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…UP FRONT Shamir's Vows To Shas Party May Cause Rebellion In Likud CATHRINE GERSON Special to The Jewish News rime Minister Yit- zhak Shamir faces re- bellion in his own ranks as he tries to fulfill his commitments to the Agudat Yisrael party by pushing re- ligious legislation through the Knesset. The rigorously Orthodox Agudah agreed Nov. 16 to join his Likud-led coalition government on several con- ditions, including Mr. Shamir's pledge o...…
…EDITORIAL Time To Speak Out By now it is no secret that President Bush has a strong personal dislike for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. The president feels that the Israeli leader is a hindrance to progress on peace negotiations with the Palestinians, a stub- born man unwilling to compromise. But that personal dislike should not pre- vent the president from appreciating and recognizing the longstanding, deep rela- tionship between th...…
…CONTENTS CLOSE-UP Orthodoxy's Guardian Angel IRA RIFKIN As president of the Rabbinical Council of America, Marc Angel is walking a theological tightrope. 28 ISRAEL House Of Cards INA FRIEDMAN Soviet Jews in Israel are optimistic about the future. But Israel's economy can't take the strain. 45 DETROIT •U.N. votes 14 signaling difficult times. • Sunday's mini-CAJE reinforced teacher thinking. COMMUNITY 57 Detroit's Jews will send ...…
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…DETROIT United Nations Vote Signals Difficult Times For Israel ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor A merican support for the United Nations' resolution condemn- ing the Temple Mount inci- dent portends dangerous times ahead of the Jewish state, political analyst Alan Keyes said last week. Dr. Keyes, speaking at a fund-raiser for the American Technion Society Detroit chapter, said the future of U.S.-Israel relations hasn't looked good for...…
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…CLOSE-UP Orthocto 's Guardian ngel IRA RIFKIN Special to The Jewish News As president of the Rabbinical Council of America, Rabbi Marc D. Angel walks a theological tightrope. teering a middle course through the turbulent wa- ters of Orthodox Judaism's organi- zational politics has become increasingly dif- ficult, given the sharpness with which positions have been staked out. Topping the agenda is the growing schism bet- ween the Orthodox,...…
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…"Conservative and Reform have moved so far to the left that it makes us look like we're on the right." June. For the previous two years, he had served as the organization's first vice president, the traditional stepping-stone to the RCA's top spot. In the past, the RCA has been known as the organ- izational upholder of "modern" Orthodox values; respect for secular knowledge, dialogue with non-Orthodox and non- Jewish representatives, and what...…
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…CLOSE-UP I Angel Continued from preceding page members into the organ- ization's decision-making process to broaden its ap- peal and influence. "I'm not dogmatic. I'm more of a consensus person," he said. "I favor frank discussion and hearing from all sides." At present, relatively few of the RCA's 1,000 mem- bers do participate in the decision-making, although Rabbi Angel would venture no estimate of how many do. That circumstance, ex- pl...…
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