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...meeting was deliberately planned for the 36th year after World War II because the number 36 in Hebrew tradition symbolizes renewal of life. Despite the passage of time, many of the participants were still unable to accept the death of loved ones. Esther Kozminski of Beverly Hills, Calif., said that she had come to Jerusalem "to find my sister, a cute little blond of 14 when 1 last saw her. I have the right to know whether she is dead or alive." Kozminski was unsuccessful, but did encounter a friend from the Lodz ghetto in Poland...
...world - was deemed so despicable that those who left were viewed as near traitors. But emigration is now so commonplace that the stigma is fading. Says Hebrew University Freshman Ayala Broide, 22: "For me, it's good in Israel, but there are those who want an easier life. If Israelis want to emigrate and live abroad, I don't see why they shouldn't." Israel's young can be more flexible than their elders on other issues, too, and are both questioning and speaking out on them. Yael Maschler, 22, a mathematics and linguistics major...
Another lesson of the 1973 mechdal ("failure," in Hebrew) has prompted an entirely new strategic assumption. Before the October War of 1973, I.D.F. commanders had depended on their intelligence network to assess Arab threats, then deployed forces accordingly. Now they assume that an attack can come from anywhere-and have forces permanently deployed on all borders. Even the Egyptian front is covered, although more lightly than before the 1979 peace treaty. Dispatching intelligence teams to the frontline units also is part of the attempt to move fast if necessary...
...studious, scholarly man who reads voraciously in three languages and writes poetry for intellectual relaxation. His office in the Labor Party's headquarters building on the Tel Aviv waterfront is usually swarming with admirers, foreign visitors and party hacks. Inside, the room is piled high with books in Hebrew and English (prominently including Hedrick Smith's work, Reagan: The Man, The President). A color portrait of his patron Ben-Gurion stares down from the wall...
...message carries similar, although more measured, validity. Teague has gone out of her way to add references and touches that attempt to include Jews among the believers to whom the musical appeals (as much as any about the life of Christ can), having Gifford speak a benediction in Hebrew, for instance...