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...young, especially, who are discovering their Jewishness. ``In the very place where the Nazis created Auschwitz, we have young Jews trying to reclaim their heritage,'' said Rabbi Michael Schudrich of the American Lauder foundation as he opened the latest youth center last week in Cracow, Poland. ``Many did not even know five years ago that they were Jewish.'' In Budapest the 118-year-old Rabbinical Seminary, the only one in Eastern Europe, is training a new generation of religious leaders for Hungary. One young believer is student Rafael Rohrig, 27, who says he came from an orthodox family--orthodox communist...
...much of Eastern Europe it is Jews themselves who need to investigate their heritage. In Moscow, Maureen Greenwood, a project coordinator for an American Jewish human-rights organization, described a U.S. rabbi's shock upon finding a Russian Orthodox icon in a Jewish family's living room. ``The reason,'' says Greenwood, ``is that all religion was so repressed. Jews and Christians were all in the same boat. People simply want to satisfy their religious longings...
...Hillel's Rabbi Sally Finestone called the Jewish organization's relationship with Mem Church "very positive...
...positive. "The Israelis understand our need for quick elections," Arafat said. "At the same time, we have to understand their need for security." The leaders met in the aftermath ofincreasing bloodshed in Gazaand the West Bank. The most recent victim of the violence was buried today, a West Bank rabbi who died in a drive-by Sunday shooting claimed by Islamic militants. Israeli troops are supposed to withdraw from West Bank towns before Palestinian elections, but remain concerned about the safety of the 120,000 Jewish settlers.Arafat's next step: secure aid already pledged by Western countries -- which would both...
...declares, "No Values." Hearing him attack both conservatives and liberals with equal glee, however, sets one on edge. The lack of moral center ultimately distracts. How can he be funny if I can't figure out which angle this joke came from? The same Jewish joke told by a rabbi and by the Grand Wizard of the KKK has different connotations...