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French Gentleman’s Agreement: In May 2001, David De Rothschild, scion of the French branch of the family banking dynasty, told an Israeli newspaper that despite reports to the contrary, he did not feel that France was drowning in a wave of antisemitic acts. “Within hours of its publication, his comment would rocket through e-mails in…
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The Blasphemer’s Tale: Obsession With Otherness
The son of the Israelite woman pronounced the Name in blasphemy, and he was brought to Moses — now his mother’s name was Shlomit daughter of Divri of the tribe of Dan — and he was placed in custody, until the decision of the Lord should be made clear to them. — Leviticus 24:10 Shlomit…
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Muslim Clergymen Repudiate Schoolbooks’ Bigoted Content
Two of New York’s most prominent Muslim clerics have publicly spoken out against antisemitic content in Islamic textbooks used in local Muslim schools, after the issue was brought to their attention by a group of Jewish community leaders. The textbooks, used in Muslim parochial schools in Brooklyn and Queens, contain claims that Jews “killed their…
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Lunch in the Limelight for the Producers
“I’ll do anything for Isabelle Stevenson [American Theatre Wing’s chairman of the board]… even wear men’s clothes,” declared master of ceremonies Harvey Fierstein at the Wing’s April 14 luncheon, which honored 12 Broadway producers — all women: Dasha Epstein, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Terry Allen Kramer, Margo Lion, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Lynne Meadow, Chase Mishkin, Nelle…
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Newsdesk May 9, 2003
Syria Sanctions Bill Revived Encouraged by an apparent reversal in the Bush administration’s position toward Damascus, Congress is reviving the Syria Accountability Act. The original bill ran out of steam last fall in the face of stiff administration opposition. But this week, a new version of the bill was introduced by Senators Barbara Boxer, a…
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DER YIDDISH-VINKL May 9, 2003
When the editor of this column was a little boy, which, indeed, he once was, his mother would, on occasions when he crowded the house with friends, say that they were a “pozharne komande.” He did not know what it meant literally, but he sensed it referred to his gang. It was not until he…
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Chief Rabbi Pick Opposed on Corruption, Abuse Charges
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Supreme Court has been asked to block the installation of the nation’s newly elected Ashkenazic chief rabbi, because of allegations that include incompetence, extorting money from marrying couples, forging signatures on marriage contracts and sexual abuse of women and boys. The rabbi, Yona Metzger, currently a neighborhood rabbi in northern Tel…
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Administration Said To Be Blocking Restitution Push
Holocaust survivors, a top Clinton administration official and a veteran congressman are warning that the Bush administration is undermining the fight to win compensation for Jewish victims of Nazi Germany. Stuart Eizenstat, the Clinton administration’s special envoy on Holocaust issues who struck global restitution deals totaling $10 billion, criticized the White House for seeking to…
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Shouldering the World’s Sorrows
In 1967, José Limón, one of a handful of choreographic geniuses of the 20th century, fervently immersed himself in creating his last great ballet. Nine months later, his final masterpiece, entitled “Psalm,” emerged from a gestation period of intense rehearsals. What fired his inspiration for “Psalm” was a novel about Jewish persecution, “The Last of…
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THEY’VE GOT THE BEAT
“Bringing in the Beat: An Evening of Jewish Women’s Music” offers up musical performances by Jewish women, including violinist Alicia Svigals of Mikveh, a founder and former member of the Klezmatics; Miraj, an a cappella trio with Rabbi Margot L. Stein, Rabbi Rayzel Raphael and Juliet Irene Spitzer; Shira Shazeer of the Boston-based Fish Street…
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Some Happy 55th: Pessimism, A Strike and Same-Old Terror
JERUSALEM — On the eve of the country’s 55th Independence Day, most Israelis are in a somber and pessimistic mood, shackled by what they perceive as unbreakable military, political and economic chains. According to the newest polls, the public supports the American-sponsored “road map” to Israeli-Palestinian peace, as well as the recent appointment of Abu…
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