Nation/World Briefs
December 2, 1999
The Nation/World Brief, news, media, info, updates from around the nation and the world.
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Tough Choices for Hate Law Boosters
November 4, 1999
For Jewish leaders, lobbying sometimes involves tough choices between winning and doing the right thing. That dynamic is very much in play this week as many Jewish groups, with a boost from President Bill Clinton, fight desperately to save a new hate crimes law that has become cannon fodder in the nation\’s culture wars.
Managing the Bitter Debate Ahead
October 7, 1999
Next month, Prime Minister Ehud Barak will travel to Atlanta for the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities, the central philanthropic and service organization in the American Jewish world.
Peace by Fits and Starts
September 2, 1999
Despite the usual last-minute posturing, complaining and maneuvering in the region, administration officials prepared for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\’s Mideast trip this week confident Israel and the Palestinians will sign an agreement that will lay out implementation of the long-delayed Wye River accord.
Touching Her Bases
July 29, 1999
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton touched all the Jewish and pro-Israel bases and avoided treacherous curve balls during a Tuesday appearance before more than 2,100 delegates at Hadassah\’s 85th national convention in Washington.
In a speech laced with nods to the Jewish community\’s core issues, including Jerusalem, terrorism and anti-Semitism at home and abroad, the all-but-announced candidate for the Senate from New York appealed to what political scientists say is her Jewish political base — Upper West Side liberals, Westchester soccer moms and pro-Israel moderates.
Barak Wows Washington
July 22, 1999
A self-confident Prime Minister Ehud Barak dazzled administration Mideast policy-makers during his inaugural official visit to Washington this week — and reshuffled the American Jewish deck by elevating a pro-peace process group to the top rung of the communal hierarchy.
Auschwitz Talks to Resume
June 3, 1999
Miles Lerman said negotiators will focus on three areas. Currently, most visitors come only to the Auschwitz l site; Lerman said an overall plan must \”induce visitors to come to Birkenau, where they will learn that 95 percent of the victims there were Jews.\”
AIPAC Adapts
May 27, 1999
That squeak audible over Washington this week was the sound of the pro-Israel lobby turning on a dime.
Stung by criticism by some Labor leaders of a longstanding pro-Likud tilt, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), began a quick readjustment at this week\’s annual policy conference in Washington.
Israeli Election: Who Cares?
April 29, 1999
Israeli voters go to the polls on May 17 in what could be the most critical election in the young nation\’s history.
Preparing for the Worst
April 29, 1999
Mark Levin knows about as much as anybody about Jews in the former Soviet Union. But sitting in his office during a recent chat with reporters, he admitted he had no easy answers to the toughest question of all: When should Jewish leaders push the panic button and do everything possible to convince Russian Jews to get out while the getting is good?
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