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NEWS ANALYSIS Wave of attacks revive concerns about radicalization of Israeli Arabs

JERUSALEM, Sept. 7 (JTA) – Just as Israel agreed to release hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners and just as the High Court of Justice ruled against some interrogation methods used by Israeli security service officials against Arab suspects, terrorism struck again. This time around, however, it was not Palestinians from the territories who were involved […]

PROFILE Lauder has big dreams – and money, track record to make them come true

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (JTA) – Jewish leader Ronald Lauder has a dream. At some point in the future, Israel’s Negev desert, now “basically Arizona without people,” will be a lush garden spot, made fruitful by a string of desalination plants purifying seawater. Trains will run from Tel Aviv to Beersheba to Eilat, carrying high-tech […]

TEN YEARS AFTER THE WALL Moscow’s chief rabbi forges a future for Jews who stayed after Soviet fal

MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (JTA) – When Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt first arrived in Moscow 10 years ago, the city nearly scared him away. “It was like traveling 50 years back in a time machine,” the chief rabbi of Moscow says, recalling his first impressions of the city to which he had come to teach Judaism in […]

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NEWS ANALYSIS Wave of attacks revive concerns about radicalization of Israeli Arabs

PROFILE Lauder has big dreams – and money, track record to make them come true

TEN YEARS AFTER THE WALL Moscow’s chief rabbi forges a future for Jews who stayed after Soviet fal

U.S., Britain push for Iraq inspections, say Saddam is rebuilding missile sites

NEWS ANALYSIS Arafat, Barak proved they are tough, but final status talks will be tougher

Southern Baptists urge holiday prayers that Jews will find Jesus

Female Jewish educators earn less than male colleagues, new study says

WALK ON THE SINGLES’ SIDE Putting away one’s troubles and struggling with the ‘b’ word

APPROACHING THE MILLENNIUM Evangelical Christian support for Israel intensifies as the new millenn

FOCUS ON ISSUES Hate crimes, guns, religious freedom top the agenda for returning Congress

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