Sarna Wins Book Honor
Hate Music Aimed At Kids
New York/JTA — Jonathan Sarna, a
professor of American Jewish history at
Brandeis University, was awarded the
top prize in the National Jewish Book
Awards.
Sarna-won for his history of U.S.
Jewry American Judaism. The fiction
prize has yet to be announced.
The awards, given by the Jewish Book
Council, will be formally presented
Dec. 1 in New York City
Minneapolis/JTA — A company with
links to hate groups is planning to dis-
tribute sampler CDs to American stu-
dents, the Anti-Defamation League
said.
Panzerfaust Records, a neo-Nazi label
based in Minnesota, is planning to 'dis-
tribute 100,000 CDs featuring white-
power bands to students aged 13-19,
the group said. The company said white
supremacist volunteers are being called
upon to distribute the music.
Icon Marks Holiday
Minneapolis/JTA -- Bob Dylan attend-
ed Yom Kippur services at a Chabad
synagogue in Minnesota. The services
were led by Rabbi Moshe Feller, the
head of Lubavitch of Minnesota and a
longtime acquaintance of Dylan.
The cultural icon had an aliyah and
was engrossed in the prayers, according
to a participant who asked not to be
identified.
"He was a Jew who came to daven
like everyone else," the participant said.
Gay Rabbi Brings Outcry
New York/JTA — A synagogue in New
York City is losing support from its
umbrella organization because it invited
a gay rabbi to give a sermon during
Rosh Hashanah, according to reports.
The Union for Traditional Judaism is
pulling its support from the Montauk
Minyan, which featured Orthodox
Rabbi Steve Greenberg as one of its
speakers during the holiday, the New
York Jewish Week reported.
A spokesman for the small congrega-
tion says Rabbi Greenberg did not
address gay or lesbian issues in his talk.
But the union says homosexual behav-
ior is incompatible with Jewish law.
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Votes Keep Under God'
Washington/JTA — The U.S. House of
Representatives voted to keep the term
"under God" in the Pledge of
•
Allegiance.
The bill, which passed the House
247-173 on Sept. 23 and is unlikely to
stand for a vote in the Senate this year,
would prevent federal courts from hear-
ing cases about the pledge's constitu-
tionality. The Supreme Court heard a
case about whether the phrase violated
the separation of church and state earli-
er this year, but did not rule on its mer-
its.
Man Mistaken For Terrorist
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Jenin/JTA — Israeli troops killed a men-
tally ill Palestinian, mistaking him for a
terrorist. The man was shot dead in
Jenin on Tuesday as troops scoured the
West Bank city for arms caches.
According to Israeli security sources,
the Palestinian approached soldiers
despite their repeated requests that he
halt, forcing them to open fire.
Investigations determined that he was
not armed and had a history of mental
illness.
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THE ISSUE
BEHIND THE ISSUE
While Democrats and Republicans
battle here for Jewish votes in the
upcoming `presidential election, the
view from Israel is less partisan. One
of Israel's veteran diplomats says the
U.S.-Israel relationship won't change
much no matter which candidate
wins.
Zalman Shoval, former Israeli ambas-
sador to the United States, said recent-
ly that the relationship between Israel
and the United States is not overly
influenced by U.S. administration
change from one president to another
or from one party or another. The
"shared values" of the two countries,
combined with Jewish community
support, lobby groups like AIPAC and
a common experience battling terror-
ism, Shoval said, were the real factors
behind the relationship.
— Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan Detroit
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