Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Patrick's prayer service was an extraordinary interreligious festival. The Dalai Lama, 44, was surrounded by a group of Protestant, Armenian, Catholic and Jewish clergy. To lend a Tibetan air to the proceedings, a group of monks clanged cymbals and blew traditional horns. The Dalai Lama, who was greeted with a standing ovation, had earlier declared that "all the world's major religions are basically the same." But the host at the service, Cardinal Cooke, was more cautious, perhaps to assure traditional Catholics who had come into the church to light candles at the side altars. No syncretistic...
...proscribed works had been put there as a challenge; no one was surprised at the confiscation of Animal Farm, George Orwell's savage parody of the Revolution, or Alexander Solzhenitsyn's three Gulags. But other excisions were mystifying. From the booth of the Association of Jewish Book Publishers, for example, inspectors confiscated a book of essays entitled The Holocaust Years, as well as ex-Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban's My Country. Among the 300 volumes left untouched were Eban's companion volume My People and Lucy Dawidowicz's volume The War Against the Jews...
...afternoon Dean Rosovsky, the main speaker at onies iners Theater, same time, they must preserve said, adding that Hillel is central to the continuance of Jewish life at Harvard...
Morgenthau, who said he sometimes refers to himself as a "born-again Jew," said the dedication should represent the commitment of the Jewish people to the work of Hillel...
...America." The Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was equally enthusiastic. "There may be a change in style from Andy. McHenry won't be as informal, but there won't be a change in the battle for world peace." While more restrained, Jewish leaders also expressed satisfaction with Carter's choice. Said Howard Squadron, president of the American Jewish Congress: "I suspect Carter is trying to demonstrate continuity of policy and commitment to the black community. I think that's reasonable...