Bay City Hate
Aleza Goldsmith
May 23, 2002
One local Jewish community leader, who asked not to be identified, said he was being flooded with calls wondering if there had been a pogrom at SFSU.
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May 23, 2002
Israel to Build West Bank Fence
Naomi Segal
May 23, 2002
Israelis attending the meeting later were quoted as backing the plan — as long as it is completed quickly.
Labor Looks for Leadership
Leslie Susser
May 23, 2002
As the Israeli Government plays its coalition shuffle, the Israeli Left searches for a direction.
Moving Ahead
Nazir Khaja
May 23, 2002
While the government of the United States and the international community try to get a political settlement on track, the blood continues to flow. There is, as yet, no dialogue between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
A Question of Blood
Dan Gordon
May 23, 2002
The circus of Palestinian victimhood has struck its tent temporarily in Jenin, and gone to church instead in Bethlehem. The Jenin story has petered out because the world, in general, now knows that there was no massacre in Jenin. The world now knows that of the two estimates of the death toll in the fighting which took place in the Jenin refugee camp, one was true and one was false. The Palestinians originally claimed that 500 to 1,000 people had been massacred by the Zionist entity. The Israel Defense Forces estimate was that the death toll was in the dozens, not in the hundreds, and that the majority of those killed in the fighting were gunmen, who had booby-trapped a civilian neighborhood in the hopes of killing as many Israeli soldiers as possible.
Au Revoir, Mes Amis
J.D. Smith
May 23, 2002
I want to take this opportunity to say hello … and goodbye to my friends. If you\’ve been wondering where I\’ve been lately, as my pal Mickey did in a phone call last week, I\’ve got a new girlfriend (let\’s call her Alison), and I won\’t be seeing you around much anymore.
Let\’s be clear: I love my friends. They\’ve stuck with me through thick and thin, and now I\’ve dropped them like hot potatoes and consigned them to the ash heap of history without so much as a fare-thee-well, all because of a broad. They\’ve done nothing to deserve such shoddy treatment, but I\’ve always been one of those guys who meets a woman and then disappears for a while. I take a powder. I never claimed any different. No one stuck a gun to my head.
A Children’s Book That’s Infectious
Michael Aushenker
May 23, 2002
\”Barn Sneeze,\” which chronicles the journey of a sneeze that affects poultry and porcine alike, is sure to prove contagious among tots as well. The book benefits from Winnick\’s loose pastel-and-charcoal illustrations, which echo her all-time favorite work of children\’s literature \”Charlotte\’s Web.\”\n\nWinnick, the wife of philanthropist and Global Crossing CEO Gary Winnick, has been writing and drawing children\’s books since her single days. She studied under revered illustrator Milton Glaser at the School of Visual Arts. Over the years, she has actively kept in touch with her inner writer by refreshing her skills through UCLA Extension classes. As creative people know, the ability to express one\’s soul, not formal technical ability, is what separates artist from artisan.
The Jewish Earthquake
Journal Staff
May 23, 2002
\”I had gone through two years of grueling training and was very disappointed,\” the 34-year-old defender for the San Jose Earthquakes said in a phone interview. \”But I think more has been made of this incident than it should.\”
Agoos did make the World Cup team in 1998, when the United States was eliminated in the first round, but didn\’t get to play. However, he made the roster again this year and hopes to be in the starting lineup when the United States plays is first match, against Portugal, on June 5 in Suwon, South Korea. Japan and Korea are jointly hosting the 2002 World Cup.
The World Cup pits the globe\’s top soccer nations against each other every four years, and, in popular interest, is considered the world\’s greatest single sporting event.
Israel in the Classroom
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
May 23, 2002
\”Before [the crisis], our approach to teaching Israel was just positive and idealistic. It was all about kibbutzim and how Israel is so beautiful and we all want to go there,\” said Ellen Goldberg, the principal of Temple Isaiah Religious School.
‘Marriage’ Material
Michael Aushenker
May 23, 2002
Somewhere in the middle of the Israeli import "Late Marriage," a 12-minute sex scene unfolds between the main characters.
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