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Police in Hevron Break Into Jewish Homes Without Warrants 13:45 Jan 16, '06 / 16 Tevet 5766 (IsraelNN.com) Spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron, Noam Arnon, said Israeli police have been positioned in the community in order to provoke Hebron’s Jewish residents. He said the police have already forced their way into private homes without obtaining warrants, in a way that resembles “the Argentinean police at its best.” Arnon said the current police actions in Hevron are a “deliberate provocation”, going on despite efforts to stop demonstrators against troops' attempts to expel Jews from their homes in the city....

Israel not focus for younger Jews Young generation of U.S. Jews uninterested in prime minister's health, tries to create Jewish identity separate from Israel Associated Press As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health deteriorated, a debate erupted thousands of miles away at a meeting of IKAR, a Los Angeles group trying to reinvent synagogue life for Jews in their 20s and 30s. A few argued that IKAR was not doing enough advocacy for Israel, especially as the nation faced a major shift in leadership. But the overwhelming majority said that wasn't their role. "They said part of what they love...

Jewish lesbian moms in San Francisco Lesbian mothers not uncommon in the San Francisco-bay area, but two sets of twins in 10 days keep one area couple plenty busy Dan Pine It’s 5:30 a.m. and the dawn’s early light has not yet warmed the eastern hilltops of Marin County. For new moms Shelley Friedman and Tania Lowenthal, it’s hard to tell if a new day has begun or the old one is still going. But their newborn babies –– all four of them –– are crying, and there is nursing to be done. It’s the first feeding of the morning...

US Jews weigh in ahead of Alito hearings By MATTHEW E. BERGER / JTA WASHINGTON Talkbacks for this article: 8 Amid the Hanukka parties and the New Year festivities, the organized Jewish community has been gearing up to make itself heard on the next nominee for the US Supreme Court. Several Jewish organizations already have spoken out against Judge Samuel Alito Jr., who will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation hearings this week. Those groups and others are pushing key lawmakers to ask pointed questions about Alito's record on abortion and the separation of church and state. The...