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Outreach Faulted

Atlanta/JTA — Atlanta Jewish institu-

tions think they're doing a better job
of outreach than they really are,
according to a new community survey.
The Jewish Outreach Scan of
Atlanta, a study of the outreach prac-
tices of 46 local synagogues and
Jewish organizations, was conducted
by the New York-based Jewish
Outreach Institute.
TheJOI scan singled out three local
organizations for their successful pub-
lic-space Judaism practices.

Candidate Quits

Jerusalem/JTA — Uzi Landau with-
drew from the race to lead Israel's
Likud Party.
Landau, who had been trailing in
polls leading up to this month's party
primary, announced he was quitting
and said he would support the fron-
trunner, former Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Also running are Foreign Minister
Silvan Shalorn . and Defense Minister
Shaul Mofaz.

Spielberg's 'Munich'

New York/JTA Steven Spielberg
called his upcoming film about the
1972 massacre of Israeli Olympic ath-
letes, and subsequent reprisals against
Palestinian terrorists, a "prayer for
peace."
The Hollywood director spoke to
Time magazine about Munich, break-
. ing his silence after months of mount-
ing speculation about the thriller's
historical sources and how it would
present Israel's assassination of the
PLO terrorists who masterminded the
attack at the Munich Games. "We don't
demonize our targets:' Spielberg said.
"They're individuals. They have fami-
lies."
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Drawing parallels between the
1970s and today's Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, Spielberg said, "Somewhere
inside all this intransigence there has
to be a prayer for peace ... Because the
biggest enemy is not the Palestinians
or the Israelis. The biggest enemy in
the region is intransigence'
Spielberg also took the opportunity
to announce a new goodwill initiative
to distribute video cameras to Israeli
and Palestinian child'ren who will
record their lives and then view each
other's footage.

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DNC: Don't Divest

New York/JTA -- The Democratic
National Committee came out against
efforts to divest from Israel or the
Palestinian areas.
The DNC executive, meeting in
Phoenix, passed a resolution declaring
"its opposition to efforts to boycott,
divest from, or otherwise single out
companies for their work in Israel or
the Palestinian Authority, and com-
mends memberg of the Muslim,
Christian, Jewish and other faiths who
courageously continue to work togeth-
er to attain a peaceful negotiated set-
tlement to any conflict in the Middle
East:"
The resolution called efforts to
divest from Israel "counterproductive."

Glatt White House

Washington/JTA — The White House
koshered its kitchen ahead of its .
annual Chanukah reception.
Petak Caterers, under the joint
supervision of the Bergen County,
N.J., rabbinical council and
Washington representatives of
Chabad, will serve glatt kosher meat at
the dinner Tuesday night.
The meeting is taking place early
because President Bush and much of
the Washington establishment leaves
the city around Dec. 25, when
Chanukah starts this year.
The White House said it was the
first time that First Lady Laura.Bush
had handed over the kitchen to kosher
caterers for a Chanukah celebration;
previous kosher caterers brought food
in from outside.

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Buenos Aires/JTA — A center opened
in Brazil for descendants of Jews
forced to covert to Catholicism during
the Inquisition.
The Jewish education center, geared
specifically for Bnai Anousim, was
launched to reach out to "lost Jews."
"The center will serve as a focal
point of our outreach workto Bnai
Anousim here in northern Brazil:' said
its director', Rabbi Avraham Amitai. He
said many descendants of converted
Jews express an interest in returning
to their roots:
The center is being operated, paid
for and run by Shavei Israel, a group
that tries to seeks to help "lost Jews"
return to the fold.

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