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…EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The Essence Of Judaism Minneapolis ix days before the quintessential American holiday of Thanksgiving, I find myself deeply thankful that we Jews continue to thrive as a people despite odds that would demoralize others. Anti-Semitism is up, synagogue affiliation is down, too many younger Jews seem spiritually lost, the lures of assimila- tion continue to test our religious will and apathy is more widespread. Worse, deadly t...…
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…News Digest Shin Bet Chief Criticizes Tactics Jerusalem/JTA — A former head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency criticized aspects of Israel's war on terrorism. Avraham Shalom told Israel's Channel Two Television that while he supports Israel's need to arrest terror- ists, "there's no reason to make people strip at a checkpoint and there's no reason to stop an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman . about to give birth." He also criticize...…
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…Remembering Together Turks and Muslims join memorial service for victims. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News ro inar Acar, a Turkish Muslim stu- dent living in Farmington Hills, says she was horrified when she heard about the car bomb attacks last Shabbat on synagogues in her home- town of Istanbul. "It was unexpected," she said. "Not nor- mal. It's not something that Turkish Muslims would do. We have lots of ethnic groups in Turkey, and...…
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