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...York fresh from the funerals of some of the young Russian immigrants blown to bits by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv two weeks ago. The celebrated former Soviet dissident, by virtue of leading Israel's largest Russian immigrant party, has become something of a political kingmaker in the Jewish State and now serves as housing minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. And, he says, that cabinet was on the brink of launching an all-out war on Yasser Arafat's security forces last weekend, when foreign intervention persuaded them to hold...
...example, is affiliated with Hillel, an umbrella group for Jewish students--some of whom do not agree with the military methods used by Israel to deal with the Arab-Israeli conflict...
...definitely a difficult situation," Brody says. "In general, the Jewish population as a whole has come out in support of the state of Israel. But there were many individuals who either felt more ambivalent about Israel's role, or are against Israeli moves...
...hand, we want to have a united front, but on the other hand, there are some real differences within the Jewish population," Brody says. ""We tried to make sure our statements reflected the opinion of the large majority...
...Shira would fight to the point of tears--and often did! She also knew what it meant to be a committed Jew without alienating those who were not observant or who were not Jewish,” Kurshan continued...