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JERUSALEM, Nov. 9 (JTA) — Some Israelis were hoping this week that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat doesn’t read Israeli newspapers or watch Israeli television. That way he wouldn’t have seen how Prime Minister Ehud Barak suddenly caved in Sunday to the demands of the country’s handicapped population — after he stood firm through a […]

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NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (JTA) — Mandy Patinkin ends his Yiddish version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” with an exhortation: “Play Ball!” By the time the popular performer takes the stage on the last night of the United Jewish Communities’ General Assembly next week, the 3,200 delegates and 2,000 volunteers expected to […]

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (JTA) — High up on the list of America’s top philanthropies rank premier schools and universities: Harvard, Emory, Stanford, Columbia and Duke. Yeshiva University is there, too, as is Brandeis University. They are listed as No. 193 and No. 238 in this year’s “Philanthropy 400” — the roster of the nation’s […]

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