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Cancer Fund Capitalizes on Nobel Prizes
When Israeli scientists Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko won the Nobel Prize in chemistry last month, plenty of people had reason to celebrate. Beyond the two researchers, all Israelis can take pride in the country’s first Nobel science prize. Cancer patients everywhere can be heartened by the breakthrough research that earned the pair such an…
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Young Donors Find Fashionable Common Ground
As half of the wildly popular pop/rock duo Evan and Jaron, Evan Lowenstein is accustomed to showering fans with autographs, complimentary CDs and concert memorabilia. But lately, he’s even been giving away his own jewelry — specifically, his “Common Ground” necklaces, which he says are a symbol of his love for Israel. “I can never…
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French Jews Wary of Motives Behind Treatment of Arafat
PARIS — Americans were busy electing the leader of the free world this week, but French Jews had a different foreign dignitary on their minds: Yasser Arafat. The Palestinian leader arrived in France last week, after President Jacques Chirac eagerly accepted Arafat’s request for access to medical treatment. Chirac proudly framed the decision as an…
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President Re-elect Bush Faces Benchmark Test On Iranian Nukes Policy; Washington Urges Israel To Cultivate Post-Arafat Ties
Fresh off of victory, President Bush will face a major test in the coming weeks on the multilateral approach he has adopted toward Iran’s alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons. Even as Washington is backing European efforts to pressure Tehran, the newly re-elected president is looking to the United Nations Security Council to pick up the…
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Jewish Voters Flock to Kerry, But Polls Show Slight GOP Gain
Even as the country handed President Bush and the Republicans a strong mandate, Jewish voters appeared to rally to the side of John Kerry. Two national exit polls showed that Bush gained only slightly more than the 19% of the Jewish vote he scored in 2000: One, from The Associated Press, showed Kerry winning 77%-23%;…
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Cross-dressed To Kill: Cops Hold Hasid in Murder
On October 27, police found the body of a 75-year-old Jewish man from Brooklyn, N.Y., who had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Then the police announced that the suspect in custody was the man’s roommate — a Hasidic cross-dresser. The Forward has learned that the victim, Rahamim “Raymond” Sultan, was a regular…
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Adieu, Yasser Arafat
A decade ago, as chief spokesman for the Israeli government, I went with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin to Cairo for the signing of an agreement on the handing over of Gaza and Jericho to the Palestinians. Like my boss, I was fully committed to the peace process, but even during those heady early days of…
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Washington Urges Israel To Cultivate Post-Arafat Ties
WASHINGTON — With Yasser Arafat plagued by a mysterious medical condition, the Bush administration is pressing the Israeli government to begin cultivating a new Palestinian leadership and to launch talks regarding the territories. Sources close to the administration said that in recent days, Bush and his aides have been urging Sharon to coordinate Israel’s withdrawal…
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Forward’s Russian Newspaper Sold to Nonprofit Organization
The Forward Association, a 107-year-old nonprofit group, will sell its Russian-language newspaper to Mitzvah Media Group, the media arm of Russian American Jews for Israel, a nonprofit advocacy group. Samuel Norich, chief executive of the Forward Association, announced the sale Wednesday. The weekly Russian Forward currently provides news, opinion and analysis to tens of thousands…
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Jewish-Muslim Tensions High on California Campus
OAKLAND — Larry Mahler has trouble getting people to join an online discussion group for Jewish students at the University of California, Irvine. “A couple of people told me they didn’t want to go in because they’re afraid of being identified as Jewish on campus, and being targeted,” said Mahler, 20, a senior who’s president…
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Cincinnati Community Helps Paint Ohio Red
CINCINNATI — On Tuesday, none of the 80 rabbinical students at Hebrew Union College offered to lead morning services. Instead of starting their day at the school’s sanctuary, where one of the stained glass windows depicts the Ten Commandments over the American flag, most found themselves at campaign hot spots. By the time the polls…
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