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Are you Jewish? Census could be calling you

ATLANTA, Nov. 23 (JTA) A 24-year-old woman moves back to her parents’ home while between jobs. Raised as a Jew, she now practices Buddhism, or maybe “messianic Judaism.” The telephone rings. “Were you or anyone else in the house raised Jewish?” she is asked. “I’m Jewish,” she says, which clues the questioner to launch […]

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Barak: Focus on the possible

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (JTA) The British airport worker who slammed his truck into a plane making a refueling stop could not have realized that he was punctuating a point for the aircraft’s important passenger. Ehud Barak finally made it to the United States later than he had planned, with what he called a […]

Seeking to eradicate Jewish character of Israel

JERUSALEM, Nov. 23 (JTA) — For the first time since the creation of Israel, a group of Israeli Arab Knesset members is launching a campaign against the Jewish character of the state. Aimed at turning Israel into a “state of all its citizens,” the effort is using the same campaign slogan employed earlier this year […]

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