Category
August 22, 2002
Hitler, Still in Development
CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves says major changes are being made to the first draft script of their planned miniseries on the early life of Adolf Hitler.
Your Letters
\”You can either like him or not like him, but you cannot dismiss him\” (\”How the West Was Won,\” Aug. 16).
The Jews’ Best Friends
Who are the Jewish community\’s best friends in Washington — members of the Congressional Black Caucus or Republican conservatives?
Israel Welcomes New P.R. Strategy
Israeli officials are notoriously loath to learn from outsiders — but they have been deeply impressed by an American study of Israel\’s public relations needs in the United States, and say they intend to carry out most of its recommendations.
Labor’s New Favorite
At times of crisis, Israelis reach for a general. Public anxiety brought Moshe Dayan to the Defense Ministry on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, Yitzhak Rabin to the premiership after the traumatic near-defeat in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the aging Ariel Sharon to power in the midst of the intifada in 2001.
An Appeal for Help
Floodwaters have forced some 150 Jewish immigrant families to evacuate their refugee home in Dresden.
World Briefs
Israel arrested a Hamas cell believed responsible for several suicide bombings, including one late last month at Hebrew University.
Eulogies:Rabbi Philip Schroit
Rabbi Philip Schroit, beloved rabbi of B\’nai David-Judea for 44 years and rabbi emeritus for 10 years, died Aug. 12 at the age of 79.
The Circuit
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) held its annual Deborah Awards, honoring women of achievement — an evening at the Regent Beverly Wilshire emceed by Arianna Huffington.
New Articles
Israeli Singer Eden Golan Advances to Grand Final of Eurovision
Brave-ish wins Literary Titan Gold Book Award
Proud Jews, Despite Everything
ADL, Brandeis Center File Complaints Against Occidental, Pomona College Over Antisemitism
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.