Thursday, April 27, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Ex Mossad chief suggests Hamas negotiations
The former director of the Mossad spy agency said Israel shouldn’t rule out negotiations with Hamas.
Efraim Halevy called the terrorist group that heads the Palestinian Authority a “deadly enemy,” but said that “in certain circumstances, and if they meet certain requirements,” relations could change.
Addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Thursday in New York City, Halevy said those preconditions would include a strong Hamas-led government that honors past agreements and does not allow terrorist attacks.
He said Hamas should not be forced to recognize Israel ahead of negotiations.
“We need to show them the carrot from time to time,” he said.
Study: Holocaust affects Jewish identity
The Holocaust is proving more important than Israel in positively affecting Jewish identity among many young Jews, a new study found.
“The Holocaust continues to be profoundly important to a broad spectrum of young Jews, yet Israel appears to be much less important in positively affecting Jewish identity,” said the American Jewish Committee study on young American Jews, being released Thursday.
However, the report continued, among the Orthodox and those who have traveled to Israel, Israel retains a powerful positive resonance.
The report also found that young Jews connect to Judaism in less conventional ways than their elders, and that young Orthodox adults — who tend to marry earlier and have more children than other Jews — are likely to be a much larger, and hence more influential, group in the future.
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