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Jewish activist pushes Romania

MONTREAL, Aug. 28 (JTA) For years, a section of Romania was the site of a forgotten corner of the Holocaust, a place where hundreds of thousands of Jews were imprisoned and killed during World War II. Romanian officials tried to sweep the nation’s wartime history under the carpet but they never counted on […]

Nation can see Jewish wisdom, or grandstanding

The following is adapted from the sermon “Public Service and Public Presence” delivered by Rabbi Barry Freundel on Aug. 12, 2000, the first Shabbat after Vice President Al Gore picked Sen. Joseph Lieberman as his running mate. Lieberman and his family were in attendance at Congregation Kesher Israel in Washington when Freundel delivered his sermon. […]

Few hold out hope for Clinton’s Egypt trip

JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (JTA) In a sign of how deeply mired the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is, even news of a planned visit to the region this week by President Clinton did little to counter dimming prospects for progress. Clinton is due to stop in Egypt on Tuesday at the end of his trip to […]

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Jewish activist pushes Romania

Nation can see Jewish wisdom, or grandstanding

Few hold out hope for Clinton’s Egypt trip

U.S. report: Terror mastermind training Hamas

Parched Israel digs for water solutions

A beatification too far

Argentine Jews protest ‘messianic’ event

Jewish sites promoted in Europe

Congress urged to pass hate crimes law

Reviving black-Jewish tensions

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