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Newsdesk January 30, 2004
Judge Rules on Hamas A U.S. federal judge ordered the Palestinian militant group Hamas to pay $116 million in damages for the deaths of an American citizen and his Israeli wife near the West Bank in 1996. The ruling Tuesday upheld a judge’s decision last month on behalf of relatives of Yaron and Efrat Ungar,…
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A Museum in Memory of Ari Halberstam
The Jewish Children’s Museum dinner (emceed by NBC news anchor Jane Hanson) “belonged” to Devorah Halberstam. Her indefatigable determination helped realize this $50 million ultra-modern facility dedicated to her son, Ari, murdered 10 years ago by a Lebanese gunman while on a van full of chasidic students crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. Designed by the evening’s…
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Yossi Ginossar, Envoy to P.A., Dies
TEL AVIV — Yossi Ginossar, a former senior Shin Bet official and a key envoy to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority for three prime ministers, died January 12 of cancer at age 58. Ginossar served Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Ehud Barak as a liaison to Palestinian leaders, becoming particularly close to Palestinian Authority…
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No Need To Feel Threatened by Beau’s Wedding Ring
My boyfriend’s wife died about five years ago. He still wears his wedding ring on his right hand and has no plans to take it off. What is the rule on this? Should I feel offended? — Widow’s pique There is no tactful way to put this: Your boyfriend’s (dead) wife is not a threat…
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Women Pass the Pigskin On Israeli Football Team
JERUSALEM — This Sunday, large numbers of Israelis will be watching the Super Bowl, cheering on the New England Patriots and their philanthropic-minded owner, Robert Kraft. A few weeks later, they’ll be cheering on a very different football team backed by Kraft — a team of young women, many of them Orthodox Jews. Kraft does…
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Meet the Meat Boycotters: The Ladies Anti-Beef Trust Association
During the past few weeks, the subject of meat has set tongues wagging and heads shaking as many of us wonder whether the recent outbreak in the United States of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, is cause for concern, consternation or abstinence. Perhaps the last time American meat, as such, made…
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Arrests in France Shed Light on ‘Chechen’ Network of Terrorists
PARIS — French officials claim they foiled a campaign of chemical and biological terrorist attacks in Western Europe by militants trained in the Caucasus region. The arrest of several Arab Muslim activists in central France in late December has provided investigators with clues about the goals of a so-called “Chechen” terrorist network that was initially…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL January 30, 2004
For Stanley Siegelman, our versatile versifier, any news, especially if it is on the odd or weird side, is grist for his poetic mill, as regular readers of Der Vinkl must now know. He somehow manages to mix good humor with vitriol. The latest victim of his acerbic pleasantry is Michael Jackson, who has been…
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Palestinians Debate Recruitment of Suicide Bombers
Palestinians are waging an unusual debate over terrorist tactics following recent suicide attacks carried out by a mother of two and the bereaved brother of an Arab killed by Israeli troops. The brouhaha has centered largely on whether they should stop recruiting vulnerable candidates for suicide operations. Many Palestinians, including family members of the respective…
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JACOBI’S FACES: A RETROSPECTIVE
Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thomas Mann, Marc Chagall, J.D. Salinger and Chaim Weizmann were among the venerated subjects of photographer Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990). With her camera, she transformed them from untouchable celebrities into human beings during a time when the world of commercial photography revolved around the personae of its subjects. When asked about her…
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Prisoner Swap With Hezbollah Sparks Heated Debate
TEL AVIV — Amid preparations for the homecoming of four captives — three soldiers presumed dead and a kidnapped businessman — in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah, Israelis this week were fiercely debating the wisdom of the deal and speculating on its fallout. The deal dominated public discussion for days, pushing Prime Minister Sharon’s mounting…
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