THE JEWISH CHRONICLE APRIL 24, 2008
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Clinton: Supported by Philly federation
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Greater Philadelphia. She made a sur-
prise appearance at a major federation
event and gave an interview to the local
Jewish newspaper.
During the interview, she praised the
efforts of her husband’s administration
to boost the Middle East peace process.
“I think what we did in the ’90s was ben-
eficial in a strategic way and led to a pe-
riod where, at times, there were no at-
tacks being made, no suicide bombings
and no deaths,” Clinton said.
Clinton went on to criticize the Bush
administration’s failure to take a more
active role.
Obama also reached out to the Jewish
media, granting a 20-minute interview
with JTA. His outreach efforts were
boosted by several high-profile repre-
sentatives, including State Rep. Joshua
Shapiro, D-Montgomery County; U.S.
Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla.; Anthony
Lake, a recent convert to Judaism who
served as national security adviser dur-
Sderot: Children traumatized
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One girl said she had not slept in
her own bed in a number of years; in-
stead she sleeps in a room in her
home that is more secure.
“She feels safer sleeping in the liv-
ing room,” said Krichevsky.
Another girl said she sleeps in her
parents’ room.
The families stay because of Zion-
ist ideals, and because many of them
cannot afford to move.
While the school did not have phys-
ical damage from the rocket bar-
rages, a home close by had a big hole
from an attack.
At lunchtime, the group visited a
yeshiva, where a new dormitory is
being constructed with thick con-
crete walls, so the students can feel
safe enough to go to sleep at night.
Later that day at a high school, the
mission participants also saw
footage, captured by the school’s se-
curity camera, of a Kassam landing
outside the building and then explod-
ing. No one was hurt by the explo-
sion, but huge chunks of concrete
were blasted from the side of the
Scroll: Unique teaching tool
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Born in Haifa, Israel, Michal Meron
was educated in Vienna, Austria, and
qualified as an artist at the Tel Hai
College of Art in Israel. Her works
have been exhibited in North America
and Europe in Jewish museums, Jew-
ish institutions and in public and pri-
vate galleries. Much of her work in-
volves expressing Jewish teachings
artistically.
“Or L’Simcha is proud to be the first
synagogue in Pittsburgh to receive
such a beautiful and unique teaching
tool to educate and excite our congre-
ing the Clinton administration, and
Daniel Kurtzer, America’s first Jewish
ambassador to Egypt and its first Ortho-
dox ambassador to Israel.
In addition to their appearances at vari-
ous forums, Obama met with 75 Jewish
communal leaders last week, at a Philadel-
phia area synagogue, Rodeph Shalom.
During the April 16 meeting with Jew-
ish leaders, Obama sought to further dis-
tance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah
Wright Jr., his former pastor who has
spewed venom toward the United States
and Israel.
He was “my pastor,” not “my spiritual
adviser,” Obama said.
At another point during the morning,
Obama asked his audience “to not base
decisions on who to support or not on
emails or superficial characteristics or
associations that are tangential to who I
am or what I believe in.”
Many of the concerns raised about
him, he said, have been generated by
“scurrilous emails,” and by the fact that
his middle name is Hussein and that he
building.
Krichevsky said Sderot residents
don’t understand why the Israeli gov-
ernment has not done more to protect
them.
“The government hasn’t done any-
thing to stop the rocket attacks,” he
said. “The first thing they have to
provide is safety.”
After eight hours of touring Sderot,
the mission members were emotion-
ally exhausted.
“We needed to breathe,” said
Krichevsky, who spent the next day
in Jerusalem, before going to the air-
port for his return flight.
He is still digesting his experience,
and plans to share it with others.
More than anything, Krichevsky, who
plans to make aliyah, came away
with even stronger Zionist sensibili-
ties than he had previously.
“It’s my passion, it’s my heart,” he
said. “We’re not running with our
tails between our legs. If this is not
Israel, then Tel Aviv might as well
not be Israel.”
(Susan Jacobs can be reached at
sjacobs@pittchron.com.)
gation’s youngest minds,” Wein, who
is currently in Israel, said in a pre-
pared statement. “We also plan to use
it as part of our fund-raising efforts
for our education fund.”
Though it’s the only Children’s
Torah in use in Pittsburgh for now,
Diamond doesn’t expect that to last
forever. He wouldn’t name any partic-
ular school or congregation, but he
said he expects other Jewish entities
to get their own scrolls before long.
(Lee Chottiner can be reached at
lchottiner@pittchron.com.)
is an African American in an era of
strained relations between the black and
Jewish communities on some issues.
“I just want to emphasize I guess
what’s in my heart, which is that my ties
to the Jewish community are not politi-
cal,” he said. “There’s a kinship and a
sense of shared commitments that pre-
Voters: Poll workers
pleased with turnout
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The 25-year-old Greenfield resident
characterized the mood at the polls as
positive, and said that over 50 percent of
his precinct’s registered Democrats had
voted. He added that the only people
who had trouble voting were those who
had gone to the wrong polling place,
those who forgot to fill out a change-of-
address form, and a few voters who
were registered as Independents and
did not realize they were ineligible to
vote in a primary.
Audrey Glickman, 51, is the secre-
tary-treasurer of VoteAllegheny, a vol-
unteer-run organization of members
who provide election advice while
watching for disenfranchisement and
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dates my politics and will extend beyond
this particular election.”
In her interview with the Jewish Expo-
nent, Clinton said that she would have
left the church. “We don’t have a choice
when it comes to our relatives,” she said,
“but we do have a choice when it comes
to churches or synagogues.”
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JCC.
“What I like to watch here is the func-
tioning of the machines,” she said,
adding that fraud can always happen.
“In some certain precincts, for example,
80 percent of [voters had] never cast a
ballot for president of the United
States.”
Still, most of those working the polls
were glad to see the system working
properly.
“I’m very excited,” said poll worker
Judith Preiss. “We’ve had an amazing
turnout.”
(Jane Muder can be reached at jmud-
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