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April 29, 2004

The Silent Minority

If there had been any doubts that I was in another country, they were erased when the first reviews of Mel Gibson\’s "The Passion of the Christ" began to appear in the London press.

Europe Pushes Palestinian Interests

After what it sees as President Bush\’s tilt toward Israel, the European Union is indicating that it wants to play a larger role in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — with an eye toward promoting Palestinian interests.

The Circuit

The paparazzi lined the halls of the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on March 31 hoping for a glimpse of some of the A-List guests arriving to watch producer and Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth receive the Dorothy and Sherrill C. Corwin Human Relations Award at the American Jewish Committee\’s (AJC) annual dinner.

For the Kids

Jews have always used humor to get themselves through difficult times.

Your Letters

The Jewish Journal always has its fair share — some would say more than its fair share — of left-leaning articles and analyses regarding the situation in Israel.

New UJ ‘Tradition’ Starts

Tevye, Tzeitel, Golde and all the other memorable characters of "Fiddler on the Roof" graced the big screen at the University of Judaism (UJ) on Sunday, April 25, but it was the audience who stole the show.

What’s Portuguese for Cohen?

A major new tool can help Brazilians learn about their possible Iberian Jewish origins: the "Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames," a 528-page tome featuring some 17,000 surnames of Sephardic Jewish families from Portugal, Spain and Italy and their descendants.

L.A Lobbies to Keep Rotem

Israel\’s Consul General Yuval Rotem bade farewell Monday night to the Los Angeles community he has served for nearly five years, but his admirers hope that they can persuade Jerusalem to extend his stay.

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