Anne Frank’s Changing Image
Tom Tugend
May 17, 2001
\nFifty-six years after Anne Frank perished in Bergen-Belsen, her life and legacy loom larger than ever.
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May 17, 2001
Tattoo Jew
Jewish Journal Staff
May 17, 2001
The temporary tattoo is a replica of the \”Ha\’am Im HaGolan\” (\”The Nation Is With the Golan\”) bumper sticker popular among many Israelis and some Diaspora Jews.
UCLA Football Player Keeps Kosher
Tom Tugend
May 17, 2001
An outstanding football and track star in his high school in Portervile, near Fresno, Efseaff was courted by most Pac-10 football teams. He picked UCLA, he said, because the presence of a small Molokan and large Jewish community in Los Angeles would assure a ready supply of kosher food.
Red Sea Holiday
Michal Strutin
May 17, 2001
Nobody takes Eilat too seriously — which is a good thing. Poised on the cusp of the Red Sea, this resort city at the southern tip of Israel is where Israelis and others go to unwind. During the short, cold days of winter, northern Europeans by the planeload come to soak up the guaranteed sunshine.
Training for Terror
Jessica Steinberg
May 17, 2001
The ISA was founded by David Mirza, a former high-ranking security officer who, like most of his 30 instructors, is still active in the Israeli security forces.
Precise Bestiality
Tom Tugend
May 17, 2001
\nFifteen high officials of the Nazi regime gathered Jan. 20, 1942, at a formerly Jewish-owned villa in Wannsee, on the outskirts of Berlin, for a meeting which lasted — including three breaks for refreshments — less than two hours.
New Aspects of Anne
Tom Tugend
May 17, 2001
\nLet\’s say it right up front: The four-hour television miniseries \”Anne Frank\” is the most powerful film on the Holocaust in recent memory, not excepting the fabled \”Schindler\’s List.\”
A Father’s Loss
Dennis Gura
May 17, 2001
Against the Dying of the Light: A Father\’s Journey through Loss\” by Leonard Fein (Jewish Lights Publishing, $19.95)
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