Word: israell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is a need for a strong Jewish community. In the post-Holocaust era, Jews realize that their survival may depend on ties to other Jews and to Israel. But organizations such as Sigma Alpha Mu represent more than just an honest attempt at religous and cultural activity such as that which exists at Hillel. Jewish fraternities stand for a self-enclosed world, with a secondary role for non-Jews...
There are no Americans left in Lebanon now, but the killing goes on. The U.S. tried to exert pressure on Israel to pull out of Lebanon, and yet you say that America is an imperialist country...
...recent years, most Soviet Jews who left their country -- almost 19,000 during 1988 -- did so on exit visas for Israel. But during stopovers in Rome or Vienna almost all of them switched their destination to the U.S. They will no longer be allowed to do that, and some American Jewish organizations are protesting...
...Israeli government, however, considers the new U.S. policy a godsend. It is hoping that thousands of such emigres will now actually come to the Jewish state and help balance the rapidly growing Arab population. Finance Minister Shimon Peres announced during a visit to Washington last week that Israel expected some 100,000 immigrants from the Soviet Union by 1992 and planned to spend $3 billion to assist them. "I don't think there is anything more important than to have Russian Jews coming to Israel," he said...
Even producers and directors who grasped her position -- that Palestinians have homeland rights, which Israel must accommodate -- often passed her by for the sake of convenience. "It's not surprising that she's perceived by most Jewish people as anti-Jewish," says her ex-husband, director Tony Richardson. "She has created this image for herself, which makes her almost uncastable in a leading role in Hollywood. She's totally unrealistic in her attitude: when she says 'Zionism,' she thinks she isn't talking about Jews. But there isn't a single bit of anti-Semitic blood in Vanessa." Embittered, Redgrave...