Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jimmy Carter's Bible rests on his desk in the Oval Office with a mark to the verse from Micah used in his Inaugural Address, in which the Hebrew sage admonishes the Lord's people "to do justly, and to love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God." These days, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance also keeps a Bible close by in his seventh-floor State Department office-next to a book that discusses Israeli borders and a map of the Middle East...
...political Zionist," fled Nazi Germany when he was twelve. He earned a Purple Heart as a ski trooper in World War II and graduated from New York's City College before becoming a Reform rabbi. Since 1973 he has been president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, an umbrella group for 750 Reform temples that count a membership...
...children-Charryse, 3½, and Stephanie, 2-have stabilized Carew's life. Although he remains an Episcopalian, he studies his wife's religion and observes Jewish traditions and holidays. His only jewelry, besides his wedding band and an ID bracelet, is a gold chain and chai, the Hebrew symbol for health. It was given to him in 1975 by his father-in-law shortly before his death...
...individual offenses (TIME, May 30). Even those who have not run afoul of Israeli military discipline chafe under a regime they find capricious and humiliating. Complains Tayseer Kanaan, who was Jerusalem's chief judge in the time of Jordanian rule: "Even my tax and phone bills are in Hebrew. It makes me feel illiterate; I have to go to someone else to find out what they...
...occupation government collects West Bank taxes and turns back much of the money to Arab communities. But negotiations have to be conducted in Hebrew, with Israeli law as the binding covenant. Rather than accept such conditions, several West Bank towns, including Nablus and Hebron, have refused to accept further aid. The Arab world has rewarded their defiance by "adopting" West Bank municipalities. Hebron has been taken under the wing of Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, which is underwriting a $15 million gift. Mayor Freij of Bethlehem, which was adopted by Abu Dhabi, returned last month from...