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January 24, 2011

What Obama should say about the Palestinians in the State of the Union

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

If he wants to make progress in the Middle East, President Obama should use his State of the Union address to address some of the problems standing in the way of peace. This is what we think he should say: “Two years in office has persuaded me that in our pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace, we have sometimes neglected key problems. I am calling upon the Palestinian Authority to accept Israel as a Jewish state. It is not possible to achieve peace between Arabs and Jews if one side does not accept the rights and identity of the other side. No longer can we accept that Palestinians are taught to reject Israel and to glorify violence.\n

20 years on, Russians in Germany flocking to big cities

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

When Yuri Rosov immigrated to Germany from Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 1997, the city in which he ended up, Rostock, had no synagogue, no infrastructure and virtually no money. Rosov now heads that Jewish community in the former East Germany, which has about 700 members, nearly all of them Russian speakers. “We have a synagogue and a strong community,” said Rosov, 50, who works for the Maccabee sports association. In recent years, however, a new challenge has emerged that threatens the future of the Rostock Jewish community and many other similar ones across Germany populated mostly by Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants and their families: Young people are leaving.

S. Africa denies arrest warrant request for Livni

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

A request to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni was turned down by a South African investigation board. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, found late last week that \”there are insufficient grounds for us to obtain a warrant of arrest.\” The Hawks also found that Livni must be in South Africa for the country to begin an investigation into the allegations of war crimes against her. Livni last week said she canceled her trip to South Africa due to the Israeli Foreign Ministry workers\’ strike, which ended Monday. She was scheduled to give several speeches and hold meetings in Cape Town and Johannesburg. The Jewish Board of Deputies, which was sponsoring Livni\’s trip, told the South African Press Association that it will be rescheduled.

Lieberman’s legacy: bridge builder or burner?

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

Joe Lieberman ascended to national prominence by building one bridge at a time. Then, having reached the pinnacle by becoming the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, he spent 10 years burning bridges. Ultimately, Lieberman’s most celebrated bridge — between America’s non-Christian, non-establishment minorities and the highest office of the land — will be his legacy, say both friends and critics. The U.S. senator from Connecticut, perhaps the nation’s best-known independent, announced last week that he would not be running for re-election in 2012. In an anxious, jokey appearance in Hartford — he started by likening himself to daytime TV talk jockey Regis Philbin, who also had just announced his retirement — Lieberman’s first serious reference was to his role as a history maker.

Growth spurt: More farms at Jewish buildings seeding food awareness

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

After the unexpected death of his 26-year-old daughter Jessica last August, Dane Kostin found himself searching for a fitting memorial, a project that would benefit the community and provide an appropriate tribute to a daughter who loved cooking with fresh, seasonal vegetables. Thus was born Jessie\’s Community Gardens, a nonprofit trying to set up small-scale gardening operations at community facilities throughout the Hartford, Conn. area. This spring, the first garden will be dug on the grounds of the local Jewish federation. Another will be installed at\nKostin\’s synagogue, Beth El Temple in West Hartford. Kostin also has held discussions with the local Jewish nursing home, assisted living facilities and the two local Jewish day schools, all of which have expressed interest in participating.

Gaza blockade legal, Turkel commission finds

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

The Israeli commission of inquiry into the Israeli Navy\’s interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla found that the naval blockade of Gaza does not break international law.

Federations launch $5.5 million campaign for Ethiopian aliyah

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

The Jewish Federations of North America is launching a $5.5 million fundraising campaign for Ethiopian immigration to Israel. The campaign comes at the behest of the Israeli government, which agreed last November to bring up to 7,846 additional Ethiopians to Israel. Like Israel’s commitment, the federation’s campaign comes with an eye toward concluding mass Ethiopian aliyah; it’s called “Completing the Journey.” “It is our privilege and our obligation to help complete this historic aliyah,” Kathy Manning, chairwoman of the Jewish Federations’ board of trustees, said in a statement announcing the campaign. “The government of Israel says it intends to complete the rescue of the ancient Ethiopian Jewish community and has asked the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Agency for Israel to join this historic effort.”\n

Israeli diplomats end strike

Jewish Journal January 24, 2011

A strike by Israeli Foreign Ministry employees that caused the cancellation of visits by foreign delegations has ended. An agreement reached Monday means that a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and several ministers to attend the annual joint Israel-Germany Cabinet session will go ahead this week as scheduled, according to reports. As part of the three-year agreement, the diplomats will receive a salary increase, a bonus package and a special bonus for diplomats serving abroad, many of whom have said they could not afford to live in their host countries on meager salaries. A demand for outside evaluation for major promotions will be addressed outside of the salary dispute, according to reports.

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