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The Good Lieutenant

Tom Tugend June 26, 1997

\”When I started this work two years ago, I was like a young child,\” says Cheli. \”Now, many times I feel like an old woman.\”

Minister of Compassion

Tom Tugend June 19, 1997

Yitzhak Mordechai, Israel\’s defense minister, delicately discusses peace, his boss and the conversion bill during a recent L.A. visit

Ruth’s Legacy

Tom Tugend June 5, 1997

At next week\’s Shavuot services, the moving words from the Book of Ruth, expressing the biblical convert\’s pledge of fidelity to Judaism, will be read in synagogues around the world.

When I was a UCLA student, some…uh…50 years ago and lived in Hollywood, I thought nothing of picking up a date in Boyle Heights, but I wouldn\’t even consider going out with a girl from the San Fernando Valley.\n

Music Men

Tom Tugend May 1, 1997

Shortly after the Oslo peace process got underway, composer Nabil Azzam met with Yasser Arafat and offered the Palestinian leader a new national anthem for his nascent Palestinian Authority.\n