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Former Swiss bank guard gets four-year scholarship

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (JTA) – The Swiss security guard who prevented the shredding of vital Holocaust-era bank records has been awarded a full four-year scholarship at a private American university. During his studies at Chapman University in Southern California, Christoph Meili and his family will be supported by a group of Holocaust survivors and […]

Steps to implement Wye draw immediate criticism

JERUSALEM, Nov. 22 (JTA) – Just days after Israel began to implement the Wye agreement, the Jewish state has drawn fire from West Bank settlers and the Palestinian Authority. The settlers’ complaints came after Israel carried out last Friday the first of three further redeployments in the West Bank called for under the accord. Palestinian […]

Israelis, North Americans sign covenant on unity, shared values

JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (JTA) – Representatives of North American Jewry and Israel have concluded several days of dialogue aimed at improving Israel- Diaspora relations by signing a document proclaiming worldwide Jewish unity. Knesset members joined thousands of American and Canadian Jewish leaders on Thursday in signing a covenant of rededication to “enduring ties that bind […]

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Former Swiss bank guard gets four-year scholarship

Steps to implement Wye draw immediate criticism

Israelis, North Americans sign covenant on unity, shared values

Israeli Cabinet gives go-ahead to transfer more West Bank land

Calls grow for unity government after Knesset passes Wye accord

AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD UJA young leaders deliver Torah to Prague’s egalitarian synagogue

Israel, Palestinians renew war of words, delaying redeployment

FOCUS ON ISSUES Israeli Arabs open lodgings, restaurants to serve tourists

Court backs ADL claim to keep files confidential

FOCUS ON ISSUES Orthodox groups attack 2 rabbis who set up court to end marriages

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