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JEWISH NEWS
Vol. CXIII No. 4
Publisher
\-a-rthur M. Horwitz
/-Editor
Robert A. Sklar
Associate Editor
Alan Hitsky
News Editor
Julie Edgar
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Gail Zimmerman
Staff Writers
Lynne Meredith Cohn,
Lonny Goldsmith,
Julie Wiener
AppleTree Editor
Elizabeth Applebaum
Contributing Editors
Phil Jacobs, Neil Rubin
Washingron Correspondent
James D. Besser
Israel Correspondents
Ina Friedman, Larry Derfner
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Linda Bachrack
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Seymour Manello
Managing Art Director
Charles R. Krasner
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Debbie Schultz
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Curtis DeLoye
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Gayle Baldi
Art Department
Cathy Ciccone, Anne Lada,
Alex Lumelsky, Zina Maizy,
Ralph Orme, Todd Skiba
Business Manager
Brigette Thompson
Office Manager
Dawn Cleveland
Office Staff
Shelli Dorfman, Beverly Meadows,
Diana K. Wolfe
Credit Manager
Neil Isaacson
Fulfillment
Sabrina Jordan, Lee Payne
Marketing Manager
Marta P. Greenberg
Marketing Coordinator
Sandy E. Rockind
Advertising Director
Shari Cimino
Sales Coordinators
Kristen M. Komlen, Laurel Simmer
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Danny Raskin
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Andrew A. Buerger,
Arthur M. Horwitz,
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Robyn Katz
Assistant Art Director
Fiona Lawrence
4/17
1998
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