Rice Promises More Mideast Presence

By James D. Besser
Published on January 20, 2005

U.S. Mideast policy during the second Bush administration will be even more focused on the White House, with a new secretary of state who will be more directly involved in implementing the president's policies.

That was one message Condoleezza Rice, the president's choice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, offered to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the opening round of her confirmation hearings on Tuesday.

She was expected to win confirmation and be sworn in by the end of the week.

Briefs

By JTA Staff
Published on June 10, 2004

Briefs

Valley Secession: An Inside Look

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on May 30, 2002

Zev Yaroslavsky has served on the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) since its inception in 1998. This experience, plus eight years as a Los Angeles County supervisor representing both sides of the Santa Monica Mountains, and a councilman before that, has made him one of the best-informed authorities on Valley secession. He recently took time to share his insights with The Jewish Journal.

‘Neighbors’

By Ruth E. Gruber
Published on March 15, 2001

Responding to widespread debate over Poles' participation in a 1941 massacre of Jews, Poland's political and religious leaders are calling on Polish citizens to confront their past.