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…Campus Success Jewish students have swung the pendulum back towards Israel at U.S. colleges. Gabriel's freshman year coincided with the begin- ning of the Palestinian Editor's note: This is the first in a series on the changing intifada. Not knowing hOw to advocate for Israel, he relationship between American Jews and Israel did what thousands of other supporters of Israel Berkeley Calif. had been doing for ommon wisdom has it that Jewish st...…
…Special Report CAMPUS SUCCESS from page 15 that has put Israel advocacy at the center of its national agenda. Last year, AEPi's director of program- ming invited Litwer to attend AIPAC's policy conference. Then Litwer learned about the Birthright Israel program, and got the chance to see Israel last June. Birthright, which offers free 10-day trips to Israel to Jews ages 18-26 who never before have been on a peer trip to the Jewish state, has...…
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…Terrorism Is Traumatizing Children Israeli specialists are finding children who can't play and child alcoholics. DINA KRAFT Jewish Telegraphic Agency Afula, Israel he 10-year-old boy's dark eyes widen and he shifts nervously in his seat. He has trouble fa 11 ing asleep many nights, says he doesn't feel safe outside of his home and never watches the TV news after a terrorist attack. It's been this way since a pair of Palestinian terrorists s...…
…Horenczyk of the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma showed an increase in risk-taking behavior in ado- lescents exposed to terrorism. In her survey of 300 Israeli adoles- cents, about 50 percent reported use of alcohol, with the number rising to 90 percent among those suffering from post-traumatic symptoms. Some 16 per- cent reported driving recklessly, with the number doubling for those experiencing post-traumatic disorders. "In ...…
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…Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The End Of Relief Dry Bones IT'S PAINFUL BUT WE I n a recent opinion page article in Le Monde, the prestigious French newspaper, a top official of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) invited readers to walk with him along the streets of the Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip to see for themselves the squalor of the airless homes, the overcro...…
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