide Increase in Antisemitic Incidents
A wave of antisemitic incidents is raising alarm in the country’s second- and third-largest Jewish communities. Several synagogues in Los Angeles have received almost identical hate mail in recent weeks that has arrived in large manila envelopes addressed to “Jew child molesters” and “Jew murderers.” Hate-filled handwritten messages were scrawled across the envelopes in red…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Congressional Campaign: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is looking to the Jewish community to help it regain control of Congress, tapping Rep. Steve Israel of New York to head up an outreach effort. The campaign is designed to ensure that the House Democratic Caucus “is being aggressive in our message and our appeal to American…
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