After 75 years, humanitarianism prevailed over rejectionism. Last Thursday, in the early morning hours, delegates to the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, assembled in Geneva from 192 states and 183 relief societies, voted by overwhelming majority to recognize the Magen David emblem and admit Israel\’s relief society.
\”The Life of David\” by Robert Pinsky (Schocken Books, $19.95).
Every morning, pious Jews pray to God that \”the offspring of Your servant David may speedily flourish … for we hope for your salvation all day long.\”
The hope of future redemption and a return to ancient glory has long been a staple of Jewish life, based upon God\’s promise to David that \”your house and your kingship shall ever be secure before you; your throne shall be established forever.\”
Almost nine months after the brutal prison-yard slaying of Earl Krugel, the longtime No. 2 man in the Jewish Defense League (JDL), federal authorities have indicted an inmate with no apparent ties to Krugel.\n\nThe suspect, David Frank Jennings, 30, allegedly attacked Krugel from behind with a piece of concrete hidden in a bag while Krugel was using an exercise machine at a federal prison in Phoenix.\n\n
When I was asked to teach at a Bulgarian university, my only clear images of the Balkan nation included its infamous Communist-era spy system, its great Olympic weight lifters,and its national women\’s choir, whose haunting harmonies were popular in the West.
