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                   August 2007

 

Friday, August 31, 2007
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations details critiques of controversial book and TV show on Middle East

ADL expresses dismay to Ban over U.N. conference

Elad Shalev: Female combat doctor becomes an Israeli legend

StandWithUs urges followers to fax Sarkozy letters concerning death of Mohammed al-Dura

U.S. to focus on the 'what ifs' during National Preparedness Month

President Bush and Rep. Barney Frank indicate bipartisanship agreement on mortgage problems

NJDC mourns passing of former Rep. Charles Vanik

Democrat Carl Levin salutes Republican John Warner on announcement of his retirement

Rabbi Baruch Lederman: We are all teachers; in fact, teachers of teachers

Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal: No feeling of inner peace when one leaves Israel

Jewish Grapevine

Donald H. Harrison SDSU's Weber scorns academic boycott of Israel

Astor Judaica Library now has full print and e-version editions of Encyclopedia Judaica



Ari Alexenberg: A summer when baseball players were all pioneers
 


J*Company to present Disney-themed play season

Dov Burt Levy: A book to read backward and forward   


 


 

Thursday, August 30
Draft GAO reports shows Iraq government not meeting benchmarks

Israel inveighs against terrorists' use of children

U.N. official says micro-loans helping Palestinian businesses during especially tough economic times

Horev named chief of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission

Middle East on Bush-Sócrates agenda Sept. 17

Ahmadinejad blames Zionists for cartoon insult
to the Prophet Muhammad in a Swedish newspaper



Chabad opens center in Berlin, first since Shoah

NJDC accuses Republicans of double standard in dealing with homosexual and heterosexual offenders

ADL and CAIR engage in a war of words

Text of CAIR's Open Letter to the ADL


Amid the tents and rubble, JDC workers and Israeli medical workers bring relief and hope


Qantas investigates anti-Semitic flight attendant

Garry Fabian:
Tick of Approval for citizen test; Jewish leaders slam outspoken Bethlehem mayor

Jewish Grapevine

Exhibit on Holocaust survival coupled with klezmer concert to tour 3 county libraries
Israel's junior judo team meets with Olmert

Donald H. Harrison: Do powerful people become sexy, or vice versa?

Wednesday, August 29

Sderot schools may reopen without fear, Israel   Security Cabinet is told by Maj-Gen. Gershon