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Brit Tzedek & J Street explore formal alliance
      WASHINGTON—Two dovish pro- Israel groups are exploring a formal collaborative relationship. "Brit Tzedek's Board of Directors is interested in discussing with J Street how best its network of chapters, activists and rabbis can potentially align with J Street's political,
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U.S. Jews press Mubarak on Mideast
      WASHINGTON—U.S. Jewish leaders urged Egypt's president to take the lead in encouraging other Arab nations to make conciliatory gestures to Israel. Hosni Mubarak was in Washington last week to meet with President Obama and advance plans to revive the peace process.
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Netanyahu denies 'self-hating Jew' remark
      WASHINGTON—Benjamin Netanyahu quickly tried to deny a report that he called top Obama administration officials "self-hating Jews," Israel's U.S. ambassador said. Michael Oren said the Israeli prime minister asked him immediately to reach out to David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel to reassure them he had not used the term.
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Vatican says U.S. & England kept lid on
HOLOCAUST…
      ROME—The United States and British governments suppressed information about the extent of the Holocaust, the Vatican's official newspaper charged.
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Abayudaya Jews deliver relief to famine-plagued Ugandans
First person:
      ACEGEREKINEI VILLAGE, Uganda—After four hours of driving on ever tinier roads this morning, our food truck becomes stuck in the sand and we have to push it out.
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Day schools taking preventative measures to stop swine flu from spreading further
      NEW YORK—Some schools are pouring bleach over desks. Others are stocking bathrooms with anti-bacterial soap. As summer vacation nears an end and students set to return to classrooms, Jewish schools throughout the United States are adopting new health safety measures out of concern for potential outbreaks of swine flu in the fall.
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Rabbi Shalom Lewis says Georgia's kosher law unconstitutional
      SAN FRANCISCO—A Conservative rabbi in Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of his state's kosher law, saying it favors Orthodox religious standards and constitutes state entanglement in religion. The case follows the overturning of similar kosher laws in two other states and the city of Baltimore.
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