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…Hazy Crystal Ball With Arafat's health clouding the picture, Israelis see opportunities and LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem sraeli officials are quietly confident that if Yasser Arafat's health forces him to leave office, new chances for Israeli-Palestinian accommodation will open up. But they are aware of a number of pitfalls. The most serious danger is that any successor to Arafat may not have the necessary credibility t...…
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…Who's Up, Who's Down Charity list shows Jewish community's fund raising generally is stable. RACHEL POMERANCE Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York snapshot of some of the largest Jewish charities reveals that Jewish fund-raising generally is stable. But nuances in the numbers reveal who's up, who's down and why. The Chronicle of Philanthropy last week released its annual list of the top 400 charities in America primarily for fiscal years tha...…
…World Take your money to the next level. WHO'S UP from page 35 in this second-line campaign over and above the regular campaign, which raised over $30 million," he said. The Sherman Challenge Fund raised $3.8 million in 2004. Steve Selig of Atlanta, chairman of the UJC's finance and resource development pillar said the UJC campaign is "run- ning 6.4 percent ahead of last year," hav- ing raised some $778 million for the annual campaign this...…
…aDM Editorials are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com When Arafat's Away Dry Bones ME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY'S NEO-NAZIS IN EUROPE AND THE ORIGINAL NAZIS IN THE 1930'S IS THAT... on't get your hopes up that Yasser Arafat's ill- ness will trigger some sort of rapid break- through toward a real reduction of tension between Israel and the Palestinians. Instead, expect a lot of jousting for power among the Palestin...…
…jnonline OTHER, VIEWS ) Unmixing The Media An Israeli editor takes the U.S. news media to task for oversimpli- fying the muddled Mideast. See JN Online Writer Don Cohen's report, www.detroitjevvishnews.corn jewish.corn ) Save My Spot In his Jewish.com column "This Normal Life," Brian Blum explores why the "Save my spot" phenomenon is one of the hardest things for the immigrant to Israel to get used to. ) Jewish.com Store Do all of your ...…
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…Arts Life CLASSICAL NOTES The University of Michigan School of Music Opera Theatre presents Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel, based on the Grimm fairy tale and translated into English, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11-14, at the Power Center in Ann Arbor. $9-$20. (734) 764-2538. University Musical Society hosts the Kopelman Quartet, led by Russian-born violinist Mikhail Kopelman perform...…
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