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Fatah Bomb
Safely Detonated

Israelis Recall
Rabin Legacy

Tel Aviv/JTA — Palestinian terrorists
planted a bomb in the home of a
high-ranking Israeli naval officer.
Col. Natan Barak awoke in his
home in the Tel Aviv suburb of
Ra'anana on Tuesday to find beside
his bed a fire extinguisher wrapped
with wires and attached to a cell
phone. He called the police, and
bomb experts who later arrived at
the scene used a robot to safely deto-
nate the device.
The Al Aksa Brigades, a group asso-
ciated with Palestinian Authority
President Yasser Arafat's Fatah Party,
claimed responsibility for planting the
bomb. Police believe the terrorists
climbed in through a window while
Barak was sleeping.

Jerusalem/JTA — Memorial services
were held in Israel to mark the
anniversary of the assassination of
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
After some ceremonies the previous
night, the state memorial ceremony
was held Monday at Rabin's gravesite
at Mount Herzl Cemetery in
Jerusalem.
"The bright horizon that Yitzhak
was trying to reach remains vague and
distant," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
said of Rabin's peacemaking efforts.
As the sixth anniversary of the assas-
sination on the Jewish calendar was
marked, Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres said Monday that extreme right-
wingers were engaging in the same
incitement that had preceded the
1995 killing.
"It's the same incitement, it's the
same people, it's the same blindness of
people, the same lack of all sense of
proportion and responsibility to the
state," Peres told Israel Radio.

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Tel Aviv/JTA — The film Exodus is
being released on its 40th anniversary.
The film, about a ship of Jewish
refugees turned away from Palestine in
1947, will be screened in more than
200 cities worldwide. The film stars
Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint.
The premiere of the 40th anniver-
sary release was held Monday in
Beverly Hills. Among those attending
was Yossi Harel, a Holocaust survivor
who was the commander of the real
ship.

Effort Boosts
Women's Status

New York/JTA — Four Jewish groups
have been selected to join a project to
advance the professional status of
women.
Hillel:The Foundation for Jewish
Life, UJA-Federation of Greater New
York, the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism and the Jewish
Board of Family and Children's
Services in New York will participate
in Advancing Women Professionals, a
national pilot project launched under
the auspices of the Jewish Federation
System's Trust for Jewish Philanthropy.
The project's goal is to help recruit
and groom women for top profession-
al positions in Jewish organizations,
where men now fill most high-ranking
jobs. It also aims to improve the work
climate for all employees.

Vandals Burn
Jewish School

Paris/JTA -- Vandals burned down
part of a Jewish elementary school in
southern France.
Two trailers used as classrooms at
the Pardes Elementary School in
Marseille were destroyed Sunday
before firefighters brought the flames
under control. The vandals left behind
spray-painted messages that said,
"Death to the Jews" and "bin Laden
will conquer," police said Monday. A
wave of anti-Semitic violence erupted
in France last year after the start of the
Palestinian uprising.

Hate Crimes Up,
Reports ADL

New York/JTA — Hate crimes in the
United States increased by 3.5 percent
in 2000, according to the FBI's annual
hate crimes statistics report.
Some 13.7 percent of all 8,152 hate
crimes reported were directed at Jews
and Jewish institutions, and these
made up 80 percent of all religion-
based crimes last year in the United
States, according to the report, issued
Oct. 24.
The Anti-Defamation League said
"this high level of violence and vandal-