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…his package of stories probes the complex, practical and emotional issues confronting residents of Jerusalem as well as Detroit Jews. The stories also look at how Pope John Paul II's visit to the Holy Land is putting a new focus on the peace process and Jerusalem's sovereignty. 3/24 2000 6 …
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…Whose Jerusalem? DIVIDED CITY from page 9 Top to bottom: Over lunch: Faigie Kreger, right, with friends Shulamit Rosenweld and Dov Rosenwald at a cafe in west Jerusalem. A Palestinian Moslem walks near Israeli soldiers in the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. A nun waits as Shiban Amer, a Moslem shopowner in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, talks about Jerusalem. level of services given to the Jewish residents of the city. Israeli...…
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…Weizman said, adding that Jerusalem is the "heart of the Jewish people." The political debate between Israel and the Palestinians on Jerusalem heat- ed up this week ahead of the pope's • visit. Israel declared it would not allow the Palestinians to try to gain politically from the visit. This came after Palestinians on Sunday floated a bal- loon over Orient House in eastern Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority's de facto headquarters, bearing ...…
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…This Week Different Priorities Peace talks don't rank high on agenda of young Jewish activists. Happy 75th Wedding Anniversary Herta & Eugene Orbach HOWARD LOVY . Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington • sraeli and Palestinian negotiators are resuming peace talks in Washington this week and President Clinton has set a meet- ing with Syria's president, but don't tell the details to Julianne Berkon, a cam- paign associate with the Jewish Fede...…
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…This Week Insight Remember When • She Said, He Said From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 1990 Joanne Zuroff was chosen as the Akiva Hebrew Day School Ayshet Chayil (Woman of Valor) awardee. The 1990 Jewish News Mitzvah Heroes were Rae Sharfman, Jeff Lazar and Dorothy Goldberg. A woman who wants to take over a kosher butcher store is in a dispute with the Council of Rabbis. 1980 Berkley High ...…
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