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A rally outside the United Nations, a national Super Sunday fundraising drive for Israel, a Solidarity Shabbat and missions to Israel are among the events planned for next month to generate support for the Jewish state as it recovers from the war in Lebanon.

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With an estimated Jewish population of 4,200, Salt Lake City is not exactly an outpost of Yiddishkeit.
Nonetheless, the home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is expected to become a pillar of the American-Israeli Friendship League as the organization opens its chapter here.

State of Israel Bonds, which in November suddenly cut its workforce by 20 percent and closed three offices to erase a budget deficit, now plans to add staff and offices as part of its largest reorganization ever: one that has eliminated the familiar $500 and $1,000 bonds.

When Clifford Goldstein was 7, his father took him to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel for a stockholders meeting of the Israeli company Ampal.
"I had five shares, so I went with him and I liked the feel of it," he recalled. "People were there as investors, but my father was there more because he wanted to invest in Israel."

With tourism to Israel and investments in industry there only a fraction of what they once were, New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi is joining with other investors in giving the Israeli economy a boost through an infusion of $250 million.

When is a parade for Israel not quite a parade? When the Jewish state is in the middle of its worst crisis in years.
For the first time in its 38-year history, the Salute to Israel Parade May 5 will lack marching bands or balloons, thus avoiding a party atmosphere. Instead, thousands of American and Israeli flags will convey the ties of solidarity between Israel and the United States.

With Israel considering increasing taxes and cutting social service programs to fund its ballooning defense budget, the Jewish federation system in the United States and Canada has launched a multimillion-dollar Israel Emergency Fund.
"Israel is in a crisis and it's incumbent on American Jews to do whatever they can to help," said James Tisch, chairman of the United Jewish Communities, which represents 189 Jewish federations in North America.

The 44th annual Salute to Israel Parade to mark Israel’s 60th birthday was the largest ever and was apparently a victim of its own success.

The event drew so many marchers last Sunday — organizers estimate a record of more than 100,000 — that many groups had to wait up to two hours before they could join the line to march up Fifth Avenue.

In the eyes of City Councilman Charles Barron of Brooklyn, his resolution calling for a halt to the killing of innocent Israelis and Palestinians and an even-handed policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian dispute was a no-brainer.
"I don't see how people can be against an even-handed policy," he said.