Word: jerusalem
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...Nieman fellows who work as writers, reporters or correspondents include Bill Graves of The Oregonian; Sandra King of New Jersey Public Television; Christopher Marquis of The Washington Herald; Suzanne Sataline of The Philadelphia Inquirer; Lily Galili of Ha'aretz in Jerusalem; Dimitri Mitropolous of To Vima in Athens; Frans Roennovof the Berlingske Tidende in Copenhagen, Denmark;Gonzalo Quijandria of Andina de Radiodifusion inLima, Peru and freelance writer Susan E. Reed...
Secular women are riled by Orthodoxy's chauvinism. Last June in Jerusalem rioting haredim pelted men and women with excrement for praying at the Western Wall in a mixed group. In 1996 haredi "modesty patrols" began attacking women on Jerusalem's streets for exposing their arms or legs. Secular women were offended last year when Rabbi Yosef pronounced that men should not walk between two women, just as they should not walk between two donkeys, lest they take on the attributes of these lesser beasts...
While a number of activists on both sides are working to find a new accommodation between the communities, most Israelis expect relations to deteriorate further. A survey showed that 47% think the situation could lead to civil war. Haim Miller, the haredi deputy mayor of Jerusalem, believes the answer is segregation. "To prevent this conflict, the only way really at this point is some sort of separation," he says. "It's sad, but it's sadder yet if two Jewish people come to blows...
...physical anthropologist working in Israel for the past 25 years, I have devoted much of my research to clearing ancient Jewish graves in Jerusalem. In this century alone, we have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient burial sites from the time of Jesus. As a result, there is a tremendous amount of information about these funerary practices. Jesus lived, died and was buried according to the Jewish practices of the time. The Shroud of Turin is in total nonconformity with all that is known about Jewish burial practices, making it a clear case of medieval forgery. It is simply...
...carrot was the "final status" talks Benjamin Netanyahu has long coveted. The stick? Well, there was no stick, and that, according to TIME Jerusalem correspondent Eric Silver, allowed Netanyahu to leave President Clinton all dressed up with nowhere to go Monday. Instead of hosting Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat at the White House, Clinton will be briefed by Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross on their failure to get Israel to compromise...