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Dinner May Land Cantor in Pickle
In what experts say may be a violation of campaign finance laws, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, one of the top-ranking Republicans in the House, has failed to report a debt to a kosher restaurant. The restaurant, Stacks Deli, owned by a major Washington lobbyist, was the site of a $500-a-plate fundraiser organized for Cantor…
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Philadelphia Council May Face Its Demise
A major restructuring in Philadelphia could doom one of American Jewry’s most storied public-policy groups. The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia has decided to take control of the independent Jewish Community Relations Council, an organization that acts on behalf of a range of community agencies to foster relations with other religious and ethnic groups, and…
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Groups Unite Over Day-Care Reform
WASHINGTON — Opposition to a Republican plan for reforming Head Start, America’s chief day-care program for poor children, is reuniting Jewish groups that have not worked together on domestic policy issues for some time. Many Jewish liberals are opposing the initiative because they are concerned that the proposed changes to Head Start, including an experiment…
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New Voting System Approved in Knesset
JERUSALEM — The Knesset is to invest around $760,000 to install a new electronic voting system, which will include a fingerprint recognition system for lawmakers. The figure was approved this week by the Knesset joint budget committee, which approved a budget increase of $670,000 to cover the cost of the state-of-the-art system. Knesset Speaker Reuven…
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Survey Finds Poverty Rate Among Jews Soars in N.Y.
The number of poor Jews in New York City has skyrocketed over the past decade, coinciding with significant shifts in the demographic makeup of the nation’s largest Jewish community, according to a major survey released Monday by UJA-Federation of New York. The survey, the 2002 Jewish Community Study of New York, found that the proportion…
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Calls Mount for Int’l Troops in Territories
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration stepped up its pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to accept a cease-fire this week, pressure was mounting on Capitol Hill for an international military force to patrol the troubled territories and separate the sides. The proposal, which Israel rejects and President Bush has not embraced, was endorsed this…
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Oil for Food Sales Seen As Iraq Tie To Al Qaeda
The hunt for Saddam Hussein’s money could provide some clues to one of the claims made by the Bush administration to justify its war in Iraq — the possible link between the former Iraqi regime and the Al Qaeda terrorist group. Two entities, a shadowy banking network linked by the administration to Al Qaeda and…
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Settlers Are Challenging Evacuations Of Outposts
JERUSALEM — While American and Egyptian mediators were huddling this week with Israelis and Palestinians over the anti-terrorism provisions of President Bush’s ”road map” to peace, another key point in the plan — dismantling Israeli settlement outposts in the territories — has stalled. Sharon committed himself at the June 4 Aqaba summit to “begin immediately”…
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Feith Seen as War-Plans Fall Guy
WASHINGTON — Douglas Feith, one of the leading hawks in the Pentagon, is coming under increasing criticism from within the administration, leading some to speculate about his future. Administration officials, particularly in the State Department, claim that Feith and his staff mishandled preparations for postwar Iraq on several fronts, including law enforcement and the recruitment…
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‘The Barbed Embrace’;
Judaism and Enlightenment By Adam Sutcliffe Cambridge University Press 338 pages, $60. * * *| Freud and the Non-European By Edward Said Verso, 108 pages, $19. * * *| Like a wily virus, constantly mutating to survive its changing hosts, antisemitism has been a constant blight on the otherwise rich and complicated history of the…
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German Communal Leader Probed After Drug Bust
BERLIN — Germany’s most prominent Jewish leader is under investigation after police found cocaine in his apartment and office last week. Reports on the scandal have since associated Michel Friedman — vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, as well as a television talk show host — with prostitution and a crime…
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