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Demonstrators press IG Farben to dissolve and pay war victims

FRANKFURT, March 23 (JTA) — Shareholders of the company that produced the gas used at Nazi death camps are demanding that the firm liquidate itself immediately and distribute all the proceeds to former slave laborers forced to work for the company during the Nazi era. IG Farben’s liquidators recently proposed such a policy, but they […]

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Reasons for decline are many; ‘alarming’ INS refusal rate is one

WASHINGTON, March 23 (JTA) — There is no question that Jewish immigration to the United States has slowed dramatically in recent years. Jewish organizational officials expect between 5,000 and 7,000 Jews to arrive this year from the former Soviet Union, down from a record 47,000 only seven years ago. There are many reasons for this […]

NEWS ANALYSIS Mixing up politics and religion in wake of Shas leader conviction

JERUSALEM, March 23 (JTA) — The combustible mix of politics and religion has once again exploded in Israel in the wake of last week’s conviction on bribery charges of one of Israel’s most powerful political leaders. Aryeh Deri was convicted, among other things, of pocketing some $155,000 during a period of five years in the […]

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Israel’s joint conversion institute debuts amid charges, uncertainty

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Report: Iraq’s Hussein trying to set up suicide bomber squad

Issue of Palestinian statehood prompts threats, counter-threats

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