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NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (JTA) – Exactly two weeks before a controversial last-minute presidential pardon made him a household name in the United States, Marc Rich was sitting in the VIP section at a mega-event for Birthright Israel in Jerusalem. Surrounded by thousands of young, primarily North American Jews on free trips to Israel, Rich, […]

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BUDAPEST, Jan. 30 (JTA) – Hungarian Jewish leaders are protesting a call by a far-right party to retry the case of the nation’s executed wartime prime minister. The leaders said they were “deeply shocked” after the Hungarian Justice and Life Party – which holds 12 seats in the nation’s 386-seat Parliament and is known by […]

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (JTA) – As the Bush administration settles in, several signs suggest it will pursue a policy toward Iran that resembles U.S. policy toward China, in which commercial interests outweigh human rights concerns. This could deal a blow to U.S. Jews lobbying on behalf of 10 Iranian Jews imprisoned – wrongly, it […]

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