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…-*A•1, "At Heck No, We Won't Listen Jerusalem/JTA — Three Israeli high- schoolers protested a visit by a military officer. The three 12th-graders chained themselves to the Tel Aviv school's auditorium before a lecture by an air force brigadier general, intended to bol- ster morale among the future military draftees. The protesters, who were talked down by police, accused the Education Ministry of "militarizing"' schools by inviting officers...…
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…TSUNAMI from page 13 A man inspects what is left of his home after a massive tsunami swept across costal Sri Lanka. An Israeli checks a list of other Israelis who reported to Bangkok's Chabad House sta that they're alive. otherwise safe on the Thai resort of Phuket. "Everyone has been great. I have been visited by Israeli diplomatic rep- resentatives as well as Chabad," Yaron Weiss said from his hospital bed. "I have a feeling that the oth...…
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…World Cover Story SUDAN'S CRY from page 23 dills Eyewitness Jewish aid official reports on efforts to help. RUTH W MESSINGER Special to the Jewish News New York City ith Chanukah just past and a new calendar year around the corner, most of us are reflecting on all there is to be thankful for and embracing our freedom as Jews and Americans. As we count our blessings, it is my hope that more American Jews will think of those denied what w...…
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…Cover Story SUDAN'S CRY from page 24 U-M HiHers David Post, right, poses with an African villager. of the crisis and to find ways to end the suffering. They joined the New York-based Save Darfur Coalition, an alliance of more than 100 diverse faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations that identified Dec. 10-12 as the Weekend of Conscience on Darfur. "The Darfur situation is a human issue, not particularly Jewish, but we're am...…
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…On The Bookshelf The Southern Experience In his new novel, "Chicken Dreaming Corn," Roy Hoffman tears down stereotypes with a homegrown brand of Southern Jewish lit. BRADFORD R. PILCHER Special to the Jewish News T : / 12/31 2004 42 Wiesel told him "that a good writer can sit and watch the people on a street corner and find, in humanity passing by, stories to tell." It was in that humanity, passing by, that Hoffman found his voice. As ...…
…PUMPKIN LOGS ARE HERE! 1) COMPANY DA THE OC It is at once a distinctly Southern . text as well as a distinctly Jewish one. But the sad truth is it's unlikely to be as well known in the contemporary Jewish circles of purveyors and con- sumers of Southern literature. That is because the story is so root- ed in a time and a place that is utter- ly foreign to the modern Jewish corn- munity that it may be unable to engage with it. As Hoffman no...…
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