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Reflections on Hebrew Literature: Past and Present (in Hebrew)--by Aharon Appelfeld, novelist, and professor of modern Hebrew literature, Ben Gurion University. Sever Hall, room 206, 4 p.m. Tuesday...
Meanwhile, Bush, who won 31% of Jewish votes in 1988, plugs along. If ever he doubts that good policy is sometimes smart politics, he should recall history. Shortly before the 1956 election, Eisenhower took Egypt's side in the Suez Canal dispute. He warned Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion "not ((to)) make any grave mistake based upon ((your)) belief that winning a domestic election is as important to us as preserving the peace." Ike won in a landslide and captured 40% of the Jewish vote, still the high-water mark for a Republican. If today's peace talks produce...
Last week several planeloads of newcomers arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport. Fortunately, most of them will be around a lot longer than Sharon and Shamir...
...Palestinians tell their own version of the war. An Iraqi Scud missile slammed into Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, killing 400 Soviet Jewish immigrants just off the plane. Thousands of Israelis were slaughtered by the Scuds, and the Dimona nuclear complex in the Negev lies in ruins. The Americans lost 100,000 soldiers in battle. Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait was only tactical, designed to lull the allies, while Saddam Hussein waited for the right moment to incinerate the Jewish state. "Every Palestinian knows that Saddam will emerge victorious," said Abdul Majeed Shahin as he discussed the war with...
...does not work. Yesterday, I went to the Quad for a two-hour tutorial. When I left, my bedroom walls featured a typical smattering of undergraduate decor--pictures of friends, a Van Gogh print, my favorite Far Side and New Yorker cartoons, Martin Luther King, Jr., and David Ben-Gurion matching visionary stares and so on. When I returned, the collection was unceremoniously gathered on my floor...