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YEAR IN REVIEW

Year In Review

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A Chanukah menorah is lit at one of
Saddam Hussein's former palaces in
Iraq. The menorah was made by Oded
Halahmy, a Baghdad-born artist who
now splits his time between Israel and
New York.
The United Nations' General
Assembly asks the International Court
of Justice in the Hague to issue an advi-
sory opinion on the legality of Israel's
• West Bank security barrier.
Human remains found near
Jerusalem's Cinematheque theater are
dated to Second Temple times. Some of
the remains are believed to be from a
member of a well-off family, perhaps a
member of a priestly caste, who suffered
from leprosy.

January 2004

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Israeli Orthodox rabbis hold an
unprecedented public debate about
homosexuality. The discussion, part of a
conference on rabbinic training by the
Jerusalem-based Amiel Institute, sur-
faces in response to a growing openness
among gay Orthodox Jews.
Fifty percent fewer Israelis are killed
in terrorist attacks in 2003, according to
a report issued by the Shin Bet security
service. Some 213 Israelis died in
Palestinian attacks in 2003, compared
to 451 in 2002, the report finds.
A national memorial day for
Ethiopians who died trying to immi-
grate to Israel is set for Jerusalem Day in
late spring.
Greece's parliament unanimously
passes a bill declaring a memorial day
for Greek Jews who died during the
Nazi occupation. The bill sets the
memorial for Jan. 27, the day
Auschwitz was liberated.
Compensation is paid to 1,778 vic-
tims of Nazi medical experiments in a
one-time installment from Germany.
The Claims Conference identifies the

victims who, under an agreement with
the German government, receive pay-
ments of about $5,400 each.
A suicide bomber kills 11 people
aboard a Jerusalem bus.

February 2004

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
announces a plan to evacuate most
Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip.
Birthright Israel holds its first trip for
developmentally disabled youth.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
endorses Israeli Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon's plan to uproot Jewish settle-
ments from the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli judge finalizes compensa-
tion payments to victims of the 1997
Maccabiah bridge tragedy. Judge
Shmuel Berliner of Haifa District Court
orders the Phoenix insurance company
to pay the final $440,000 on 70 claims
that amount to $15.5 million overall.
The Bush administration announces
its support for Israel's Gaza withdrawal
plan.
Conservative rabbis from around the
world approve a resolution supporting
Israel's West Bank security barrier. The
resolution passes with an overwhelming
majority at the close of the Conservative
movement's annual Rabbinical
Assembly. Thousands of pro-settler
activists rally in Israel against the plan to
withdraw from Gaza.
A Palestinian suicide bomber kills
eight people aboard a Jerusalem bus.
The Al-Aksa Brigade, the terrorist wing
of Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, claims
responsibility for the blast.
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
movie debuts nationally, despite fears
that it may inflame anti-Semitism. The
$30 million epic about the death of
Jesus opens in more than 2,500 theaters
on the Christian holy day of Ash
Wednesday.