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April 2, 1998

The Editor’s Corner

Gene Lichtenstein April 2, 1998

My problem with Dennis Prager, author, radio host,newsletter writer, is simple: I like the man, but I just can\’t readhis writing. In person, I find him open, engaging, serious. In print,he comes across to me as narrow-minded, ponderous and self-involved.I usually settle my conflict by shying away from the publicpersona.
But with his new book, \”Happiness Is a SeriousProblem,\” and its appearance on the best-seller list, I thought Imight try again.

Film Screenings

William Yelles April 2, 1998

Makers of short films routinely encounter the difficulty of getting their movies seen by an audience greater than their parents, cast and crew. But the makers of \”Visas and Virtues\”have had better luck than most.

Crime and Punishment

Jewish Journal April 2, 1998

It\’s time that the American Jewish community wascalled to account. One of its number is languishing in the jaws ofthe criminal justice system, suffering for a mistake — a gravemistake, admittedly — to which the system has responded far, far outof proportion to the deed.

Letters

Jewish Journal April 2, 1998

letters to the editor

A Woman’s Voice

Marlene Adler Marks April 2, 1998

My Passover seder was once again acclaimed by one and all as the best ever. Good thing, too, since, as befits a holiday filled with questions, anxiety had dogged my every step — right until the last moment.

Endangered Species

Charles Marowitz April 2, 1998

Rachel Rosenthal, her bald pate gleaming withsweat and her stark features grooved like gashes in alabaster, lookslike a female Erich von Stroheim — who, let\’s face it, could himselfhave been a woman in drag. Short, stubby, Teutonic, and with the kindof wracked expression one imagines Rimbaud wore after his season inhell, she could just as easily be the commandant of a Nazi death campas the most senior and compelling Performance Artist inCalifornia.

Lonely at 50

Eric Silver April 2, 1998

On the eve of the 50th birthday of the Jewishstate, Israelis have seldom felt so lonely. No one wants to come tothe party. Vice President Al Gore is one of the few foreigndignitaries who have accepted an invitation to the April 30 fiesta.The rest are either stalling or saying, \”Thanks, but nothanks.\”

Torah Portion

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky April 2, 1998

Here\’s a riddle: What do leprosy and the State of Israel have in common? Hopefully, nothing leaps to your mind right away. I, however, needed to solve this riddle before I could begin to write this week\’s parasha column: For the week that we celebrate Israel\’s founding also happens to be the week that we read the Torah portion concerning lepers.

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