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BEHIND THE HEADLINES Lautenberg’s retirement seen as ‘great loss’ for Jews

New Jersey Jewish News WHIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 23 (JTA) — For the last year, Frank Lautenberg has been dropping clues, but not answering the Big Question: Would he run for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate? In November, while Lautenberg was on a visit to Poland, New Jersey newspapers reported that he was, in […]

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES Lebanese workers in Israel fear a withdrawal of forces

METULLA, Israel, Feb. 16 (JTA) — Every morning before sunrise, Ehud Neustadt, a farmer from this small town at one of Israel’s northernmost points, travels to pick up eight workers at the Lebanese border. The workers, residents of southern Lebanon, are an indispensable part of the operations at Neustadt’s apple orchard. “I am very dependent […]

Film critic Siskel eulogized as ‘mensch’ and active Jew

JUF News CHICAGO, Feb. 23 (JTA) — Since the news of Gene Siskel’s death, Chicagoans and people the world over have eulogized him as a master movie critic, a dedicated family man and a modest person whose fame didn’t detract from his friendliness. Yet there is a lesser-known but equally important side to Siskel, one […]

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BEHIND THE HEADLINES Kurdish attack at Berlin consulate marks low point in ties with Israel

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