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‘Anonymous’ Agent Blasts Israel Lobby
Since stepping down last week from his post as a senior CIA analyst, Michael Scheuer has hit the airwaves to criticize what he describes as America’s inept approach to fighting the war on terror. The arguments are not new — he laid them out in his recent best-selling book, “Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is…
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Sharon Backs Orthodox in Court Case
The thorny question of “Who is a Jew?” has resurfaced in an Israeli Supreme Court case that could trigger a new religious crisis between Israel and American Jewry. At issue is the interpretation of Israel’s Law of Return as it relates to Reform and Conservative conversions. Israel’s Supreme Court is slated to decide a case…
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Bush’s Mideast Team Talk of D.C.
WASHINGTON — Israeli diplomats and Jewish groups are closely following the ongoing reshuffling of the second Bush administration’s foreign policy team. In the coming weeks, President Bush’s choice for secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is expected to pick a deputy. Her replacement as national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, is expected to do the same, and…
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Controversy Over Israel Debate Rocks Ivy League School
A struggle between pro-Israel and anti-Israel forces at Columbia University escalated this week as an ad hoc campus group held an emergency meeting to plot a strategy to defend several Middle East studies professors accused of intimidating Jewish students. The gathering attracted about 60 students, professors and community members Monday night at Columbia’s Intercultural Resource…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL November 19, 2004
On the 20th yahrzeit of Rokhl Fishman, the pages of the Forverts dedicated to “Pearls of Yiddish Poetry” featured this lyrical young poetess and her works. Born in Philadelphia in 1935, she was an activist in the Workmen’s Circle and in Zionist movements. She first began to be published in Der Nayer Dor (The New…
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When the Dog Dies
What was Israeli Knesset member Inbal Gavrieli (Likud) referring to last week when she said to Knesset member Ahmed Tibi (The Democratic Front for Peace), prior to a parliamentary vote of no-confidence in the Likud government, “It’s worth your while to be paired with me, because you’ll want to be paired yourself when the dog…
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Forward 50 (Correction)
The Forward 50 entry in the November 12 issue on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mentioned that she contributed to a recently published collection of essays, but misidentified the book. The correct title is “I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl” (Jewish Lights).
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Presbyterians Dismiss Officials After Meeting With Hezbollah
Reeling from controversy over its decision to divest selectively from Israel, the Presbyterian Church (USA) fired two officials who helped organize a recent meeting with Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant organization branded by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organization. The church also received a threatening letter last week promising arson attacks against its houses…
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Senate Fight Highlights Evangelicals’ Rise in GOP
The movement to prevent Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the nation’s senior Republican Jewish lawmaker, from assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee is highlighting the ascendance of evangelicals in the Republican Party — and the loss of power of moderate Northeasterners. Since Specter, a moderate pro-choice lawmaker, made post-election comments noting that anti-abortion…
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Nuclear Accord Could Open Door To Re-engagement With Tehran
On Monday, Iran agreed to suspend its nuclear-enrichment program. In return, England, France and Germany agreed not to support taking the matter to the United Nations Security Council, as the United States has been seeking. Will the European gamble with Tehran pay off? The proof, as they say, will be in the pudding. Over the…
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European Agreement Will Fail To Stop Iran From Getting WMDs, Critics Warn
This week’s nuclear deal between Iran and three European countries has triggered a wave of criticism from Israeli and Jewish communal officials, who warn that the pact will fail to halt Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. Iran’s agreement with France, Germany and England requires Tehran to immediately freeze its uranium enrichment activities pending negotiations on…
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