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JERUSALEM, June 29 (JTA) — Religious pluralism issues are likely to remain unresolved under the new Israeli government, given the strength of the religious parties in the emerging Barak coalition. But with Natan Sharansky”s Yisrael Ba”Aliyah Party poised to take over the Interior Ministry from the fervently Orthodox Shas Party, it may be easier for […]

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NEW YORK, June 28 (JTA) — Jewish leaders came away from a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak this week with few assurances that the Middle East leader would take an active role in promoting Jewish concerns in the region. Given Egypt’s substantial contributions to Middle East peace in the past, “the hope and expectation […]

MOSCOW, June 29 (JTA) — Ukraine has banned a Ukrainian Israeli business mogul from entering the former Soviet republic for five years for allegedly causing “considerable damage to Ukraine’s economy” through his business activities. A Ukrainian native, 46-year-old Vadim Rabinovich is an Israeli citizen and one of the leaders of the 500,000-strong Jewish community of […]

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