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Heroes and Villains
We all instinctively identify and label the heroes and villains in our lives, and Judaism supports the need for iconic heroes.
In the ring, at the front, boxer Barney Ross packed a punch
\”Barney Ross\” by Douglas Century.
My Jewish King Kong
It\’s not surprising that my husband is the first in line at one of the earliest \”Kong\” press screenings. He\’s loved the giant simian since he first watched the 1933 classic film on TV when he was 7.
War Hero’s Medal Wait Finally Ends
Next Friday, as Tibor Rubin enters the White House, generals will stand at rigid attention. The president of the United States also will rise and then drape the Medal of Honor, the nation\’s highest award for gallantry in combat, around the neck of the 76-year-old Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran.\n\nRubin and a legion of supporters have waited almost 55 years for this triumph of camaraderie and persistence over both bureaucratic lethargy and the prejudice endured by so many old-time Jewish GIs.
African Shoah Lives in ‘Hotel Rwanda’
When British actress Sophie Okonedo portrayed the wife of a hotel manager who saved more than 1,200 people during Rwanda\’s 1994 genocide, she worked with 10,000 extras — including Rwandan refugees living in Johannesburg.
Herzl’s Heirs
Years ago I wrote a novel. I don\’t remember how many years ago, but I began it on a typewriter, so you do the math.
Different Heroes
A poster of Moshe Dayan hung in my childhood bedroom. Growing up in the light of the Six-Day War, I adored this new Jewish hero — tough, cocky, a Jew without fear.
A Hero for Seder
Michael and his wife went to a kibbutz in British-ruled Palestine in the 1930s. He joined the navy when war broke out and later ended up teaching French and metal shop at a London high school. It was there that he accepted a challenge that changed his life.
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