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U.S. Jewish group criticizes choice of Election Day in Israel

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (JTA) — At least one American Jewish organization is not pleased with the date set for Israeli elections. “A delay of five months seems sadly unresponsive to the urgent needs of this moment,” Phil Baum, executive director of the American Jewish Congress, said Tuesday after the Israel’s two major parties agreed […]

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Russia reaffirms pledge to return Nazi-looted art

MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (JTA) — Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to return works of art stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust that are now housed in Russian museums. But Western hopes that Russia has many of these works are “exaggerated,” the Foreign Ministry said in a recent statement. At an international conference in Washington […]

THE EMERGING CANDIDATES Barak stumps on Shabbat as battle for Arab vote begins

JERUSALEM, Dec. 29 (JTA) — Ehud Barak’s weekend visit to Arab communities in northern Israel has made two facts clear early in the election campaign: The Labor Party leader absolutely needs the Arab vote to win the premiership, and he has little hope of securing support among fervently Orthodox Jews. But Barak’s Christmas tour of […]

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