ZJERUSALEM — Despite Israel’s reluctant agreement this week to respect an emerging cease-fire among Palestinian factions, at least temporarily, senior security officials here continue to describe the cease-fire as a “trap” that could help the terrorist organizations regroup and hamper Israel’s efforts to fight them. Israel agreed to respect the intra-Palestinian cease-fire for a period…
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A chasidic rabbi in this South Florida city says he is heading to federal court to fight a decision ordering his congregation to stop holding services at two adjacent houses in a residential neighborhood. After a contentious seven-hour meeting that lasted until 3:30 a.m., the city commission here voted 5 to 2…
The Williamsburg Bridge may not have inspired the adoration that certain other bridges have — no Simon and Garfunkel songs or Hart Crane paeans — but the Brooklyn Arts Council is making sure that its centennial is celebrated in style, with a truck-sized bridge-topped cake, exhibits and discussions. Serenades to the bridge include an Italian…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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