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Monday, March 20, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Iraq war names intoned
Approximately two dozen people gathered at the Reform movement´s rabbinical seminary in New York to honor those killed in the Iraq war. At Monday´s memorial ceremony at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, names were read of 5,708 Iraqi and coalition troops who have perished in the fighting, marking the third anniversary of the beginning of the war. "We hope that this day of remembrance will remind both supporters and opponents of the war that the obligation to honor the dead transcends ideology and political affiliation," Rabbi Shirley Idelson, associate dean of the college, said during the service. "It is a solemn task that falls upon all the living."
Bishop: Occupation a factor in persecution
A leading U.S. Catholic bishop said Israel’s occupation is a factor in the persecution of Christians in Muslim lands.
“The failure to secure a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with its resulting occupation of Palestinian lands, sometimes spills over into prejudices and distrusts of indigenous Christians in Muslim nations,” said Bishop Thomas Wenski of Miami.
Testifying last week in Congress, Wenski, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on international policy, also cited globalization, the Iraq war and perceptions of anti-Muslim sentiment in the West as factors in the persecution of Christians.
Divestment letter submitted at Michigan
More than 40 professors and staff members at the University of Michigan presented a letter supporting divestment from Israel.
Submitted online and to university regents last Friday, the letter argued that the school’s financial involvements in Israel posed a “serious moral or ethical questions.” During apartheid, university regents voted to divest stock of companies doing business with South Africa, and some Jewish observers worry they will do the same now with Israel-related stocks.
Backers of divestment say the move will pressure Israel not to violate Palestinian human rights, but opponents say it ignores the reality that Israel is responding to Palestinian terrorist attacks.
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