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Over the years, the Review has consistently supported Israel, and several of its members are Jewish. Dartmouth sophomore Andrew Baer, who lost more than 30 family members during the Holocaust, defended the Review's integrity, only to come back to his dormroom one evening and find swastikas and epithets on his door. So much for the "rally against hate" at Dartmouth...
...cream, he sprayed the words F--- YOU JEW BAGEL, without the dash, on the garage of Eugene Markovitz, 67, the oldest and most prominent rabbi in Clifton, N. J. Joining the fun were Mike's pals Johnny (whose best friend, he says, is Jewish) and Peter (whose grandfather rescued Holocaust Jews in Holland). I HATE JEWS, scrawled one boy. GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY, wrote another. After squirting the house with blue paint, a fourth boy, Tony sprayed a swastika on the car of Saul Shaw, a 79-year-old Jew who lives a few blocks away. Markovitz...
...Frank Donato was tempted to send these first-time offenders, all age 13 to 14, to a juvenile prison for two years. After all, their rampage had coincided with the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the shattering of Jewish property in Germany and Austria that marked the start of the Holocaust. Victim Shaw, who broke down and cried in court while recalling the death of his best friend by "Nazi bullets," had unsuccessfully begged the judge to release the boys' names to the press. "They should have been persecuted, not prosecuted," says Shaw angrily. But at a hearing last Halloween, Donato...
...nation), according to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Thus New Jersey's efforts to cope with the crisis are being watched elsewhere. Last June, inspired by Donato's sentence, a panel of three judges in Westchester County, N.Y., subjected three anti-Semitic vandals to a Holocaust quiz. In preparation, the young men, ages 18 to 20, were required to read a chapter from James Michener's Poland that describes a Nazi death camp...
Today the pink triangle has been reclaimed in the remembrance of those who died in the Holocaust. It represents group identity for gays in the continuing struggle for our rights, and for others it is a symbol of pride in, and support of, a diverse society. When worn today, the pink triangle speaks, "Lest it happen again." This symbol should not be a threat to anyone, but a reminder of the horrible history of intolerance and an inspiration not to be silent in the face of oppression. The protection of the rights of one group is the protection...