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...immigrant searching for a country, inventing a country I can belong to," she read from one poem, "Stories." Much of Levins-Morales' poetry deals with her feelings of alienation as a woman, a Latino and a Jew. The poems also dealt with her memories of growing up in Puerto Rico...
...issue that continues to dog the Corporation is that of representation. Bok and other members said last spring the group wanted to attract qualified female and minority candidates. But the selection of Rosovsky--while the first Jew--marks the continuation of a perfect streak of white male members for the Corporation...
From there comes "Get Back to the Country," a foot-stomping ripsnorter from the first snaps of Rufus Thibodeaux's Cajun fiddle to the jangling bounce of Terry McMillan's Jew's harp. Both musically and metaphorically, "Get-Back to the Country" provides the strength to carry the album, both signalling Young's new direction and showing the best example...
...three months. The prosecution has a list of 568 potential witnesses, including some Order members who have already pleaded guilty. Jury selection, which used up much of last week, ended with the impaneling of an all-white, twelve-member jury with three alternates. Three blacks, one Asian and one Jew were among potential jurors but were eliminated. Potential jurors were asked if they were Jewish, or had sympathies for anti- black, anti-Jewish or tax-protest groups. They were also asked if they could be fair to defendants who may not believe the Holocaust occurred. The Government hopes the trial...
...marriage between a village beauty and a bright yeshiva boy remains stubbornly unconsummated, the odd reason why cannot long escape becoming common knowledge. As before, Singer's tales of rural life reveal the complexities of so-called simple folk. In A Nest Egg for Paradise, a prosperous and pious Jew named Mendel falls victim, once, to the seductive appeals of his sister-in-law. He tries to hide his shame and suffering from the neighbors, but he brings his anguish to a rabbi in another village. "I've forfeited my share in the world to come," he confesses. The rabbi...