November 1998 will mark the 60th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Sixty years have passed since the beginning of one of human history\’s darkest moments and even now we find ourselves still pursuing justice for the victims of the Holocaust.
Asked to discuss the accomplishments of the 105th Congress, which erupted last week in a frenzy of last-minute wheeling and dealing as lawmakers tried to avert another politically costly government shutdown, Rep. Ben Cardin\’s response was succinct.
LAPD officer Terri Utley says that since Los Angeles is such a diverse, multicultural place, it\’s difficult to know sometimes what the taboos and customs are in different groups. \”Our goal is to serve, cooperate and not offend,\” she says.
Two leaders of Israel\’s opposition Labor Party were in Los Angeles last week on separate visits and voiced sharp criticism of the current government\’s peace policy, and support for a strong role by the United States in the stalled negotiations.
His indecision has a twist: He\’s a Labor candidate himself. In the end, he admits, \”I\’ll probably vote Labor.\” Still, at press time, he hadn\’t mailed in his ballot.
With unpredictability the only certainty about the current market, opinions about the best course of action vary, but the consensus seems to be \”stay the course.\”
Perhaps now the American public will finally break its serious addiction to selecting charisma as the most desirable quality for elected officials.
Binyamin Netanyahu recently suffered the most wounding parliamentary defeat of his two-year premiership. It left the Likud leader more dependent than ever on the pro-settler right, which has threatened to bring him down if he hands any more of the occupied West Bank to Yasser Arafat.
Last January, when the world first learned of Lewinsky, the presidential sex scandal triggered a sudden mood swing in U.S.-Israel relations.
Close to half the Reform temples in Alabama are named \”Emanuel,\” which is Hebrew for \”God is with us.\” Jews all over the state are hoping it proves true this fall, when voters pick a governor.
