Nacha Cattan
By Nacha Cattan
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News Key Statistics Reported in Jewish Population Study
The National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 found an overall American Jewish population of 5.2 million, which it contrasted with the 5.5 million population figure found in the last population survey in 1990. The new survey’s appendix cautioned, however, that several methodological decisions could have resulted in an undercount in the new survey, making the two…
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News New Population Survey Retracts Intermarriage Figure
The long-awaited National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 sent shockwaves through the Jewish community this week by retracting the single most hotly debated number in American Jewish life, the 52% intermarriage rate. The figure, first published in the National Jewish Population Survey 1990, has become conventional wisdom in public discussion of Jewish life during the last…
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News Restitution Leader Disbarred by Court After Investigation Of Job Misconduct
The former top American professional of an international Holocaust restitution commission has been disbarred. The move comes one year after the official, Neal Sher, former chief of staff in the Washington office of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, was investigated by the commission for allegedly misappropriating funds for personal use. The investigation…
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News Study: 22% Of Israeli Households Go Hungry
A feud between Israel’s prime minister and Diaspora Jewish charities over the use of Israeli hunger as a fundraising tool blew up in the prime minister’s face last week, following publication of an American-backed study showing that hunger not only exists but is widespread in Israel. The study, which was leaked to the Israeli press…
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News Groups Rebuking Feds’ Move On Asylum
In a rare, unified rebuke of the Bush administration, 15 prominent Jewish organizations have come together to decry what they say is the unlawful prosecution of legitimate asylum seekers. The groups are objecting to the federal government’s growing practice of prosecuting asylum seekers for using false documents to enter the United States. They voiced their…
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News Ethiopians Face Threat of Malaria Epidemic
With an outbreak of malaria sweeping through Ethiopia, American lawmakers are criticizing Israel for failing to open its doors to 18,000 would-be immigrants from the African nation. Several members of Congress raised the issue during recent meetings with Israeli officials in an attempt to win support for the impoverished Ethiopians, known as Falash Mura. Recognized…
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Culture Educators Aim To Move Beyond ‘Mythic Israel’
Israel education in North America is in the dumps. That is the conclusion drawn by Israeli and American education experts interviewed in a new study on the subject: “Mapping Israel Education, An Overview of Trends and Issues in North America.” Israel study here is not its own “field,” because it sorely lacks focus and a…
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News Officials Seek New Probe in Slaying by Cops
New York elected officials are demanding a second investigation into the four-year-old police slaying of a hammer-wielding Orthodox man in Brooklyn. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose district includes parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, and Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn, both Democrats, have mobilized separate efforts calling for a reopening of the investigation and urging Jewish groups…
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