resentatives will be barred for two
years from running for positions
on U.N. councils.
JUNE 2000
Cairo — Syrian President Hafez
Assad dies at age 69. His son,
Bashar Assad, succeeds him, and
vows to pursue his father's poli-
cies toward Israel, including a
hard line on a return of the
Golan Heights
.
Moscow — Authorities arrest
Vladimir Goussinsky, a media
tycoon who also serves as the pres-
ident of the Russian Jewish
Congress. He is later released, say-
ing that pressure from the interna-
tional Jewish community helped
secure his freedom.
New York — Hadassah, the
Women's Zionist Organization of
America, pulls out of the
American Zionist Movement, say-
ing that the group "no longer
serves the best interests of
Hadassah's Zionist goals or the
future of American Zionism."
Washington — The U.S. Supreme
Court rules that students cannot
lead prayers at high school football
games, prompted by a lawsuit
from Mormon and Catholic stu-
dents in Santa Fe, Texas. Earlier in
the year, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed a nonbind-
ing resolution backing school
prayer at school sporting events.
New York — The Orthodox
Union creates an independent
commission to investigate how the
organization handled complaints
that high-ranking professional
Rabbi Baruch Lanner sexually
harassed and molested teen-agers
in the O.U.'s youth group.
AUGUST 2000
Moscow — Twenty-six
Lubavitch rabbis elect Rabbi-
Berel Lazar the chief rabbi of
Russia. The election comes just a
week after Russia's chief rabbi for
the past decade, Adolph
Shayevich, accused the Russian
government of seeking his ouster.
Russia now has two chief rabbis.
Los Angeles — Democratic pres-
idential candidate Al Gore
names Joseph Lieberman as his
running mate, making the
Connecticut senator the first Jew
to run on a major party ticket in
the United States. Lieberman, an
observant Jew, makes religion a
central part of his campaign.
JULY 2000
New York — The Anti-
Defamation League sends a letter
to Sen. Joseph Lieberman calling
on the U.S. Democratic vice
presidential candidate to keep
religion out of the presidential
campaign. The Connecticut sen-
ator says, "I respect the ADL,
but I respectfully disagree,"
adding that he thinks faith can
play a "constructive role" in the
United States.
Iran — Ten Iranian Jews held in
Iran since the beginning of 1999
are convicted of spying for Israel
and sentenced to prison terms of
four to 13 years. Three others are
acquitted.
Jerusalem — Israel cancels plans
to sell military technology to
China in a move seen as an
effort to placate the United
States before Middle East peace
talks at Camp David.
Jerusalem — President Clinton
and Palestinian Authority
President Yasser Arafat meet at
Camp David for a new round of
Middle East peace talks with
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak. The talks break down
after two weeks without an
agreement.
Jerusalem — The Knesset elects
Moshe Katsav Israel's eighth
president in a surprise victory
over former Prime Minister
Shimon Peres.
SEPTEMBER 2000
Rome — Pope John Paul II
beatifies the 19th-century Pope
Pius IX, who ordered the kid-
napping of a Jewish boy, despite
widespread Jewish protests.
Gaza Strip — The mini-parlia-
ment of the PLO postponed a
Sept. 13 declaration of statehood
until at least Nov. 15.
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Above: U.S. author Deborah Lipstadt celebrates
April 11 after she won the case brought against
her by British historian David Irving over his
allegations on the Holocaust.
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