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MAKING FUN OF THE FUHRER
James Conlon conducts a three-concert series in “Recovering a Musical Heritage: Viktor Ullmann,” part of a yearlong program dedicated to raising public awareness about the work of composers killed during or radically affected by the Holocaust. Ullmann (1898-1944), born in Teschen — now near the border between the Czech Republic and Poland — moved to…
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Al Sharpton: I Want To Be Considered On the Merits
Ask Reverend Al Sharpton questions about public policy, and he gives terse, politically circumspect, moderate-left answers. Ask the controversial civil-rights activist and would-be Democratic presidential candidate whether he is being held to an unfair standard because of his race and history, however, and you get an earful. It’s an animated, often funny, performance, even if…
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Indictments in Argentina Bombing Draw Denials, Threats From Iran
Iranian officials threatened a possible cut-off of diplomatic relations with Argentina this week, after Argentina issued its long-awaited indictment of senior Iranian officials for masterminding the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish communal center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people. The 400-page indictment, issued last weekend by investigating judge Juan José Galeano, names four…
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TALES OF THE TENEMENT
“The Golden Bear,” now at the Theater for the New City, is playwright Laurel Hessing’s adaptation of Michael Gold’s autobiographical novel about growing up on the Lower East Side, “Jews Without Money” (1930). The novel — which Hessing told the Forward she has kept to as “closely as I could” — doesn’t cast its gaze…
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Secret State Dept. Report Disputing Bush Claim on Arab ‘Domino Effect’
WASHINGTON — The State Department is circulating a classified report dismissing the White House claim that a regime change in Iraq would trigger a push for democracy throughout the Arab world. The report strongly criticizes the controversial prediction of a post-Saddam Hussein democratic “domino effect” in the Middle East, the Forward has learned. It was…
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Congressman Apologizes for Blaming War Push on Jews
WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. James Moran is apologizing for claiming that the Jewish community was pushing the country into war. But the Virginia Democrat’s apology failed to allay the increasing fears in some circles that Jews will be blamed for a war against Iraq. Moran, a seven-term congressman representing a heavily Muslim and Arab-American district…
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METROPOLITAN NEW YORK
Lectures and Discussions The Rules of the Get: Rabbi Daniel Rapp of the Beth Din of America, a visiting assistant professor at Yeshiva University, discusses “The Agunah: The Chained Woman” as part of the “Wrestling with Tradition: Jewish Dilemmas in a Modern World” lecture series. Avis/South Shore Jewish Community Center, 1297 Arthur Kill Road, Staten…
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Iranian Threat Looms Large In War’s ‘Day After’ Scenario
JERUSALEM — While Israelis gear up for an expected American war on Iraq, their leaders are increasingly preoccupied with “The Day After.” Most senior strategists here believe Israel would emerge in a stronger position after a war. A changed regime in Baghdad is widely expected to create new opportunities for Israel vis-à-vis the Palestinians. No…
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U.S. Troops Stationed in Israel Shoulder Unique Tax Burden
American servicemen manning Patriot missile batteries in Israel are having their wages garnished for federal taxes, even though other troops stationed in what is likely to become the Iraq war theater are exempted from such levies. That, said Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York, is an injustice that should be rectified. “Usually, when we…
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Feds Seek Israeli Suspects in ‘Operation Stow Biz’
The FBI is planning to ask the Israeli government to extradite a dozen Israelis indicted in a crackdown on several South Florida moving companies that allegedly scammed hundreds of clients. Sixteen moving companies and 74 operators and owners, most of them Israelis, were indicted March 4 in Broward and Dade counties on charges of fraud…
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As Iraq Crisis Deepens, Divisions Remain in Congress
With war seemingly imminent, Jewish members of Congress remain deeply divided on the wisdom and timing of an American attack on Iraq. Jewish members of the House, nearly all of whom are Democrats, voted by a ratio of more than two-to-one last fall in favor of a resolution authorizing President Bush to use force, while…
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