Islamic center controversy focuses on enigmatic imam
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)—Initially the controversy over building a $100-million Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero was about location, location, location. Increasingly, however, attention has turned to the 61-year-old Sufi imam behind the project. read more »
U.S. wants Netanyahu, Abbas to meet biweekly
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Obama administration is backing a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet every two weeks during peace talks. read more »
Peres denies calling British anti-Semites
LONDON (JTA)—Israeli President Shimon Peres has denied calling the British anti-Semites.
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Portland native Lorry Lokey discusses giving it all away
NEW YORK (JTA)—Lorry I. Lokey might have been the easiest sell Warren Buffett had over the past couple of months as he tried to enlist some of the world’s wealthiest citizens in the Giving Pledge challenge that he and Bill Gates issued earlier this year.
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Israelis debate one state
JERUSALEM (JTA)—In one of the more curious twists in Israeli politics, prominent figures on Israel’s right wing have begun pushing for a one-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians as equal citizens with full voting rights.
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Conversion bill frozen for six months
NEW YORK (JTA)—An agreement has been reached to put a six-month freeze on a controversial Israeli conversion bill up for a vote in the Knesset.
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ADL finds anti-Semitic incidents at ‘troubling’ level
(JTA)—The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States remained at a “sustained and troubling” level, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit.
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Oliver Stone apologizes for accusations about Jews
(JTA)—Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone apologized for saying in an interview that the Jewish lobby controls Washington’s foreign policy and that Hitler’s actions should be put “into context.” read more »
Palestinian flag allowed to fly over PLO’s Washington office
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Obama administration will allow the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington to fly the Palestinian flag and assume the title of “delegation.”
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Dershowitz, Ben-Ami square off
Both say they support Israel, but then it becomes a spitting match read more »
Is Jerusalem on the table?
NEW YORK (JTA)—It was an otherwise wholly unremarkable stump speech before a friendly audience in New York.
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Presbyterians dodge bullet over Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA)—U.S. Jews and Presbyterians say they have salvaged a fragile unity of purpose from an assembly that was poised to create a rift between the two faiths.
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