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NEW YORK, July 27 (JTA) — Every weekday morning, around the time most people are taking their first coffee break, Benjamin Lederer takes a half-hour away from the phone-ringing, jewel-cutting clamor of his Manhattan Diamond District office. Quickly walking down 47th Street, he passes bearded, black-hatted traders like himself and sparkling jewelry store displays before […]

JERUSALEM, July 26 (JTA) — Relations among the streams of Judaism may not be high on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s priority list, but some government officials are already taking steps toward addressing issues that have strained Israel-Diaspora relations in recent years. Yitzhak Herzog, Israel’s new Cabinet secretary, will ask the government to establish a […]