Word: dukakises
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Last week Kitty Dukakis interrupted her hectic campaign schedule to travel back to Boston for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism's yearly calendar. There she joined 1,000 worshipers to participate in the age-old evening prayers of repentance in the modern sanctuary at Temple Israel, her Reform...
The woman who could soon become the first Jewish First Lady naturally stirs pride within her religious community. But she also personifies American Judaism's most vexing and divisive issue: intermarriage. When Kitty wed Michael Dukakis (who is Greek Orthodox) in a 1963 civil ceremony, she was part of a...
That is the subject of intense debate. Sociologist Mayer surveyed children of mixed marriages between ages 16 and 46 and found that a mere 24% considered themselves Jewish. Others, however, insist that the situation is not so bleak. The Dukakis daughters, Andrea and Kara, are probably typical. Kitty says they...
Sasso also excels at a very difficult task: he makes Michael Dukakis listen. The Governor has said Sasso, 41, is like a brother to him. The unassuming Sasso is like the outgoing, slightly mischievous kid who takes the edge off his stern, driven older brother. Where Dukakis is stiff and...
Blocky and blunt, Sasso is neither intellectual nor especially articulate. He is a coalition builder who knows when and how to compromise. Unlike Dukakis, he reaches out to people, and people respond. He engenders loyalty and returns it. The civic-minded Dukakis sometimes gives the impression that he considers himself...