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Israel Project Ends Partnership With Federation
A partnership between two American Jewish organizations dedicated to selling Israel’s story to the world has broken up after disagreements emerged over what that story should be. The Philadelphia Jewish Federation withdrew its $100,000 donation to a Washington-based group, The Israel Project, which had planned to use the money to set up an office in…
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Groggers Defame Villain, Ennoble Twirler
Step into any synagogue on Purim this year, and prepare to be assaulted by a terrifyingly ferocious din during the reading of the Megillah. At every mention of the name Haman, congregants interrupt the reader, who often must pause for 10 seconds or more as a roar of clapping, booing, hooting, hissing, whistling and foot…
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Poll Sees Chance To Boost American Support for Israel
Publicizing Israel’s plan to withdraw from Gaza might hold the key to winning public support for the Jewish state, according to a new survey released by The Israel Project, a group working to promote Israel’s image. In the post-Yasser Arafat era, Americans generally still side with Israel, considered a like-minded ally, and show hostility toward…
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Purim’s Lesson: Remembering To Forget
The word purim means “lots” — as in lots drawn in games of chance — and in the Purim story it is by lot that the time of the Jews’ demise is decided. Despite their contributions to government and to society, the assimilated Jews of the ancient Persian court occasionally suffered the wrath of their…
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Zionist Groups Facing Legal Problems
JERUSALEM — The Zionist movement, created a century ago, has come in for some rough treatment in the Jewish state lately. The World Zionist Organization, Theodor Herzl’s original platform, was singled out as one of the main culprits in a devastating report, submitted to the government last week, on government ministries “and public agencies” whose…
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100-Proof Grogger
We love Purim, but there sure is a lot to do. Like hamantaschen, the holiday is jam-packed. You’ve got to assemble and deliver shalach manot, hear the Megillah twice, give charity, plus eat and drink to excess. How do you fit it all in? This year, make the most of your time by multitasking with…
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Leaders Battle To Head Top Pro-Israel Group
The race to be the next chairman of the American Jewish community’s main pro-Israel umbrella organization is in the home stretch. According to several organizational insiders, millionaire real estate investor Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress, and attorney Joel Kaplan, international president of B’nai Brith, are the top candidates to become chairman of…
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Jewish Museum Hosts Masked Purim Bash
In concert with its new exhibition, “The Power of Conversation: Jewish Women and Their Salons,” the Jewish Museum’s March 2 “Gala Salon” Purim Ball labeled tables with the names of four of its 14 salonières — Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn), Berlin; Gertude Stein, Paris; Florine Stettheimer, New York, and Berta Zuckerkandl, Vienna. Masked arrivals such…
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Israel Unveils New Shoah Museum To a World Still Bent on Destruction
World leaders and delegations from more than 30 nations arrived in Jerusalem Tuesday for the inauguration of the new museum at Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Holocaust memorial. Rather than further focus on the documentary aspects of the Nazi genocide, the new Holocaust center, which is four times as large as the existing museum, will explore…
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Aipac Puts Two Officials on Paid Leave
WASHINGTON — The country’s most influential pro-Israel lobbying organization has put on leave two top officials who are the target of an FBI investigation. Recently the American Israel Public Affairs Committee put Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman on paid leave, the Forward has learned. It is not clear what led Aipac to take the step….
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Media Shows Arab Street Still Seethes About Israel
VIENNA — For those banking on democratization to reduce Arab hostility toward Israel, the recent public uprising in Lebanon and the Iraqi and Palestinian elections signaled a societal shift. Freedom is on the march in the Arab street, in this view; greater acceptance of the Jewish state would not be long in coming. But those…
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