‘Very’ Difficult Choices
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
November 19, 1998
The word \”m\’od,\” which means \”very\” or \”much,\” is a very common biblical word.
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November 19, 1998
A Historic Yes on Wye
Eric Silver
November 19, 1998
Israel\’s ratification of the Wye agreement, calling for another 13-percent West Bank withdrawal in return for Palestinian security measures, was completed on Tuesday night when the Knesset endorsed the American-brokered deal by a vote of 75 to 19, with nine abstentions.
Opportunity Missed
James D
November 19, 1998
As U.N. weapons inspectors returned to Iraq this week and U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf stood down from high alert, the world breathed a sigh of relief after yet another race to the brink with Saddam Hussein.
Pitch-Black
Naomi Pfefferman
November 19, 1998
Peter Berg\’s \”Very Bad Things,\” the tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone terribly wrong, is the season\’s most twisted black comedy.
A Weekend of Art
Michael Aushenker
November 19, 1998
It was a dream come true for devotees of revered cartoonist Art Spiegelman last weekend, as the chain-smoking New Yorker flew into town to speak before capacity crowds at Second Generation and Skirball Cultural Center programs.
Out of the Shadow
Marlene Adler Marks
November 19, 1998
Life is strange. Death makes better material.
Linking Up Our Community
Joel Kotkin
November 19, 1998
For much of their history, Jews have been the masters of networking. Even before the destruction of the Second Temple, far-flung Jewish communities, usually through itinerant traders traveling precariously across the Mediterranean and land routes, maintained sophisticated communications networks with each other in a diaspora that extended from Palestine to Spain, in the West, and Persia, in the East.
Picture Imperfect
Tom Tugend
November 19, 1998
\”A Dream No More,\” an ambitious documentary on Israel\’s first 50 years, intended originally as a highlight of the nation\’s anniversary jubilee, is, indeed, a dream no more. Nearly completed, the film has been permanently shelved by the producing Simon Wiesenthal Center, to the considerable dismay of the documentary\’s chief creators.
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November 19, 1998
Even for an international film producer and inveterate traveler, Arthur Cohn has covered a lot of territory recently.
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