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A City’s Renewal Fails To Dim Lure of Suburbs
In the October 1 story “A City’s Renewal Fails To Dim Lure of Suburbs,” the name of the rabbi emeritus at Beth Shalom was noted incorrectly. His name is Morris Margolies.
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Newsdesk October 8, 2004
Advisers To Address Aipac Top foreign policy advisers to both presidential candidates are scheduled to participate in an upcoming conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse that is reportedly being investigated by a counterintelligence unit of the FBI. Both National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and the chief foreign affairs adviser…
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Israel Blasts Agency Overseeing Palestinian Refugees
Despite an embarrassing retreat from allegations that United Nations ambulances were being used to transport Palestinian missiles, Israel is stepping up its efforts to discredit the U.N. agency that oversees Palestinian refugees. Israel announced that soon it would file indictments against 13 Palestinians employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. It blasted the…
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Sharon’s Senior Adviser Says Peace Process Is Frozen
In an admission likely to fuel international criticism and suspicion of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the Israeli leader’s senior adviser says that the Gaza disengagement plan represents an effort to “freeze” the peace process. “The significance of the disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process,” Dov Weisglass said in an interview with Ha’aretz…
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Cash-strapped Synagogue Weighs Sale to Messianic Congregation
The leaders of a faltering Conservative synagogue in Minnesota have been considering a proposal to sell their sanctuary to a messianic congregation that promotes Jewish worship of Jesus. The synagogue, Sharei Chesed Congregation, an aging religious community with 110 families, is weighing a $2 million offer from the Seed of Abraham Messianic Congregation. If finalized,…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
George Bush, Truman Democrat?: During the first presidential debate last week, Senator John Kerry chided President Bush for not heeding the advice of a Republican former president: his father. “You know, the president’s father did not go into Iraq, into Baghdad, beyond Basra,” Kerry said in words that clearly rankled Bush. “And the reason he…
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That’s Fuej to You
— M’sieur! Vous etes feuj? — Tu parles ou tu traites? — Non, M’sieur! Je parle. This little bit of French dialogue, occurring in a newly published novel by Michael Sebban titled “Lehaïm,” takes place between a Parisian Jewish high school teacher and a teenager from an Algerian slum neighborhood. It translates as: “Sir! You’re…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL October 8, 2004
As the Jewish New Year approached, the pages of the Forverts devoted to Pearls of Yiddish Poetry ran several poems by different authors about Rosh Hashanah. They were all written in the past, and refer to these poets’ feelings and thoughts about the New Year at that time. What follows is a poem by Shimen…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Even as Senator John Kerry suggests that better diplomacy could have kept America out of war in Iraq, his advisers are warning that the Democrat could wind up ordering military intervention against another Middle Eastern power: Iran. “John Kerry has been crystal clear that a nuclear Iran is intolerable to the U.S.,” the head of…
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GOP Congressmen Wage Fight Against Antisemitism
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are stepping up their efforts to combat antisemitism through a series of public speeches and legislative maneuvers. Two GOP lawmakers, Senator George Voinovich of Ohio and Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey, are pledging to lead the fight for a bill requiring the State Department to create a special office to…
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CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
Bunk Buster: A Republican Jewish Coalition ad touting President Bush in Jewish newspapers has met a small problem: Its claims are directly contradicted by Bush and the White House. The ad, headlined “President Bush: Working for Peace. Working for a Secure Israel,” claims that an unnamed “historic agreement” concluded by Bush will “provide Israel with…
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