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...20th century, originally were a tiny community on the Rhine. The Ashkenazim founded modern political Zionism and brought to Israel Western values, education, technology and tastes. The problem lies in the fact that often they look down on Sephardim, and the Sephardim on them, a phenomenon fed by ethnic differences. Sephardim tend to live in small towns, raise large families, and to eat foods that even now reflect their Spanish heritage. Rice, for example, is permitted during Passover. Ashkenazim tend to make their homes in the city or the kibbutz, and are often lighter in skin, eye color and hair...
...whorehouse-declaimed by society as a sinful place-is inhabited by a gang of cheerful, extremely humane eccentries who live by their own particular moral code. Acutely aware of Ireland's volatile political atmosphere, they (with a few exceptions), nevertheless refuse to obsess themselves with politics. Several of them differ in race, nationality, class, and sexual preference, yet they express little prejudice. When the British prisoner enters their happy abide, the whorehouse tenants-to the outrage of the I.R.A. captors treat him with warmth and sympathy, their simple compassion out-weighs the national and religious biases that perpetuate...
...creationist campaign to have the biblical version of man's origins taught in the schools. But if there are problems with Darwin's theory of evolution, there are also problems with the creation story. Genesis gives two accounts of the beginning. The first and second chapters differ significantly in describing how it came about. The Bible educates Jews and Christians about who created the world and why. It does not teach when or how. I am content to leave that to science...
...reports--which break down each course's enrollment by sex, year of graduation, and concentration--"invite professors to be as equitable as possible" by showing them whether they differ significantly from University-wide norms, Dean K. Whitla, director of the office, said yesterday...
Harvard is a predominantly white institution. In that sense, the everyday lives of minority students here differ from those of the majority. A Third World center would go a long way toward creating a better atmosphere for Third World students. As one student leader said, right now the University environment for Third World students is "not neutral," because they must adapt to a primarily white environment. A center would serve the entire community as a cultural, educational, social and--though some administrators may not approve--a political milieu. And students should have control of the center's governance, with...