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...creation of three brand new settlements have upset many U.S. Jews. Quite a few Reform and Conservative rabbis remain concerned, moreover, that Begin may impose an Orthodox religious tyranny in Israel at the expense of other branches of Judaism, not to mention other religions. In addition, says Leonard Beerman, "I'm frightened that the values of Judaism that have to do with civil rights and the rights of national minorities of small peoples to self-determination would be compromised if the West Bank were incorporated into Israel. That, to me, would be very destructive of the fundamental ideals...
...participants in the tour have worked together for a long time trying to end the war, DeWitt said. Also in the delegation are Bishop James Armstrong of the United Methodist Church who headed the clergy's campaign for Senator George McGovern, Rabbi Leonard Beerman of Los Angeles, Robert McAfee Brown, a Presbyterian theologian at Stanford, and Sister Mary Luke Tobin of the Sisters of Loretto...
...narrow or destructive; exchanged, they could become more balanced and productive for both communities. Since Judaism is an inextricable mixture of religion and nationhood, a certain ambiguity about Jewish identity will always remain and may ultimately be creative. "We cannot live on borrowed courage," warns Los Angeles Rabbi Leonard Beerman, counseling U.S. Jews to define their identities out of their own roots. But shared courage could well add up to redoubled strength...
With the score tied, 19-19, the Bruins'sophomore forward Ar-nie Beerman, who led all scorers with 24 tallies and who controlled both the offensive and defensive boards by snatching 22 rebounds, made two free throws that gave Brown a lead it never lost...
...Miriam Beerman, 46, lives in Brooklyn, where her husband teaches high school. She paints such pretty topics as shrieking faces, jackals and concentration-camp victims because, as she says forthrightly, "I've always been furious at the world." Born in Providence, Mrs. Beerman studied under Yasuo Kuniyoshi at Manhattan's Art Students League before taking off to France to immerse herself in Goya, the German expressionists, and (as her painting style shows) Britain's Francis Bacon. She is fascinated by the "natural world," and has done a series of paintings on fish, bats, owls. At the moment...