Word: jdl
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Halevi looks back on his JDL activities as having been the opportunity to become "at once my father's contemporary and a Yippie." The first connection was with "the danger zone of Jewish history" and the second with "the funhouse of America." In 1972 Halevi protested the Soviet restriction of Jewish emigration by throwing chicken blood at a touring troupe of Ukrainian dancers. He was also part of a group tossed out of Moscow for demonstrating at a visa office...
...eventual decision to become a journalist suggest a more moderate man's need to examine experience in a cooler light. But his sharp skills as a journalist do not always serve him well as a memoirist. The emotional temperature drops steadily as Halevi writes about his disaffection with the JDL, his marriage to a woman with a Mayflower pedigree who converts to Judaism, the birth of his children, the death of his father and, eventually, the Halevi family's immigration to Israel...
...point, Epps told the JDL representativethat he had spoken with Jeffries earlier in theday. Epps confirmed later, in an interview, thathe had contacted Jeffries to discuss the format ofthe speech and details of his arrival...
Rabbi Sally Finestone, acting Director ofHarvard-Radcliffe Hillel, spoke critically at therally of outside organizations in attendance,including the JDL and Kahane Chai...
...invite the Jewish Defense League.It is the students' rally," Finestone said. At onepoint, signcarrying members of Hillel rushed infront of a local television camera to obscuresigns held by JDL members...