A shattered shop window with a yellow star, a mountain of shoes, an arch with the grim irony \”Arbeit Macht Frei\” inscribed upon it: These images alone can summon up the historic nightmare of the Nazi Holocaust.
For the players in the Middle East peace process, it may seem like the two-minute warning.
The October Violence is the short-hand designation for the deadly sniping, shooting and police action between Palestinians and Israelis, including the unprecedented call-to-arms of Israeli Arabs. If American Jews accept \”October Violence\” as the title (Palestinians call it \”the riots,\” while the American press reprises the frightening \”intifada\”), two months later we haven\’t yet found a way to talk about it, even among ourselves.
Debbie Simmons earns her living as a CPA in Brentwood. But evenings, weekends and every other spare minute during the holidays and many other free moments during the year find Simmons shopping for bargain toys and wrapping paper, scanning the shelves or standing in checkout lines at Toys \’R\’ Us, Target, the 99 Cents Only store and Party World. She\’s buying Power Rangers and Barbie dolls a dozen at a time and picking up donated wrapping paper 50 rolls at a clip.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL MR. MOSHE KATSAV
Mixing religion and politics is bad for conservatives, but okay for liberals. Jews will perish because Gore lost? Come on. Let\’s talk about what survival really means.
There\’s a dull witticism abroad: If in fact the election was stolen, the thief should be indicted for a misdemeanor rather than a felony. That follows from the value of that which was stolen — i.e., the government.
The results of the strangest-ever presidential election are still not official, but Texas Gov. George W. Bush is accelerating his transition efforts.
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