A man who will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court next year that his planned execution in Florida\’s electric chair constitutes \”cruel and unusual punishment\” can point to a 2,000-year-old Jewish law when he pleads his case.
Jews who worked as slave laborers during the Nazi era are one step closer to receiving some measure of compensation for their ordeal.
After months of torturous negotiations, an agreement has been reached to establish a $5.2 billion fund for these victims of the Holocaust, according to several lawyers and Jewish officials involved in the talks.
After being vanquished from the White House nearly eight years ago, much of the Republican establishment is putting its faith — and cash — behind George W. Bush to lead the party back to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\’s Middle East shuttle mission has paid off with the announcement that Israeli-Syrian negotiations will resume next week.
As Bill Bradley takes on Vice President Al Gore for the Democratic Party\’s presidential nomination, Jews, who make up one of the most consistent voting blocs within the party, are taking stock of Bradley\’s career and his relationship with the Jewish community.
Pat Buchanan, a conservative columnist who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996, has long been accused of anti-Semitism by columnists, politicians and Jewish organizations. It is a charge he denies.
With Congress and the White House battling over the budget, Israel\’s nearly $3 billion in annual aid as well as funds to help Israel and the Palestinians implement last year\’s Wye River accord have been caught in the political wrangling.
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