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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (JTA) – More than 700 rabbis are urging U.S. Senators to sustain President Clinton’s veto of the so-called partial-birth abortion ban. The rabbis, representing all streams of Judaism, sent a letter last week to lawmakers expressing opposition to efforts to outlaw the late-term procedure to end pregnancy, calling it a deeply personal […]

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (JTA) – For a few moments on Capitol Hill this week, Sally Minich and Aviva Grundland united in their grief and their message. Testifying before what is believed to be the first-ever joint hearing of the U.S. Congress and the Israeli Knesset, Minich and Grundland urged the legislators to support missile defense […]

MOSCOW, Sept. 15 (JTA) – The appointment of the staunchly pro-Arab Yevgeny Primakov as Russia”s new prime minister has aroused concerns about its possible ramifications for Russian policy in the Middle East. Jewish observers, both here and in Israel, point to Primakov”s long-standing ties with the regimes in Syria, Iraq and Iran as cause for […]

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