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Conservative rabbis avoid debate on contentious issues

New York Jewish Week BALTIMORE, May 3 (JTA) — Nearly 500 Conservative rabbis gathered in Baltimore from around the world last week to discuss the future of their movement. But issues not found on the official agenda for the 99th annual convention of the Rabbinical Assembly, the organization representing 1,500 Conservative rabbis, were perhaps more […]

California pressures insurers to settle Holocaust-era claims

LOS ANGELES, May 2 (JTA) — California’s top officials, legislators and private organizations are throwing their collective weight behind a series of measures aimed at pressuring European insurance companies into settling claims from the Holocaust era. The charge is being led by Gov. Gray Davis and state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. Speaking at a news […]

Overweight actress writes book and revels in her role-model status

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla., May 2 (JTA) — What if you could take the one trait in yourself that drives you crazy and turn that into an asset? Wouldn’t it be heavenly if you not only accepted — but actually celebrated — your one major shortcoming? That’s the heart and soul of television star Camryn […]

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Conservative rabbis avoid debate on contentious issues

California pressures insurers to settle Holocaust-era claims

Overweight actress writes book and revels in her role-model status

Genocide museum plan competes with Holocaust museum in Canada

Serbian Jews thank community in Hungary, anguish about future

A Walk on the Moon’ conjures up memories of summers in Catskills

FOCUS ON ISSUES Collaboration is ‘name of game’ in world of Jewish philanthropy

NEWS ANALYSIS No matter what Arafat decides, Netanyahu will try to take credit

U.S. asks Jewish federations to help resettle Kosovar refugees

Britain’s Jews warned they may be next targets of neo-Nazi attack

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