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...convention of B'nai B'rith, retiring President Label Katz, a New Orleans real estate investor, berated Judaism's contemporary prophets of doom for their hand-wring ing anxiety. The danger of assimilation "persists and grows," he acknowledged, but "it is also profoundly true that Jew ish peoplehood persists and grows. Jew ish life somehow thrives on its own para doxes." Since Judaism is predicated on man's right to be free, said Katz, "I can not concede - no matter what sets of statistics or failures or problems are set before us - that Jewish existence, which...
...indolent and unschooled in their spiritual heritage, Katz admitted; nonetheless, the impact of Judaism on U.S. culture is so prevalent that "it is a popular pastime to probe the world through Jewish lenses," typically in a musical like Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof. For proof of Jew ish vitality throughout the world, he cited B'nai B'rith's 26% gain in operating finances since the last convention, and the presence of its educational Hillel Foundation on 253 campuses, with 268 more schools already in line applying for programs...
...showed up, a host of reporters and photographers were waiting for them, having already been fed yards of copy by Hamilton himself. Said he: "I don't like Mrs. Johnson's use of the Secret Service as a go-between. It seems a little Gestapo-ish." Then Mrs. Cummings stepped forward to say, with a gulp, "I didn't realize how personally embarrassing this would be to Mrs. Johnson...
...Hugh Scott were your girlfriend's father, you might stop by a bit early so that you could chat with him a while before your date. He looks like a past president of the Kiwanis, has a Major Hoople-ish voice just perfect for harrumphing (although he does not indulge) and a sense of humor just dry enough to let him refer to a political enemy as "that rodent" and pull it off. In addition, the dapper Senator from Pennsylvania has a delightful penchant for the well turned phrase (he often emits a self-congratulatory chortle after some especially well...
...reckoning is at hand, Lord Cromer told a gathering of Scottish bankers in Edinburgh. The $3 billion international rescue that saved the Brit ish pound last November "no more guarantees our future than Dunkirk presaged swift victory in 1940." If the government is to prevent hardship for every British family, he said, it must quickly and decisively put its house in order by boosting productivity and cutting back on its spending schemes. Said he: "I only hope we face up to this need whilst there is still time...