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Antiquities Dealers Indicted
In one of the most stunning developments in the history of biblical archaeology, Israeli authorities this week indicted four antiquities dealers for allegedly operating a forgery ring that involves some of the most significant biblical artifacts ever discovered. The forged treasures include an ivory pomegranate believed to be the only relic from Solomon’s Temple, a…
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Knesset Urges Raising Quota for Ethiopian Jews
Thousands of Ethiopians, languishing in two compounds, have won critical political support for their bid to immigrate to Israel. Half the members of Knesset are calling on the Israeli government to abolish, or at least significantly raise, its monthly quota on the number of Falash Mura that are allowed to come to Israel. The call…
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Spat Erupts Between Neocons, Intelligence Community
WASHINGTON — Last June, leading neoconservative Richard Perle received an unexpected phone call at his home. It was Larry Franklin calling. Franklin is the veteran Iran specialist in the Pentagon’s Near East South Asia office, and the key Iraq war planner who had been pressured by the FBI into launching a series of counterintelligence stings….
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Jewish Groups Offer Aid After Tsunami
With the death toll in Southeast Asia surpassing 70,000, Israeli aid workers and Jewish organizations are racing to support the international relief effort following this week’s tsunami disaster. Israeli psychologists, forensics experts, and rescue and recovery officials were set to fly to the region to help relatives locate and identify their loved ones, according to…
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Preschool Teachers Unionize
A group of early childhood educators at the Cherry Hill, N.J., Katz JCC voted on December 17 to ratify a union-organized contract, making them the first employees of a Jewish preschool in the state to secure a labor agreement through collective bargaining. The product of nearly two years of negotiation, the newly formed shop, the…
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Nursing Home’s Labor Dispute Simmers
OAKLAND, Calif. — A holiday-season labor strike at San Francisco’s Jewish Home was canceled at the last minute, but the strife is far from over — and the well-being of 430 elderly residents hangs in the balance. About 380 workers, including vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants, dietary aides, housekeepers, porters and drivers at the nonprofit…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Food Fight: A fund raising letter signed by Rabbi David Saperstein, head of the Religious Action Center, the Washington-based policy arm of Reform Judaism, is raising the hackles of some Orthodox officials. “Thanks in large part to the aggressive tactics and ‘take no prisoners’ approach of the reactionary right, reasoned political debate in America has…
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2004: A Year of Scars and Stars
‘American Jews,” wrote the late novelist Ilona Karmel, “have scars, but no wounds.” The year just past, 2004, was a year to prove that point. We experienced some pain and anxiety, but as usual, we were surprised at year’s end to find ourselves as safe as ever. Indeed, it might best be called a “year…
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Waters Rage. We Are Afraid.
Catastrophe strikes each of us differently. The wise among us withhold judgment on our fellows’ first responses, knowing there is no right pathway through grief. (Those who lack such insight tend to end up in politics or the clergy.) And how do the grieving respond? Some lash out angrily. Some babble foolishly. Some sink into…
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Oy, gevalt!
William Lasser writes from the political science department of Clemson University to ask where the expression “Oy, gevalt!” comes from. This is a reasonable question, because the literal meaning of the Yiddish word gevalt (or gevald, as it is sometimes spelled) does not explain the expression. “Oy, gevalt!” (or just plain “Gevalt!”) has the sense…
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Leaders Fear Probe Will Force Pro-Israel Lobby To File as ‘Foreign Agent’; Israeli Envoy’s Bid To Head U.S. Group Torpedoed
WASHINGTON — As the Department of Justice intensifies its investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Jewish communal leaders fear that the goal of the probe is to compel the powerful lobbying organization to register as a “foreign agent” representing the government of another country. Widely regarded as one of the most influential organizations…
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