May 27, 1999

Is There Room for Shas in Barak’s Tent?

Larry Derfner May 27, 1999

During the wild victory party in Tel Aviv\’s Rabin Square on Election Night, a chant went up in the crowd: \”Just not Shas!\” Ehud Barak heard the same chant when he spoke early this week to a gathering of campaign activists. A booth with a fax machine in Kikar Rabin has already sent more than 20,000 faxes to Barak from his supporters, who urge him not to invite the meteoric Sephardic fervently Orthodox party into his governing coalition. Thousands of e-mails have been sent to Barak with the same message.

Operation ‘Kosove’

Wendy J. Madnick May 27, 1999

Barbara Creme was exhausted. It was nearly 1 a.m. on Friday, Shavuot, and instead of being at home asleep or studying at a tikkun, the director of the Jewish Federation/Valley Alliance\’s Jewish Community Relations Committee was laying out tablecloths at the Bernard Milken Campus.

Literary Lives

Diane Arieff May 27, 1999

A play with both wit and heart is a compelling combination, and it\’s one that playwright Donald Margulies\’ pulls off in his mostly rewarding \”Collected Stories.\”
\”Stories\” drew critical praise and a 1997 Pulitzer Prize nomination following it\’s world première at Costa Mesa\’s South Coast Repertory. Happily, in director Gilbert Cates\’ current Los Angeles production at the Geffen Playhouse, the play\’s intelligence and emotional power remain intact.

AIPAC Adapts

James D May 27, 1999

That squeak audible over Washington this week was the sound of the pro-Israel lobby turning on a dime.
Stung by criticism by some Labor leaders of a longstanding pro-Likud tilt, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), began a quick readjustment at this week\’s annual policy conference in Washington.

Jockeying for Position

Jewish Journal May 27, 1999

The luncheon menu reflected the confusion this week at the Washington policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group better known as AIPAC. The main course was hummus, falafel and baba ganoush, a Mediterranean medley that seemed to symbolize Israel\’s integration into a New Middle East. Dessert, however, was hamantaschen — the Purim pastry that recalls Israel\’s eternal battles against sworn enemies.

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