Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...adducing the comparatively small number of non-Orthodox synagogues as evidence for the ascendancy of Orthodox Judaism in Israel [Jan. 19], you failed to mention the all-important consideration that these facilities were financed entirely by private contributions, whereas Orthodox synagogues, schools and even office buildings are funded by the state. The Orthodox establishment guards jealously against any attempts to separate church and state and to broaden the religious base in Israel...
...this type of parochial attitude on the part of Israel's religious authorities, fortified by the reluctance of Reform and Conservative officials to assert their rights, that is largely responsible for the poor showing of Progressive Judaism in Israel and the consequent polarization of the Jewish population between the Orthodox and secular camps...
...American Friends of Religious Freedom in Israel...
...Arab-Israeli Deadlock: "We have no aggressive designs against Israel. In the past we were initiators of its creation, and we still believe that Israel should exist as a state. Your policy on the seized territory is different. Had the U.S. joined the efforts of the Soviet Union, then doubtless Israel would have freed the seized lands in a couple of days. However, for reasons unknown to us, the U.S. does not agree to this, although we have repeatedly urged it to do so. The U.S., by giving every support to Israel, encourages it not to set the occupied territories...
...paid his debt: shortly after his arrest last fall, Radio Cairo announced that he had poisoned himself, a report received with great skepticism. The twelve in court last week were accused of being Amer's main conspirators. Among them: Shams Badran, Minister of War during the conflict with Israel; Abbas Radwan, former Minister of the Interior; Salah Nasr, former chief of Nasser's intelligence service; and Galal Haridi, who had commanded Nasser's elite so-called "storm troops...