His ‘Friend Was Peace’
Rabbi Marvin Hier
February 11, 1999
It was my privilege to know His Majesty King Hussein in connection with our work, but more so, to know him personally as a human being.
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Embracing the King
Gerald Bubis
February 11, 1999
There were 20 of us, members of Americans for Peace Now. who had come to meet with the king.
A Wall of Intolerance
Larry Derfner
February 4, 1999
Thirty-three Reform rabbis, men and women from the United States and Canada, held their mixed-gender minyan at the Western Wall on Monday, protected by police barricades and dozens of cops, as a mob of more than 100 haredi yeshiva students hollered abuse at them.
Inside Woody Allen’s TV Past
Michael Aushenker
January 28, 1999
Before films such as \”Radio Days,\” Woody Allen had his television days.
The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs
Tom Tugend
January 21, 1999
The history of the Middle East conflict, from the birthpangs of the Jewish state to today\’s headlines, has rarely, if ever, been presented with more immediacy and human color as \”The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs.\”
The Marketing of Ehud Barak
Larry Derfner
January 7, 1999
Now that the race for prime minister is on, the main challenger, Labor Party leader Ehud Barak, has suddenly become dynamic.
Pollard, Once Again
James D
December 10, 1998
Jewish leaders often lust for media attention, but mention the Jonathan Pollard case, and most dive for cover.
Soldier of Misfortune
Eric Silver
December 10, 1998
Lisa Weinmann-Myara, a State University of New York graduate who settled in Jerusalem with her Israeli husband 16 years ago, is waging a vigorous defense of her soldier son, who faces a court martial on charges of disgracing himself and the army by allowing a Palestinian mob to steal his automatic rifle when it stormed the car in which he was hitchhiking through the West Bank.
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