News Digest

JCCA/Birthright
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New York/JTA — The Jewish
Community Centers Association can-
celed plans to send 37 U.S. military
personnel on a trip to Israel this win-
ter because of the violence there.
A U.S. State Department warning
against travel to Israel, which pro-
hibits U.S. government employees
from traveling to certain parts of the
region, convinced the group to cancel
the young Jewish personnel's partici-
pation in the January trip, which is
part of the Birthright Israel program.

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proved that U.S. voters are not bigots.

Hadassah Names
Top Professional

New York/JTA — Ellen Marson was
named national executive director of
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist
Organization of America.
Since January 1999, Marson has
served as the organization's national
deputy director. Before that, she was a
professor of Spanish language and lit-
erature at the City University of New
York.

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New York/JTA — Religious groups
should be able to meet in public
school buildings after school hours, a
fervently Orthodox group said in ref-
erence to a case that is before the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Agudath Israel of America explained
in a court brief that Orthodox Jews
have space needs for new congrega-
tions and community events, and they
want public facilities to be accessible
to religious groups for religious gath-
erings.

New York/JTA — Editorials in U.S.
newspapers continue to back Israel in
its current crisis with the Palestinians,
according to a new survey by the
Anti-Defamation League.
Sixty percent of editorials between
Oct. 16 and Dec. 1 clearly supported
Israel and criticized the Palestinians,
while 40 percent criticized both sides.
The results of the survey agree with
those found in an earlier ADL analysis
of editorials during the first few weeks
of the 10-week-old conflict.

NCCJ Takes Aim
At Racism

Rembrandt Draws
Record Sum

New York/JTA — A coalition of
faith-based organizations declared
racism "an evil that must be eradicat-
ed" and released guidelines for hold-
ing interfaith forums on racial injus-
tice and reconciliation.
The groups, led by the National
Conference for Community and
Justice, said they are following up on
President Clinton's 1998 race initia-
tive, which sought to eliminate bias
and bigotry on both the local and
national levels.
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London/JTA — A Rembrandt paint-
ing from the collection of the late
Baroness Batsheva de Rothschild has
sold for more than $27 million, shat-
tering all previous price records for a
Rembrandt.
Robert Noortman bought "Portrait
of a Lady" for $21 million more than
expected. The Baroness, daughter of
one of the 19th century's greatest art
collectors, died last year.

U.S. Voters
`Not Bigots'

Washington/JTA — Sen. Joseph
Lieberman, D-Conn., saluted Vice
President Al Gore for having "the per-
sonal courage" to select him as the
first Jew to run on a major party pres-
idential ticket.
In a Dec. 14 speech on the Senate
floor, Lieberman said that despite

Students Set
Dreidel Record

New York/JTA — With 535 dreidels
going at once, students at the
University of Maryland set a world
record Dec. 7 for the most dreidels
spinning simultaneously.
The previous mark in The Guinness
Book of World Records was 289 drei-
dels, according to the university news-
paper.

