Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News Poll: American Jews Want Peace, But Are Divided on How To Get There
The majority of American Jews support Israel trading land in the West Bank and the Golan Heights for peace, but a similar majority opposes ceding land in East Jerusalem, according to a new poll. The poll, which was commissioned by the J Street Project, a new left-leaning Israel lobbying organization, indicates that American Jews are…
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News Charity’s Shell Corporation Draws Russian Scrutiny
A shell company set up by one of America’s largest Jewish charities, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, is on a list compiled by the Russian State Tax Authority as part of its efforts to root out tax fraud. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Real Estate Company, or AREC, a Cyprus-based commercial holding company…
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News In Sex-Abuse Case, Court Issues Watershed Ruling on Rabbinical Duty
What is a rabbi to a congregant? A therapist? A friend? A conduit to God? These questions were taken up by New York State’s top appellate court in a recent decision that pivoted on the issue of what rabbis can and cannot do in the eyes of the law. The answers the judges gave were…
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News Israeli Prime Minister Turns Tables, Asks Diaspora: What Can We Do for You?
Ehud Olmert’s appearance at the annual meeting of the Jewish Agency for Israel in late June was a boilerplate appearance for a prime minister, but what came out of his mouth when he got to the podium was anything but a standard stump speech. Olmert used his appearance to tackle the fraught relationship between Israel…
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News Obama’s Faith Initiative Wins Praise
Senator Barack Obama’s proposal to expand federal funding for faith-based organizations is drawing a warm response from some Jewish communal groups who deal with church-state issues. Obama’s speech on July 1 was building on the Bush administration’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. That program has drawn fire from a number of Jewish groups who…
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News Zionists Win Effort To Keep Seats, Sway
A number of Zionist groups have won a battle to keep their influence at the American branch of a prominent Jewish organization. The American branch of Jewish National Fund, a storied organization that played a critical role in building the State of Israel, recently took steps to add board members. The move would have had…
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News Decline of Dollar Forces Agencies To Scale Down Overseas Efforts
The steady decline of the American dollar is causing financial headaches for American Jewish organizations with overseas operations, forcing some of the most prominent agencies to cut staff and scale back services. On June 24, the Jewish Agency for Israel wrapped up a meeting of its board of governors facing a shortfall of $20 million…
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News Olmert Calls for New Israel-Diaspora Ties
Speaking before the organization that has historically linked Diaspora Jews and Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called in late-June for a massive rethinking of the relationship between the two groups that could reshape everything from funding patterns to the very notion of Jewish peoplehood. In a speech he made before the board of the Jewish…
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