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June 16, 2006

Jewish organizations get a lot of mileage out of high-octane talk demanding energy independence, but the American Jewish Committee is really gassed up and ready to go on the issue. This week the group announced a first in the Jewish world: it will offer employees incentives to purchase or lease gas-sipping hybrid vehicles. The Fuel […]

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In a renewed effort by the Orthodox movementís Rabbinical Council of America to prevent future instances in which husbands refuse to grant their wives a get or religious divorce, the organization has adopted a resolution asking members to refuse to officiate at weddings at which the couple has not signed a prenuptial agreement. Rabbi Basil […]

Israel mounted a major public relations and military offensive this week both to deny Palestinian charges that it was responsible for the Gaza beach explosion that killed eight civilians last Friday and to answer a barrage of Kassam rockets Hamas fired into southern Israel following the beach deaths. But no sooner did Israeli Defense Minister […]

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