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U.S.-Israel Differences Deepen on Peace ‘Map’
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration turns its attention from war in Iraq to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, differences seem to be deepening between Washington and Jerusalem over the terms of the American-led “road map” to peace. The main dispute between the two allies hinges on what conditions, if any, the Palestinians must…
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Sharon Says He Is Ready For Painful Concessions
There are some matters regarding which we will be ready to take far-reaching steps. We will be ready to carry out very painful steps. But there is one thing that I told President Bush a number of times — I made no concessions in the past, and I will make no concessions now, or ever…
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A Small Anthology for Pesach
In the great modern exodus of Russian Jews from the Soviet Union during the 1980s, many of those who came to New York worked for a while as taxi drivers, as other immigrants have done before and since. On a day during this exodus I started a conversation with my Russian taxi driver by saying,…
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Behind Warnings to Damascus: Reassessment of Younger Assad
A sudden flurry of U.S. warnings to Syria in recent days indicates that Washington has undertaken what Israel and its supporters here have been urging for months: a comprehensive reassessment of Syrian ruler Bashar Assad. In the past two weeks, while U.S. troops were taking control of neighboring Iraq, a string of top American officials…
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Rabbis Backed by Ultra-Orthodox Win
JERUSALEM — Israel elected two new chief rabbis this week, after a hard-fought race pitting the religious Zionist movement, which founded and long led the state rabbinate, against the ultra-Orthodox rabbinate that has traditionally shunned it. Both races ended in victories for ultra-Orthodox-backed candidates, dealing a humiliating blow to the religious Zionist movement and its…
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Songwriter Denise Rich: ‘Inside of Me Is a Black Woman’
“Inside of me is a black woman,” declared songwriter Denise Rich, who hosted the April 2 Foundation for Ethnic Understanding’s annual spring benefit at her lavish Fifth Avenue penthouse. “It’s why I write the songs I do,” Rich told the 150 guests. “The world needs more than ever… to do something about relationships between all…
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In Baltimore, Aged Now Get Services Where They Live
BALTIMORE — Helen Salzman inches across the lipstick-red carpet to welcome guests into her cozy, two-story frame cottage. Her delicately appointed dining room is immaculate, her off-white sectional looks spanking new and the kitchen floor is well scrubbed. But the legally blind Salzman does not notice that her plush rug is pulled dangerously loose in…
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Search for Hillel Director Seen Drawing to a Close
The search to fill one of the Jewish community’s highest-profile positions appears to be drawing to a close. Richard Joel, the popular president and international director of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, is stepping down April 30 to become president of Yeshiva University and its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Speculation is…
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NEW YORK & FLORIDA
The Inbal Pinto Dance Company of Tel Aviv brings its newest production, “Oyster,” to New York’s Joyce Theater for its American premiere, followed by a stop in Miami before a European tour. Inspired by Tim Burton’s “The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy,” a short tale of a mollusk-boy whose parents can’t cope with his brininess,…
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‘Show Me,’ Labor Brass Tell Democratic Hopefuls
The Democratic presidential hopefuls’ battle for labor support kicked into high gear last week, as eight of the nine contenders — all except Florida Senator Bob Graham — strutted their stuff at the Washington legislative conference of the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades department. Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri — a former House minority and…
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A DNA Pioneer Finally Gets Her Due — 50 Years Late
Fifty years ago this week, James Watson and Francis Crick officially won the race to map out the structure of DNA, a victory that would eventually earn them the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. Now, as the golden anniversary of the discovery is marked, determined feminists and former colleagues are fighting to make sure…
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