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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sculptivity--working with clay to express your gist...
Last week a decree went out from the Bethlehem city council that will make Christmas 1988 the gloomiest yet. To express solidarity with the Arab cause, the leaders ordered historic Manger Square to be bare of the usual tinsel and twinkling lights. The city is also canceling the annual Boy Scout parade and its reception for visiting dignitaries. Moreover, many citizens say they are too dispirited this year to hold their customary family celebrations. The new Latin patriarch Michel Sabbah, a pointed critic of Israel's policy toward Arab residents, will still lead the centuries-old procession across the square...
...Palestine Liberation Organization, was an "accessory" to terrorism and consequently barred under American law from entering the U.S. Two days later the General Assembly passed a second resolution, by a vote of 154 to 2, announcing a plenary session in Geneva, Dec. 13 through 15, for the express purpose of hearing Arafat speak...
...within the right of any religion to express its beliefs publicly with the accommodation of the government," asserts Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky of Chabad. "Putting up menorahs is a sharing of values with others." Beyond Pittsburgh, his 100,000-member organization has been building menorahs from Washington's Ellipse to San Francisco's Union Square, almost anywhere a reindeer might be lurking. But most Jewish groups oppose the displays. Says Sam Rabinove, legal director of the American Jewish Committee: "We're all in favor of menorahs and creches, but not in public buildings." Mainstream Christian groups agree. "We consider the display...
...writing to express dismay at the distorted and inflammatory article which appeared in. The Crimson on December 2. The reporter and some of her sources showed a shocking lack of understanding about how local unions, and other membership organizations, traditionally and legally conduct their affairs...