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...myself as entirely an American, but this makes me no less a devout Jew...
...court ruled against them in separate decisions, 6 to 3 and 5 to 4. Warren, again writing for the majority, held that the Sunday closing does not prohibit the free exercise of religion, although he did say that the law "operates so as to make the practice of [orthodox Jews'] religious beliefs more expensive." But the dissents were sharp. "The law," wrote Justice Potter Stewart, "compels an orthodox Jew to choose between his religious faith and his economic survival. That is a cruel choice. It is a choice which I think no state can constitutionally demand...
...third-act finale. Under Castelnuovo-Tedesco's streamlining, the evils of intolerance become the play's main theme. But Castelnuovo-Tedesco changed the sense of Shakespeare in only one respect: he omitted Shylock's conversion to Christianity on the theory that no man of the Jew's temperament would abandon his faith...
...with its original clarity. The opera, like much of Castelnuovo-Tedesco's work, was elegantly orchestrated, marked by sweeping vocal lines and shimmering lyric passages that echoed his admiration for Puccini. Although the Italian lines fell strangely on some ears ("Non ha un ebreo occhi?"-Hath not a Jew eyes?), the audience gave Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Merchant 15 echoing curtain calls...
Ballots & Miracles. At the time of its reorganization, the Pontifical Academy totaled 70 scientists from 18 nations; it included eight Protestants, one Jew and one Greek Orthodox. Now the members meet once every three years in an elegant little villa in the Vatican gardens, and the academy also holds "study weeks" to which it invites scientists from most of the world. Guests at these get-togethers may be frankly anticlerical, but the church seems not to care. Said one Vatican source last week: "It's as if the Pope said, 'I am a priest, so miracles...