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July 26, 2001
Jewish Groups on Stem Cell Debate
When does life begin?\” is not your standard political question, but it\’s forcing the debate behind one of the hottest topics in Washington — stem cell research.
Maccabiah Games Come to a Close
The 16th Maccabiah Games ended with a lot of fanfare, flaming batons and fireworks — and a sigh of relief from the organizers that the much-anticipated event had ended safely and without mishap.
Now It’s Jewish Terrorists
The settler movement is in serious denial over last week\’s killings of three Palestinians, including 3-month-old Dia Tmeizi. While all settlers publicly condemn the killings, even the most \”mainstream\” don\’t see any connection between the nighttime ambush near Hebron and the incessant cries for \”revenge\” by settlers at funerals, demonstrations and elsewhere.
Peacekeeping Conundrum
Speculation about a possible observer force in Gaza and the West Bank reached a fever pitch this week, thanks to proposals by the G-8 and the European Union, and a confused response from a U.S. administration that is foundering in the whirlpool of Mideast politics.
Beyond Stem Cells
Were you queasy last week, when U.S. senators quoted the Bible in their effort to stop potentially life-saving stem cell research?
7 Days In Arts
With the famous line: \”It matters nothing if one is born in a duck yard, if one has only lain in a swan\’s egg,\” Hans Christian
Andersen\’s play became a classic success.
A Time to Pay
The largest Holocaust-era German insurance company has not paid a single claim to survivors. Meanwhile, the international commission created to resolve Holocaust claims disputes has spent $30 million on administrative costs, compared to $3 million distributed to elderly survivors. From my own experience, these were predictable scandals. It is not too late to reverse them. In any event, the story should be told.
Forms of Frustration
Marie Kaufman needed help. Even though the 60-year-old social worker is the president of a Holocaust child survivor\’s support group and has worked as an interviewer for Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, she had trouble when she applied for restitution for slave labor from the German government.
Wonder Women
Last year Hollywood unleashed woman of action Erin Brockovich, and won the Academy Award for its star, Julia Roberts.
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