Word: dilemmas
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...accomplished nothing else, the brouhaha over Georges Pompidou's American sojourn underscored the delicate dilemma of American Jews vis-à-vis Israel. As individuals or as a community, they certainly had every right to express their feelings about the French President's pro-Arab views. But is it sound tactics or proper behavior for any group of U.S. citizens to insult a visiting head of state? Many sober-minded Jews who are ordinarily strangers to picket lines would answer that their consciences demanded loud protest. In fact, compared with other recent demonstrations, these were small and extremely orderly...
...Domestic Dilemma. Brandt's dilemma is that his opening to the East has inspired an overly optimistic response in West Germany. Various polls show that anywhere from 74% to 82% of the populace favor his proposed East Berlin meeting with Stoph. But if Brandt fails to achieve a quick and impressive result, as may well happen, a reaction could set in. As it is, former Christian Democratic Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger is already expressing concern about the consequences of Brandt's diplomatic initiatives. It is no secret that Kiesinger would welcome an opportunity to oust Brandt, who holds only...
...replacement of an elderly teacher who is using an archaic teaching approach in a marriage-preparation course are gently prodded into more understanding of their teacher. A few episodes do deal with weightier stuff: the problems of a militant black youth involved with a middle-class black girl, the dilemma of a Mexican-American boy who balances his academic limitations against his ambitions and decides to reject his counselor's recommendation that he go to college...
...diaspora, through the aftermath of Christ's crucifixion and Hitler's Final Solution, to the recapture of the Wailing Wall on the Temple grounds by Israeli soldiers in 1967. Outwardly, it is a cycle from defeat to victory. Inwardly, it represents the record of a profound moral dilemma. For the ancient Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed only three weeks after its defenders broke a tenet of the religious law. To regain the Temple, Jews were taught, would involve not force of arms but strict observance of moral law. Wiesel states the problem by telling a parable about...
...Prince tries to persuade the rulers that the sanctity of the Sabbath must be violated in order that the kingdom may be preserved militarily, for it will not exist at all if the people who observe the sanctity of the Sabbath are destroyed. The undiscovered kingdom, faced with the dilemma of expediency versus a national spiritual responsibility, is clearly Israel, and Author Wiesel seems reluctantly to recognize the merits of Dan's arguments...