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…Editor's Letter Iranian Intrigue T he conversation kept bouncing back to Iran as one of Israel's savviest diplomats and I talked in the lobby of a Southfield hotel for 45 minutes during his whirl- wind visit to Metro Detroit. "The Iranians are saying they want to annihilate the State of Israel," said Barukh Binah, Israel's Chicago-based consul general to the midwest."They are not shy about it. They say it very openly." That annihilation dru...…
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…Front Lines NOTEBOOK 'iNenline The Sun And The Moon T his Week he Jewish calendar in relation to Passover, and slavery in Egypt as sensitivity training were the subjects of Rabbi Mordechai Becher on March 26 at an Ohr Somayach Detroit lunch-and-learn at Franklin Athletic Club in Southfield. The seder contains many references to correcting the flaw of broth- erly hatred, the rabbi said. Joseph was sold by his brothers to mer- chants trave...…
…128th NS SEASON Front Lines 2006120 E S T President And Passover Washington In his Passover greet- ing, President George W. Bush cele- brated the seder traditions. "Through these traditions:' he said, "the Jewish people express their gratitude for God's redemp- tion and the President Bush blessings of freedom, and they ensure that their heritage is passed on to future gen- erations." Passover continues through sun- down April 10 in the di...…
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…1 6. Fatima, who crossed into Israel over the border from Egypt, holds her UN refugee document at a shelter in northern Israel. Yosef Israel Abramowitz Jewish Telegraphic Agency Kibbutz Ketura, Israel W ith two miles of bare foot- prints behind them, Ahmed, Fatima and their three chil- dren approached the border with Israel in the middle of a cold winter night. Snow was falling in the Sinai. Avoid the Egyptian military patrols, warned th...…
…ern Sudan. Another 2.5 million have been displaced. Israel's quandary is a difficult one. "Sudanese refugees are right now con- sidered enemy nationals because Sudan is an Islamic fundamentalist country," explained Anat Ben Dor, the country's leading refugee rights lawyer, who has emerged as a top advocate for the Sudanese refugees. "Yet Israel is a signa- tory to the International Convention on Refugees, which guarantees humane treat- ment an...…
…ON THE COVER Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA Photo by Brian Hendler/JTA a Sudanese refugees take part in an Israeli parliamentary committee meeting on Sudanese refugees in Jerusalem in January. Avishai Braverman, co-chair of the Knesset lobby for Sudanese refugees, center, is speaking. Sudanese Muslims pray in their cell at Ma'asiyahu prison in Israel as they await a United Nations decision on their refugee status. A Troubled Exodus from page...…
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