More than 300 delegates to the annual plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs began their four-day conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., with speeches from Israeli Absorption Minister Yuli Edelstein and opposition leader Ehud Barak. Some 250 college students also attended the conference, which sets forth some of the public policy positions of the organized Jewish community.
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