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probably won't have any major votes
on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur,
thanks to the intervention of a
Capitol Hill rabbi and a House
member from New York.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Washington
director of American Friends of\
Lubavitch, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler
(D-N.Y.) were concerned because of
the likelihood that critical votes
would keep members from celebrat-
ing Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur with their families.
Both took their case to House
Majority Leader Richard Armey.
Despite an overcrowded House
calendar — members are trying to
finish off a number of appropria-
tions bills, as well as deal with the
legislative fallout from the White
House sex scandal — Mr. Armey
relented and promised no votes on
the second day of Rosh Hashanah,
or the afternoon before Yom Kippur,
as well as the holiday itself.

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Will the recent test of an
advanced North Korean ballistic
missile awaken Washington from its
long slumber on the issue of missile
defenses?
That was the underlying question
posed by a group of Israeli legisla-
tors who made the rounds in
Washington this week, seeking to
bolster missile defense cooperation
and encourage American efforts to
combat the escalating threat.
A series of Capitol Hill meetings
resulted in pledges of new coopera-
tion from Jawmakers, but it was far
from clear whether that would
translate into additional money for
expensive missile defense research
and development.
The blitz included the first
joint hearing by members of the
Knesset and their congressional
counterparts.
"This week's hearing was unprece-
dented, and it gave us an opportuni-
ty to transmit the gravity of the
threat — that it is real, and that it is
a common threat to the United
States and Israel," said Uzi Landau,
a Likud member of Knesset.
The easy exchange of advanced
weapons technology, he said, is com-
bining with geopolitical changes to
magnify the missile and - non-con-
ventional weapons danger.
Anti-proliferation efforts are
important, Landau said, but in the
end, the U.S. and Israel will need to
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