Trouble in Paradise
Jewish Journal
July 15, 1999
Why did Jewish groups follow the Zionist Organization of America\’s lead in scuttling Salam Al-Marayati\’s appointment to a national commission on terrorism?
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The Truth About the ZOA
Morton A. Klein
July 15, 1999
Gene Lichtenstein\’s July 2 editorial misrepresented the positions and activities of the Zionist Organization of America.
Money & Schools
Julie Wiener
July 8, 1999
A film on the 1972 Olympic Games massacre of Israeli athletes has received an Oscar nomination for best documentary, while a Welsh film about the romance between a Jewish boy and a Welsh girl is in the running for best foreign film.
My Problem with the ZOA
Jewish Journal
July 1, 1999
According to the ZOA, Al-Marayati\’s appointment is tantamount to naming white supremacist David Duke to a civil rights task force. \”We don\’t want anyone on this group who condones terrorism and praises terrorist groups as Al-Marayati and his top leaders have done,\” said Morton A. Klein, president of the ZOA, in Philadelphia. Who could argue with that?
A Weekend of ‘Kosher Sex’
Michael Aushenker
April 1, 1999
In these scandalous times, is there anything left to say about sex?
Too Close for Comfort
James D
February 18, 1999
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh recently had some ominous words for Congress, but legislators and many Jewish leaders weren\’t in a listening mood.
The Ghosts of ‘Riga’
Naomi Pfefferman
January 28, 1999
While writing an aria based on a speech by Joseph Goebbels, for his 1991 opera, \”The Ghosts of Versailles,\” William M. Hoffman was visited by ghosts of his murdered family.
Israel Beyond 1999
Ruth Stroud
January 14, 1999
Now that a year of reviewing and celebrating Israel\’s first half century has passed, it\’s time to ponder the next 50 years. That\’s the premise behind a daylong conference taking place on Jan. 24 in West Los Angeles.
Bibi’s Betrayal
Eric Silver
October 29, 1998
\”Binyamin Netanyahu is no longer the leader of the national camp,\” Aharon Domb, general secretary of the West Bank and Gaza Jewish settlers\’ council, said this week, with all the finality of a judge pronouncing sentence.
Commentary
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
August 27, 1998
One of the most remarkable stories in the Bible is the deathbed scene of King David. The aged monarch, ready to hand over the rule of his kingdom, speaks to his son, the future King Solomon, about what Solomon ought to do after David has died. Trained as we are to expect the Bible to reflect love, forgiveness and compassion, it is shocking to read what David actually tells his son. Rather than instructing Solomon to start with a clean slate, to forgive everybody, to forget the wrongs that have been done to the monarchy, King David recounts a laundry list of those people who have offended the monarchy and harmed the nation. He bids his son to see that they don\’t escape retribution.
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