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Israeli Public Is Upbeat, But Leaders Fear the Worst
TEL AVIV — Three years after the Passover Eve bombing at Netanya’s Park Hotel, arguably the low point in Israel’s war against Palestinian terrorism, the Israeli people are in a soaring mood. Everyone, that is, except country’s leaders. As far as the pubic is concerned, times are better than they have been in years. This…
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Settlers, Rabbis Debate Disobedience As Disengagement Nears
JERUSALEM — As Israel’s political and security establishment moves closer to disengagement from Gaza, hammering out details of the day after, a furious debate has erupted among settler leaders and their rabbis over whether it is permitted even to suggest cooperating with the planned evacuation. Government ministers were negotiating this week with representatives of the…
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U.S. Aide Arrested Amid Signs That Lobby Probe Widens
WASHINGTON — A recent FBI interrogation of an Israeli defense expert may indicate that the Justice Department’s investigation into the contacts between America’s pro-Israel lobby and a Pentagon analyst is broader in scope than previously believed. The expert, Uzi Arad, head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at Israel’s Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, said that…
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Senate Probes Bolton’s Pro-Israel Efforts
WASHINGTON — John Bolton, President Bush’s embattled choice to serve as American ambassador at the United Nations, is widely seen in Washington as a strong supporter of Israel. But recent media reports suggest that his support for the Jewish state goes further than previously believed. Senate staffers are reportedly probing many allegations regarding Bolton’s management…
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Newsdesk May 6, 2005
Annan Reaches Out United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan hosted 50 Jewish communal officials from 24 countries this week in an effort to reach out to the Jewish community. Vic Alhadeff, CEO of the Jewish Board of Deputies in New South Wales, Australia, captured a common reaction to the meetings when he credited Annan with trying…
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Dems Turn Up Heat on GOP Frontrunner
Even as a noted political tip sheet identified Senator George Allen as the GOP presidential frontrunner for 2008, a Jewish group was taking a swipe at the Virginia Republican for agreeing to speak this weekend at the Rev. Pat Robertson’s Regent University in Virginia Beach. The National Jewish Democratic Council called on Allen, who emerged…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Donation Demand: The chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean, demanded last week that President Bush return the $2,000 campaign donation he received in 2004 from Jack Abramoff, the disgraced GOP lobbyist. Abramoff is being investigated by the FBI, a federal grand jury and a Senate committee over allegations that he defrauded and overcharged…
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(Un)Sleeping Beauties
You know that part in “The Shining” when Shelley Duvall thinks that her husband, Jack Nicholson, has been working on his novel all winter, and she sneaks a peek at his manuscript and all he’s written over and over is “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”? That’s pretty much the caliber…
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Whose Independence Are We Celebrating, Anyway?
Israel turns 57 this week, and in Jewish kitchens all across America the cakes are getting iced blue and white to mark the occasion. But not in the kitchen at Hoomoos Asli, an Israeli restaurant in Lower Manhattan, or in the kitchen at Pianos, an East Village bar that is popular with the neighborhood’s sizable…
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Put the Fear of God Back Into the Mideast Peace Process
FORWARD FORUM The historic visit to Israel this week by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the Justice and Development Party, proves that a Muslim who is serious about his religion can be friendly to Israel, and that those who predicted a decline in Turkish-Israeli relations following the rise of Erdogan’s Islamic- inspired conservative…
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A Raconteur’s Return For Cindy Chupack, There Is Indeed Life After ‘Sex’
As a writer and co-executive producer of “Sex and the City,” Cindy Chupack helped create a pop culture phenomenon — an instant classic that was at once of its time and timeless. The show, which completed its six-year run in February 2004, was sent off with a flurry of celebratory profiles, waves of chat-room anxiety…
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