up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the son of Russian immigrants, Alfred Kazin looked forward with gleeful anticipation to his weekly motzei Shabbes outing. “And now, as the electric sign blazed up again, lighting up the words Jewish National Delicatessen, it was as if we had entered into our rightful heritage.” Highly seasoned and oh so tantalizing,…
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration steps up its drive to implement the president’s “road map” to Middle East peace, pro-Israel lobbyists and their allies in Congress are dropping their initial antagonism and moving toward active support of the administration’s stance. Last week the House international relations committee unanimously approved an amendment to next year’s…
With the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993, Washington gained a widely acclaimed museum lauded for its emotionally moving permanent exhibit. The launch of a government-sponsored institution devoted to a genocide perpetrated overseas also highlighted, if unintentionally, the absence of a major national museum addressing American slavery. Now, however, as the…
A number of top corporate executives have opted for smaller salaries and some for no salary at all. The spotlight for this practice recently fell on William Clay Ford, chairman and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Co. For the year 2002, he received no salary at all. At first blush, one is tempted…
In secret missions with military code names like Operation Thunderbird and Operation Falcon, ordinary Americans in the Southwest are donning camouflage uniforms, grabbing rifles, motion sensors and global positioning systems and tramping — or swooping in Skyhawks — through the Arizona desert in search of illegal migrants. The scenario is laid out in a new…
TEL AVIV — Israeli authorities are working to outlaw the Islamic Movement, a fast-growing organization with tens of thousands of followers in Israel’s Arab community, mainly in the Galilee. The head of the Islamic Movement, Sheik Ra’ad Salah, was taken into police custody for questioning this week and court proceedings were under way for remanding…
Born in 1945 in Baghdad, raised in Israel and a New York resident since 1975, Zigi Ben-Haim perhaps has his geographical history to thank for his talent at piecing together disparate elements and arriving at visually integrated three-dimensional sculptures. Opening May 18, “Journey With Me” brings some 13 sculptures — made mainly from stainless steel,…
A budding coalition of conservative hawks, Jewish organizations and Iranian monarchists is pressing the White House to step up American efforts to bring about regime change in Iran. For now, President Bush’s official stance is to encourage the Iranian people to push the mullah regime aside themselves, but observers believe that the policy is not…
While the world’s attention is focused on President Bush’s “road map” to peace, high-level groups of Israeli and Palestinian activists are crafting a brace of independent initiatives, several of which are due to be published soon. The initiatives, which spell out the nature of a final agreement in greater detail than the road map, are…
Comedians Judy Gold, Jennifer Kirson and Karen Bergreen share their shtick and then share the stories behind their shtick in “Funny Girls.” Eldridge Street Project, 12 Eldridge St.; May 21, 6 p.m.; $5. (212-966-4782 or www.eldridgestreet.org)
JERUSALEM — The issue of Jewish settlements in the territories is the main obstacle awaiting Prime Minister Sharon when he meets with President Bush at the White House next Tuesday, according to informed sources here. Israel views Sharon’s White House visit, his first since October, as “crucial” to continued progress toward peace with the Palestinians,…
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