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Israel and U.S. as Close as Ever, Insists U.S. Rep.

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The Israelis and Americans seem to be on different pages regarding the timing of a potential Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, but U.S. Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said the debate has in no way detracted from the close relationship between Jerusalem and Washington. Wasserman Schultz, perhaps Obama's chief surrogate in the Jewish...

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On the March With Passover

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Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jerusalem On the eve of Passover, the Israeli army is embarking on one of its biggest operations of the year. Whether in the field, on a base or with family living abroad, "every last soldier has everything he needs for seder night," asserts Capt. Ze'ev Rosens, rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces Tank School in southern Israel. Preparation for the...

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Israelis Bring Trauma Expertise to Japan

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Boaz Arad | JTA

Tears run down the face of Kohata Yuriko as she recalls the events of March 11 last year, when a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Japan in the early afternoon.

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In Border Clashes, High Tech Reigns

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Mati Wagner | JTA

If Israel has its way, this is how future conflicts with Gaza-based terrorists will unfold: Israeli aircraft launch surgical strikes on rocket launchers; terrorist leaders are assassinated as necessary; Israeli civilians along the southern frontier are protected by advanced technology that shoots enemy rockets out of the sky; and the world, preoccupied with other matters, is too distracted to object.