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Mixed reaction to Bush’s faith-based initiatives

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (JTA) President-elect George W. Bush’s meeting this week with religious leaders shows he intends to move ahead with his controversial plan to involve religious institutions in social welfare programming. It also sent a signal about who in the Jewish community he plans to consult on the issue a signal that […]

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Peres’ departure narrows field to two

JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 (JTA) Former Prime Minister Shimon Peres’ decision not to run for premier in Israel’s Feb. 6 elections has left Israeli voters with just two candidates: Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Likud Party chairman Ariel Sharon. Peres becomes the second former premier in a week to throw the political scene into turmoil […]

Protests over Haider meeting with pope

ROME, Dec. 18 (JTA) The Vatican downplayed Pope John Paul II’s audience with a far-right Austrian politician this week, but the hundreds of rioters who fought with police and the Jewish merchants who shuttered their shops obviously took it more seriously. The clashes erupted Saturday near St. Peter’s Square when Jorg Haider took part […]

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