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Connections: Israelis and Americans

Jewish Journal December 3, 1998

About two weeks ago, I attended a three-day conference in Jerusalem along with more than 3,400 Americans and Canadians and 2,000 Israelis. We North Americans had all made the journey despite State Department warnings that travel in the area was unsafe, in part because of an expected confrontation with Iraq. But when we looked to see how Jerusalemites were reacting to our presence, we discovered that, in general, the Israeli world outside our convention center all but ignored us.

Berkeley Comes to Israel

Larry Derfner November 26, 1998

At the beginning of this week, dozens of Israeli university students entered the third week of their hunger strike. The country\’s 175,000 university students entered the second month of their strike from classes. Along the way students have been clubbed and even horsewhipped by police. They\’ve blocked major intersections in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa. At times some have even demonstrated in the nude.

Body Building

Jewish Journal November 19, 1998

Some 3,000 delegates from Jewish welfare federations across North America convened in Jerusalem on Nov. 16 for the yearly General Assembly of their roof body, the Council of Jewish Federations. It\’s the first assembly held in Israel in the council\’s 66-year history.

Bibi’s About-face

Larry Derfner November 12, 1998

It\’s remarkable: Palestinian terrorists set off three bomb attacks in as many weeks, yet Binyamin Netanyahu, of all people, goes ahead with his plans to relinquish 13 percent of the West Bank to the Palestinians.

Conservative Conversions

Jewish Journal October 8, 1998

Reuven Hammer is an American-born Conservative rabbi who has lived in Jerusalem since 1973, working as a writer and teacher — Conservative rabbi is not much of a career option inIsrael — and raising five kids along the way. Among variouspart-time jobs, he heads the bet din, or rabbinical court, whichoversees Conservative conversions in Israel.

Debunking the Bible Codes

Julie Gruenbaum Fax October 1, 1998

A Caltech mathematician and a leading Orthodox educational institution teamed up recently to turn up the heat on a simmering controversy over what they say is a scientifically and religiously suspect tool used by Jewish outreach organizations — the Bible codes

Kenneth Bob

Jewish Journal September 24, 1998

Kenneth Bob, a software executive from Long Island,N.Y., is registered to vote in this month\’s World Zionist Congress elections, but he\’s having a hard time deciding how to cast his ballot.

Mideast

David Margolis July 16, 1998

A couple of months ago, Dov Dribben, age 28, was clubbed and shot to death by Palestinian Arabs on a tract of Israeli \”government land\” attached to the West Bank settlement of Maon, about 40 miles south of Jerusalem.

Lonely at 50

Eric Silver April 2, 1998

On the eve of the 50th birthday of the Jewishstate, Israelis have seldom felt so lonely. No one wants to come tothe party. Vice President Al Gore is one of the few foreigndignitaries who have accepted an invitation to the April 30 fiesta.The rest are either stalling or saying, \”Thanks, but nothanks.\”

Los Angeles 5758 Making the Tough Sell

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 26, 1998

There was no question: Of the three rabbis sitting up on the dais at UCLA Hillel,Rabbi Shlomo Riskin had the toughest sell. After all, audiences who come to hear panels on pluralism usually bristle at Orthodoxy\’s seeming exclusivity.

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