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Berg and Pearl Cast as Heroes Of Volunteerism
The similarities between the gruesome killing of Daniel Pearl and that of Nicholas Berg have been hard to avoid, with both Americans meeting their end at the hands of Islamic militants, on camera for the world to watch. Less noticed have been the striking parallels in the way that both men lived their lives. On…
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Photo Credit (Correction)
In last week’s Arts & Culture section, the photo accompanying the wedding page was credited incorrectly. The credit should have been given to Donna Forman.
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Newsdesk June 11, 2004
Barghouti Sentenced Marwan Barghouti, general secretary of Fatah in the West Bank, was sentenced this week in Tel Aviv District Court to five consecutive life sentences and 40 additional years in prison. A three-judge panel convicted Barghouti on May 20 of involvement in five terrorist murders between January and June 2002, in the course of…
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Leftist Magazine Editor Morris U. Schappes, 97, Dies
Morris U. Schappes, a respected historian of American Jewry and longtime editor of the leftist journal Jewish Currents, died June 3 at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 97. A longtime fixture in the world of American communism, Schappes first achieved prominence in 1941 when he was fired, along with…
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Reagan: Big Steps Altered Jewish Politics
Great men, Isaiah Berlin once wrote, can be compared to the hedgehog or the fox. The fox knows many things, which may guide him for good or ill. The hedgehog, in contrast, knows one big thing, and knows it well. Ronald Reagan knew a few big things, and he knew them well: the importance of…
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Learning the Lessons of Reaganomics
President Ronald Reagan, who presided in the White House from 1981 to 1989, pursued an economic course that, in his time, was tagged “Reaganomics.” It was not an original invention of this Hollywood star, who used his theatrical talents to win the hearts of Americans. It was the eternal theme of conservatism not only in…
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Hebrew National Certified Kosher — But Not Kosher Enough for Some
Hebrew National became the unchallenged king of the kosher meat industry by marketing its product to non-Jews with the help of several catchy advertising slogans, including the famous, “We answer to a higher authority.” But its success masked a bizarre twist: Most kosher consumers won’t eat the company‘s products. But with the departure of Hebrew…
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Tenet Praised for Role in Talks
Few Washington insiders seemed prepared last week to accept the claim that George Tenet was resigning from his post as CIA director for “personal reasons.” Tenet and his agency have been under fire in recent months from critics who say the CIA supplied false intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify last year’s invasion…
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Another ‘Da Vinci’ Mystery
‘Have you read ‘The Da Vinci Code’?” a friend asked me recently about the runaway best seller. “No,” I said. “Is it any good?” “It’s only the worst novel I’ve ever read,” my friend said. “But you might get a language column out of it. There’s a chapter there about an ancient Hebrew code called…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL June 4, 2004
Once more, Stanley Siegelman returns to “Der Vinkl” to tickle our funny bones. His present effort is difficult to “trump,” in part because his subject is no less than the Donald himself and his repetitive “husbandry.” (Is the third time the charm?) What follows are Siegelman’s Yiddish and English versions of a new poem, “The…
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Preparing a New Battle Plan in Israel’s War on Drugs
HERZLIYA PITUAH, Israel — In Israel’s war on drugs, Ronny Douek is fighting on the front lines. As the new chairman of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, Douek faces a formidable challenge. The Israel Anti-Drug Authority estimates that there are 20,000 drug addicts in Israel, among 300,000 periodic drug users. Ten percent of Israeli teenagers use…
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