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Al Qaeda Threat Rises on Israel’s Borders
Al Qaeda is working to build up its presence in countries bordering Israel, fueling fears that the international terrorist network eventually will find a way to strike inside the Jewish state. The group is blamed for the October 8 bombings of hotels in Sinai, a stone’s throw from Israel. American and Israeli officials say it…
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Newsdesk October 22, 2004
New Leader for Russian Body The Russian Jewish Congress is likely to have a new president in an apparent attempt to restructure one of Russian Jewry’s leading organizations. During a closed-door meeting Tuesday, the group’s leading donors approved Vladimir Slutsker to replace the current president, Yevgeny Satanovsky. A banker and member of Russian Parliament’s upper…
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Despite Anti-Israel Feelings, Iraqis Ponder Future Ties
JERUSALEM — The leader of Iraq’s Kurdistan Democracy Party appeared on television this week to deny widespread rumors that the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan is harboring Israelis. “There are none,” Masoud Barzani assured millions of viewers on Al Arabiya satellite television. “If there were to be, it would only be with the approval of…
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Forum Weighs Strategies For Jewish-Muslim Talks
In an emerging national conversation about the future of Jewish-Muslim relations, several experts this week debated the appropriate conditions under which Jewish community officials should break bread with Islamic groups. The issue is a growing concern for Jewish leaders across the country as Islamic groups are increasing their visibility in national and local politics in…
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College Campus Divided As Pro-Palestinian Gathering Draws Hundreds
About 50 pro-Palestinian students gathered at Duke University’s main quad last Sunday, chanting, “Divest from apartheid Israel.” About 20 pro-Israel students who, channeling John Lennon, chanted “All we are saying, condemn terror now,” met them. So ended the fourth annual national conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, which gathered about 500 pro-Palestinian participants to various…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Leading Ladies: First lady Laura Bush and would-be first lady Teresa Heinz Kerry both spoke to United Jewish Communities’ Lion of Judah conference this week, a gathering that brought 1,300 of the nation’s top female Jewish philanthropists to the capital. Both women were asked to speak about philanthropy, and did. Bush, however, gave a full-blown…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
As the presidential campaign entered its final stretch, the candidates and their surrogates were concentrating harder than ever on bringing their messages to the Jewish community in swing states, especially in Florida. President Bush attended a dinner Monday at the Boca Raton home of Ned Siegel, a wealthy Republican donor who is heavily involved in…
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An Arab American Democrat Calls For a Stand on Common Ground
Eleven years ago we stood together on the White House lawn to witness a historic moment. I, like many of you, will never forget the exhilaration of that day. I remember how both our communities reacted when Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat grasped each other’s extended hand. We turned to each other both in celebration…
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YPSL Pride
Thomas Glick writes: In various biographies of [lyricist] E.Y. (‘Yip’) Harburg, it is stated that ‘Yip’ is short for Yiddish yipsel, ‘squirrel.’ I’ve never been able to find this definition in any dictionary. More likely an anagram for a socialist organization? Mr. Glick is right on target. A squirrel in Yiddish is a veverke, and…
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Telecom Mogul Airs New Station As Right’s Polite Answer to NPR
NEWARK, N.J. — In an era of talk radio defined by the loudest, most outrageous voices, businessman-philanthropist Howard Jonas is betting on the notion that there is a space on the airwaves for a more thoughtful approach to conservative ideas. Jonas, chairman and founder of IDT Corporation, unveiled his vision for a more polite brand…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL October 22, 2004
On the occasion of her 60th yahrzeit, the Yiddish Forverts featured Miriam Ulinover on its page dedicated to Pearls of Yiddish Poetry. Orphaned as a child, she was raised by her grandmother, to whom she dedicated a book of poetry titled “Der Bubbe’s Oytser” (“Grandma’s Treasure”). Ulinover described her poetry in the following lines: “Epes…
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