U.N., Refugee Camps and Our Money
Rabbi Dov Fischer
June 27, 2002
Why is the United Nations running refugee camps like Jenin, for people who claim to be living in their own land?
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Birth of a Jewish Nation
Yehuda Lev
April 11, 2002
I have been asked by the Hillel Foundation at Dartmouth College to meet with them on the occasion of Israel\’s 54th birthday. There aren\’t too many of us still around who were there at its birth, and they would like to hear, from the perspective of a participant, what made it possible for the Jewish state to survive while the Palestinian state, also created by the United Nations, crashed in flames.
Parents Want Proof
Toby Axelrod, JTA
November 1, 2001
The parents of Israeli soldiers kidnapped a year ago by Hezbollah are asking the World Jewish Congress (WJC) to help press their case.
The Way We Live Now
Marty Karp
June 28, 2001
My wife Susan and I moved to Israel in 1983, a time when, for all intents and purposes, it was considered a pariah nation. In fact, not long before we arrived, the United Nations had declared Zionism to be a form of racism.
Fighting the Israel Bash-a-Thon
James D. Besser
June 7, 2001
Critics of the United Nations have been handed a big load of new ammunition as the international body careens toward a high-profile conference that could be the biggest Israel bash-a-thon ever.
Nervous But United
Julie Wiener
November 16, 2000
In a speech that was the centerpiece of the North American Jewish federation system\’s gathering in Chicago this week, Israel\’s prime minister recalled being a small child when he heard of the United Nations\’ 1947 vote to partition Palestine.
Honoring the Righteous
Brianne Korn
April 6, 2000
When the atrocities of the Holocaust came to public light, many unsung heroes remained in the shadows.
In a ceremony at the United Nations on Monday, some rescued Holocaust survivors met their unknown heroes, or those heroes\’ family members, for the first time since the war.
The international community honored government diplomats who risked their careers and lives to save thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi terror.
Opportunity Missed
James D
November 19, 1998
As U.N. weapons inspectors returned to Iraq this week and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf stood down from high alert, the world breathed a sigh of relief after yet another race to the brink with Saddam Hussein.
At the United Nations
Jewish Journal
December 11, 1997
In the last four years the people of Israel witnessed two contrasting realities in their pursuit of peace with the Palestinians. True, there had been a stunning series of diplomatic breakthroughs between Israel and the PLO, that was followed by apeace treaty with Jordan and a web of new relationships with a half dozen Arab states. Israelis were filled with hope that at long last their state of siege had ended and they could look forward to an era of normalcy and safety.
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