National News

Life Term For Brooklyn Bomb Maker Called ‘Appropriate Punishment’

03/05/1999 | by Adam Dickter | Staff Writer

Jewish officials this week welcomed the life sentence given a Palestinian man who planned to detonate a nail-packed bomb on a subway bound for Borough Park.
“This is an appropriate punishment for the threat he posed to the Jewish community,” said Adam Segall, director of the New York region of the Anti-Defamation League.

Mossad Taping Of Clinton Phone Sex Seen As ‘Contrived’

03/05/1999 | by Adam Dickter | Staff Writer

Allegations in an upcoming book that Israel’s secret intelligence agency taped sultry phone sex between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky are “too contrived” to be true, the director of the Anti-Defamation League says.

No peace at the JCPA Plenum

02/26/1999 | James Beser | Washington Correspondent

No Peace At The Plenum

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the umbrella organization representing 122 local Jewish community relations groups and 13 national organizations, took a baby step toward support for “charitable choice” legislation, turned its back on convicted spy Jonathan Pollard and Jewish day schools and marched in place on the Mideast peace process at this week’s annual plenum in Washington.

The Passion of Sara Bloomfield

02/26/1999 | James Besser | Washington Correspondent

The controversies swirling around the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington are likely to be dampened but not extinguished by this week’s appointment of Sara Bloomfield as director of the $53 million facility.

JCPA Plenum To Tackle Palestinian Link

02/19/1999 | James Besser | Washington Correspondent

Plenum To Tackle Palestinian Link

Jordan Aid on Fast Track

02/12/1999 | James Besser | Washington Correspondent

Jordan Aid On Fast Track

This week President Bill Clinton indicated he plans to speed up delivery of the $300 million in extra foreign aid he promised to Jordan in October, when King Hussein — who died on Sunday — rose from his sickbed to boost the sagging Wye River negotiations.