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Unity Holiday

Whatever the reason, Judaism\’s summer-season holiday has come to be neglected by much of the American Jewish community.

Israel’s Wagner Taboo

After strenuous protests by Holocaust survivor groups, backed by virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum, the decision was taken last week to look for an alternative to the Wagner concert that had been scheduled for this summer\’s Israel Festival, the country\’s annual international cultural showcase.

Three’s Company

This was one weird summer for American Jews.

The Two Sides of the Street

The only thing Jerusalem\’s Jewish and Arab shopping malls had in common when news broke last Friday of the Wye II deal was that no one was dancing in the streets. There was relief that something at last was about to move on the Israeli-Palestinian front, but it takes more than Madeleine Albright playing what she fetchingly called an American \”handmaiden\” to disperse the suspicions of half a century.

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