As Jewish high school seniors cram for their baccalaureate exams, the Jewish community in Paris is engaged in soul- searching over the role of Jewish education in French society.
JERUSALEM, June 24 (JTA) Israeli experts are downplaying Syria’s surprise decision to pull its soldiers out of Beirut, but say it could mean that Lebanon’s army will soon take greater control over the country. One year after Israel withdrew its troops from southern Lebanon, there now are no Syrian soldiers in the Lebanese capital, […]
WASHINGTON, June 21 (JTA) Just as he is emerging as one of President Bush’s most persistent policy critics within the Republican Party, Sen. John McCain is proposing a future for Israelis and Palestinians that differs from the administration’s Mideast policy. McCain (R-Ariz.), who lost to Bush in the Republican presidential primaries last year, used […]
