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Czech politician quits over gay, Jewish comments

Derogatory comments by the Czech Republic\’s former prime minister about Jews, gays and the Catholic Church led Thursday to his resignation as chairman of his conservative political party.\n\nMirek Topolanek had been under strong pressure from within his Civic Democratic Party to step down following the comments to the editorial staff of the gay magazine Lui. He announced last week that he would not lead his party\’s campaign in a May 28-29 election or run as a candidate.

New JTS Head Faces Trouble, Opportunity

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) announced this month that Eisen, 54, the chair of Stanford University\’s religious studies program, would become just the second nonrabbi to serve as the New York City seminary\’s chancellor and the first since 1940. He succeeds Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, who held the post for two decades.

Choosing Celibacy

Carl Birman would like to meet the right man one day. For now, he\’s trying to put the past to rest and advocates celibacy as a way \”to help people figure out their direction in life. It\’s a way to come to terms with feelings without acting on them,\” he says.

More Thana Villain

When Jason Isaacs went in to audition for the Royal National Theatre\’s production of Tony Kushner\’s \”Angels in America,\” he knew exactly what role he wanted. He insisted upon portraying the anxiety-ridden character of Louis, who is somewhat based on the life of the gay Jewish playwright.

The Arts

What a peculiar piece of work is \”Bent.\” The film version ofMartin Sherman\’s play, first presented on the London stage in 1979,and later on Broadway, has taken almost 20 years to come to thescreen. It\’s not difficult to see why. Not only is it turgid stuff,with a paucity of unfilmable ideas, but in an industry that sometimesseems to specialize in specious history, it will be hard to matchthis one for irresponsibility.

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