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Arrest Triggers a Crisis Among American Muslims
WASHINGTON — Recent allegations by federal prosecutors that a prominent American Muslim leader attempted to smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars to terrorist organizations have triggered a deep crisis in the organized Muslim community. The arrest of Abdurahman Alamoudi, president of the American Muslim Foundation and founder of the American Muslim Council, is embarrassing Muslim…
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Video Greetings at Gravesite? What Terrible Taste!
I recently received a brochure from a Jewish funeral home offering a service I find appalling: a personalized video of the deceased that can be viewed at the funeral and on demand whenever you visit the gravesite. Surely this cannot be in keeping with Jewish law? — Appalled by funeral services Consulting Jewish texts about…
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Poverty Figures Lift Veil, a Bit, On Ills of Needy
The National Jewish Population Survey, the trouble-plagued study released last month by United Jewish Communities, is winning half a cheer from social service experts and anti-poverty advocates for its disclosure of a 5% estimated poverty rate among American Jews. The statistic appears to represent the first effort in at least a quarter-century to determine the…
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Israel Appeals to U.S. To Block U.N. Resolution on ‘Road Map’
WASHINGTON — Israel is making an urgent appeal to the Bush administration to block two Arab-initiated resolutions in the United Nations Security Council calling on Israel to stop building its West Bank security fence and authorizing the U.N. to press for the implementation of the “road map” peace plan. Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Daniel…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL October 10, 2003
As Columbus Day approaches, we are reminded of the dual and contrary views held by Jewish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century regarding Christopher Columbus. To some, he was the heaven-sent explorer who brought a goldene medine (a sort of secondary promised land) to the wandering Jew. To others, whose experiences in this…
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Chill in U.S.-Syria Ties Helps Clear Way for Israeli Raid on Terror Camp
WASHINGTON — Syria has in recent weeks stopped supplying Washington with valuable intelligence, which in the past was helping the United States in fighting Al Qaeda and terrorism in Iraq, congressional, diplomatic and intelligence sources told the Forward. The Syrian reversal appears to have played a major role in the Bush administration’s sympathetic response to…
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Report Urges Using Funds To Help Indigent Survivors
The “special master” appointed by a federal judge to oversee distribution of the $1.25 billion Swiss bank settlement is recommending that all funds not claimed by owners of Holocaust-era Swiss bank accounts should eventually go to assist indigent Holocaust survivors. The October 2 recommendation by the special master, former New York deputy mayor Judah Gribetz,…
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Cubs, Red Sox Fans Long To Enter Promised Land
Call it a quirk in the calendar or a dose of divine inspiration, but each year as Jews turn the page on a spiritual year and complete the annual Torah reading cycle, one baseball team is finishing the final leg of its march to a World Series championship. It could be argued that in both…
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Building a Latino-Jewish Alliance
The interwoven histories of Jewish and Latino people have played important roles in the development of many American communities, and our joint contributions will only gain in significance. The prospects for cooperation between our communities are great — if we act upon areas of common interest and build working relationships based on trust and mutual…
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Damage on Temple Mount Could Bring Deadly Results
JERUSALEM — Another damaged structure on the Temple Mount is raising fears once again that a serious international crisis could be just a burst water pipe away. Two weeks ago, a section of a wall that is part of the Islamic Museum on the Temple Mount collapsed, leaving a gaping hole of dirt about 120…
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An Open Letter to President Bush
Dear POTUS, Please do not be offended by the way I address you with an acronym for President of the United States. I don’t know you well enough to call you “George.” To call you “Dubya” is to mock you. To call you “Mr. President” means that you are just another “Mister” among millions of…
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