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March 9, 2006

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Jewish Journal March 9, 2006

Without reading a word of the inside article, I write because I am distressed about the depiction on the front page (\”An Ugly Day in the Neighborhood,\” March 3).

A Yummy Hat Trick of Triangle Treats

Judy Zeidler March 9, 2006

The traditional shape of the quintessential Purim dessert, the hamantaschen, is a three-cornered filled pastry. Some say it even looks like George Washington\’s hat, but I\’m certain he wasn\’t around in those early days. But, what about the shape? What does it represent? Is it the shape of Haman\’s pocket, his hat or his ear? I think it all depends on the story your grandmother told you.

Class Notes – National Nachas for Shalhevet

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 9, 2006

Five brief pieces, on the following: Shalhevet School\’s recent winning streak, Camp Ramah\’s new solar panels, a five-day summer workshop that shows teachers how to use studying the holocaust to teach morality, an opportunity to serve abroad as part of the \”Jewish Peace Corps,\” and a recent Prejudice Awareness Summit at the University of Judaism.

Sonoma Plan Adds Flavor to Dull Diets

Soriya Daniels March 9, 2006

Dr. Connie Guttersen is on a mission to make America smaller. Well, perhaps not geographically, but at least to shrink the size of the average American.
Scientific studies have proven that weight-loss diets that are based on moderate amounts of the healthiest types of fats, such as olive oil, fish and nuts, are more effective long-term than traditional low-fat diets. And since the low-fat diet myth was busted recently with the publication of \”The Nurses\’ Health Study II,\” the public is struggling to determine what role fat should play in everyday meals.

ARZA wins WZO Elections

Jewish Journal March 9, 2006

The Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA) easily won elections for the American slate to the World Zionist Organization\’s 35th Congress of the Jewish People.\nARZA took home just over 38 percent of the 75,686 votes cast, garnering it 55 delegates to the June congress in Israel. ARZA\’s victory \”demonstrates that our message — love of Israel, devotion to Zionist ideals and commitment to policies of moderation and religious pluralism in the Jewish state — has become the dominant voice of American Zionism,\” said Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.

Tajikistan Razes Its Sole Synagogue

Lev Krichevsky March 9, 2006

Tajikistan\’s government has begun demolishing the Central Asian nation\’s only synagogue, offering in exchange a plot of land far from where most Jewish community members live.
The work started last month. So far, demolition crews have destroyed part of the synagogue\’s property, including the mikvah (ritual bath) and classroom space, according to sources in Dushanbe, the capital city. The synagogue\’s yard was turned into a dump for the refuse.

French Views Split on Halimi’s Murder

Brett Kline March 9, 2006

Some French remain convinced that the barbaric torture and murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Jew, was not an anti-Semitic hate crime.
The kidnap murder has been declared an anti-Semitic act by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy but also a violent crime whose motive was money. Since Halimi was found abandoned in a suburban train station Feb. 13 and died on the way to the hospital, the affair has been the talk of France.

Hamas Rises as Kadima Declines

Leslie Susser March 9, 2006

After a visit to Moscow, Hamas leaders claim \”the wall\” of diplomatic isolation Israel is trying to build around the newly empowered organization is collapsing.
But Israeli government officials say they are still confident that the international community will cut off funds to a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority and back Israeli moves for a second unilateral pullback from Palestinian territory.

The Circuit

Norma Zager March 9, 2006

Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills hosted an overflow crowd of 600 guests for a community conversation about Jihad, the riots in France and the threats to Israel posed by Hamas and Iran. Sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition L.A. Chapter and the Israel Christian Nexus, the program featured unique insights from noted columnist and historian Victor Davis Hanson, former PLO terrorist and anti-radical Islam activist Walid Shoebat, and French journalist Philippe Karsenty, who revealed the fraudulent story that young Muhummad Al Dura was killed by Israelis at the start of the second intifada.

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