SURVEY: RELIGIOUS JEWS POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE
      NEW YORK (JTA) - Religious Jews in America are more apt to be politically conservative, according to the findings of a survey. The second report on the "U.S.
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ARAB, JEWISH PEACEMAKERS HONORED
      JERUSALEM (JTA) - An Arab man and a Jewish woman have been cited for helping lead a group of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli families. Aziz Abu Sarah and Lily Yaffe were recognized with the 2008 Victor J. Goldberg Prize for Peace in Middle East from the Institute of International Education for their work as facilitators of The Parents Circle Family Forum.
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SARKOZY SALUTES ISRAEL AT KNESSET
      JERUSALEM (JTA) - France is ready to help Israel achieve peace but wants concessions toward the Palestinians, Nicolas Sarkozy told the Knesset. Sarkozy, on his first visit to Israel as French president, gave an impassioned speech in parliament this week emphasizing the depth of his government's - and his own - affinity for the Jewish state.
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Sderot, Israeli MIAs galvanize U.S. Jews
By Ben Harris
      NEW YORK (JTA) - Gabrielle Flaum always has been involved Jewishly, from attending a Jewish summer camp to participating in social action programs. But the New Jersey teenager's summer trip to Israel in 2006 with a Reform youth group elevated that involvement to a new level.
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