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This Week – Passover Prep
Shabbat dinner at the home of two doctors, north of Montana Avenue in Santa Monica: There\’s a terrific chicken with lemons and green olives, the lemons plucked from a tree in the yard. There\’s crisp roasted potatoes, salad and a 1998 Cabernet. The table is set with silver candelabras and a sterling silver Kiddush fountain funnels sweet wine from one large cup into several smaller clones. My cup runneth over into a lot of little cups.
Distance Colors Israeli, Diaspora Views
At the beginning of the Lebanon War in June 1982, my Jerusalem roommate was packing to leave for grad school in America. Each day\’s newspapers had pictures of men who\’d died at Beaufort, Damour, Sidon.
The supposedly limited operation in Lebanon had morphed into a full-scale invasion that belonged in an updated edition of \”March of Folly.\” Dedicated as I was to living in Israel, I felt a touch of envy for my roommate, soon to be at a quiet campus far away.
Double Standard Exists on Terrorism
The Palestinian film, \”Paradise Now,\” which describes in an understanding way the lives of two Palestinian terrorists, won a string of important awards from major film festivals, culminating in this month\’s Oscar nomination as best foreign film.
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