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Israel Remains
Heavily Jewish
Tel Aviv/JTA — There are 5.2 mil-
lion Jews living in Israel, out of a
total population of 6.2 million,
according to the nation's Central
Bureau of Statistics.
Since the creation of the Jewish
state in 1948, 4.5 million babies
were born in Israel and 1.2 million
people died, the bureau said.
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Jerusalem/JTA — Sirens wailed in
Israel as the Jewish state remembered
its war dead.
Since Israel's creation in 1948,
19,312 Israeli soldiers died defend-
ing their country, according to statis-
tics released for the Jewish state's
observance of Memorial Day.
At a ceremony at Mount Herzl mili-
tary cemetery in Jerusalem, Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon said he was all
too familiar with the burial ground.
"My friends, the soldiers under my
command and my commanding offi-
cers are buried here," he said.
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Washington/JTA — U.S. officials
are planning on Friday to release 20
CIA files of key Nazis, including
Adolf Hitler, Josef Mengele and
Adolf Eichmann.
The files are the first of several
hundred related to suspected Nazi
criminals that are to be made public.
Knicks Guard
Offers Apology
New York/JTA — New York Knicks
basketball player Charlie Ward apol-
ogized for telling the New York Times
Magazine that Jews were responsible
for the death of Jesus.
"I will say again that I would
never condemn or criticize any
group or religion. That is not who I
am," he said.
Ward also said he will open a "dia-
logue'' with Yechiel Eckstein, the
founder and president of the
International Fellowship of
Christians and Jews.
Despite the apology, the American
Jewish Congress is calling on
Florida's secretary of state, Katherine
Harris, to remove Ward as the offi-
cial spokesman for a state reading
program.
Meanwhile, Knicks' fans booed
Ward when he took the court
Sunday. But by the end of Sunday's
playoff game against the Toronto
Raptors, the fans cheered Ward, who
helped the Knicks win the game.
Thousands Mourn
Rabbi's Death
New York/JTA — Thousands gath-
ered in Brooklyn on Sunday to
mourn the death of Rabbi Avigdor
Miller, a leading Chasidic rabbi.
Miller died last Friday at the age
of 93.
Miller, who was born in
Baltimore, sought to bridge
American and European traditions
of Judaism.
He spent the final 20 years of his
life at Congregation Bais Yisroel,
which he founded in Brooklyn.
Zuckerman Bound
For Top Post
New York/JTA — Mortimer
Zuckerman was recommended to
serve as the next chairman of the
influential Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish
Organizations. As expected,
Zuckerman was selected April 19
over two other finalists by the con-
ference's nominating committee.
A confirmation vote by the entire
54-member conference has yet to be
scheduled.
Zuckerman, the honorary presi-
dent of the America-Israel
Friendship League, is a real-estate
magnate and publisher of U.S. New
e- World Report and the New York
Daily News.
German Museums
Eye Looted Art
Bonn/JTA — Germany's culture min
ister urged all German museums to
search their collections for artworks
looted by the Nazis from Jews.
Despite a government push to
return looted art, only two pieces
from federal collections have been
returned to their rightful heirs sinc e
1998.