The Year of Bill and Bibi
Jewish Journal
January 7, 1999
Whatever others may say of it, Jewish history will surely record 1998 as the Year of Bill and Bibi.
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Making the Miracle
David Margolis
November 5, 1998
I heard the following anecdote from Menachem Perlmutter, who was there when it happened. David Ben-Gurion, Israel\’s founding father and first prime minister, was visiting a settlement in the Negev. As he was being shown around, he pointed in one direction and said, \”I would like to see orchards here;\” further along, he gestured again and said, \”Here I would like to see vegetables.\”
The Soundtrack for Life and Love
Orit Arfa
May 21, 1998
One in three Israeli families ownat least one David Broza recording; for two generations of Israelis,Broza provided the soundtrack for life and love.
God Takes the Field
Larry Derfner
February 26, 1998
There\’s nothing more peculiarly, confoundinglyIsraeli than soccer on Shabbat.
Up in Arms
Douglas Davis
January 4, 1998
You get thesense that Israel at 50 is like a bar mitzvah boy who doesn\’t want aparty — not until he gets taller and his acne clears up. Not untilhe feels normal.
A Birthday Rich With Questions
David Hartman
January 4, 1998
The histories of nation-building are never simple.The place of the Indians within the American experience reveals themoral ambiguity of that nation\’s struggle for sovereignty. Facing thereality of the past often means facing the reality of moralcompromise.
Missing America
David Margolis
January 4, 1998
And why, oh why, entreat the Americans, did weever leave a country full of discount stores to move to one withbadly made goods at high prices, a 17 percent sales tax, a separateannual tax on your television, and fees for the \”free\” publiceducation of your children?
Back in Thyme
Rob Eshman
October 9, 1997
Israel\’s newest weapon in its battle for economic well-being andworldwide acceptance is a tall, thin New Yorker with a great lambrecipe.\n\nHer name is Rozanne Gold.
War Stories
Diane Arieff
September 11, 1997
Liss, a veteranscreenwriter with a long list of credits, including theHolocaust-themed TV film \”Hidden in Silence,\” has been to hell andback on an odyssey filled with more risk and drama than a paperbackthriller.
‘What’s the Meaning of Life ?’
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
August 7, 1997
Love answering children\’s questions. I\’ll visit a classroom and face an eager chorus of \”DidGod create dinosaurs?\” and \”Where do people go when they die?\” Then,at the end, there\’s always one wise guy, who smirks and asks, \”What\’sthe meaning of life?\” I love that kid. I admire his chutzpah, and Ilove the question.
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