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…This Week News Digest Lieberman Backs Palestinian State Washington/JTA — Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., expressed sup- port for Palestinian statehood during a visit to Ramallah. "There's strong support for the aspirations of the Palestinian people for independent statehood. The question is whether there will be suf- ficient leadership here and in the world to bring this about sooner than later," Lieberman told reporters Monday following ta...…
…RINKE CADILLAC 85 Years And Still Delivering THROUGH BREAK ed last week that Israel canceled plans to destroy a Bethlehem house after discovering that the owner is friendly with Clinton. Neighbors said the building was owned by Hussein Othman Issa, whose family runs the Hope Flowers School, which teaches its students Hebrew and promotes coexistence. 2003 Fall Edition Sedan Devil Settlers Told Not To Hitchhike 2003 Fall Edition Seville SL...…
…▪ Staff Notebook Promoti ng Day Schools :a ow do you sell the idea of Jewish day school education to assimilated American Jews? How do you make that education academically top-notch, religiously compelling — and affordable? Feb. 2-4 in Los Angeles, community leaders involved in the day school movement will ponder these and other questions at back- to-back meetings sponsored by the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education (PEJE). Firs...…
…Electioneering? Move against Arab party could spark crisis in Jewish Arabties. GIL SEDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Nazareth seats, according to the polls. The survey also showed that Israeli Arabs would not boycott the Jan. 28 elections, as they did in February 2001. Some 71 percent plan to vote, and a quarter of those would vote for Jewish parties. The survey also found a reversal of the trend of Trumped Up "Palestinization" among Israel...…
…This Week Members Only events but no voting rights. Meretz USA first applied for membership nearly five years ago, according to Bromberg, and Dec. 17 was its chance to appeal earlier rejections. Meretz USA is a public advocacy and educational organiza- tion promoting civil rights in Israel and a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians. The Presidents' Conference membership commit- the representative body of American Jewry, w...…
…Dilemma On Iraq Israel, U.S. coordinate plans on Iraq, but rift looms on possible retaliation. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency N attack with nonconventional weapons, Israel's govern- ment will feel duty-bound to retaliate — both to sat- isfy domestic public opinion and, more importantly, to maintain Israel's deterrent capacity in the region. Mofaz, therefore, refused to say what the Americans wanted to hear, and would not commit t...…
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…Insight Remember When • • • Expanding The Circle From the pages of the Jewish News for this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. Detroit's Friendship Circle inspires upstart projects throughout North America. grown to serve 140 families who have children with special needs, with a Special to the Jewish News volunteer corps of more than 350. "It's unbelievably meaningful to see the f Rabbi Levi and Bassie impact you have on people's l...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Candidates Out Of Touch ry as they might, both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Likud's candidate, and Amnan Mitzna, Labor's can- didate, cannot steer their own party supporters to their personal way of political thinking in Israel. Sharon believes that he must bring Likud more toward the middle and thus attract the so-called centrist vote in Israel. Mitzna, lifelong leftist, is attempting to bring his party more toward his position....…
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…INSIDE Synagogue Listings 45 Torah Portion 47 New Shepherd, New Spirit At Young Israel of Southfield, Rabbi Morris seems a perfect fit. RONELLE GRIER Special to the Jewish News T rading sunglasses for snow boots has its drawbacks, but for Rabbi Yechiel Morris of Young Israel of Southfield, the decision to move from sunny Florida to seasonal Michigan was an easy one. "There is a real sense of excite- ment amid the synagogue," said Rabb...…
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