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October 9, 1997
21 Years Ago: The Truth Hurts
Before God created the human being, according to alegend of the Midrash, He consulted the angels of heaven. The angelof peace argued, \”Let him not be created; he will bring contentioninto the world.\” But the angel of compassion countered, \”Let him becreated; he will bring lovingkindness into the world.\” The angel oftruth argued, \”Let him not be created; he will be deceitful and fillthe world with lies.\” And the angel of justice countered, \”Let him becreated; he will attach himself to righteousness.\” What did God do?He threw truth into the Earth and proceeded to create the humanbeing.
21 Years Ago: Redemption, Hollywood Style
Let me be direct and come to the point right off the mark:
\”Seven Years in Tibet,\” appropriately filmed in Argentina — whereold Nazis go to be rehabilitated or to die, whichever comes first –is a turgid piece of filmmaking and as dishonest as, well, \”TheDevil\’s Own,\” Brad Pitt\’s last outing on film.
Oh, What a Tangled Web…
The botched assassination attempt on a Hamas official in Amman onSept. 25 has turned into a security, as well as a diplomatic,disaster for Israel. Commentators are calling for the resignations ofboth Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and chief of the Mossadexternal security service, Gen. Danny Yatom.
Life’s a Mixed Bag
Who shall live? Who shall die? And what do weleave each other? Here are three whose lives touched mine, gone thisyear. Their names are part of my Yizkor prayers.
Murder Sparks U.S.-Israel Flap
Amid the bizarre string of foreign-policy fiascos in which Israelfound itself mired as it greeted the new year, surely none was quiteso bizarre as the case of runaway teenager Samuel Sheinbein ofMaryland.
Back in Thyme
Israel\’s newest weapon in its battle for economic well-being andworldwide acceptance is a tall, thin New Yorker with a great lambrecipe.\n\nHer name is Rozanne Gold.
Knowledge for the Good Life
When I first saw Martha on television, she usedexactly three sheets of The New York Times Business section to make aroaring fire. I considered myself an expert fire maker, but I neededthe entire Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. I watchedMartha and took notes.
‘If She Couldn’t Pay, She Couldn’t Pray’
Last year, I experiencedsomething that made me feel more emotion than I can remember everhaving during the Ten Days of Awe, and, unfortunately, the feeling was that ofanger toward other Jews.
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