Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first assault occurred shortly after 11 a.m., when seven Hanafis, led by Khaalis himself, burst into the headquarters of B'nai B'rith, the world's largest and oldest Jewish service organization. Moving upward floor by floor, they seized dozens of hostages, shooting at some, slapping and cutting others, shouting that they were ready to die for Allah. The hostages were herded into a conference room, the windows of which were then painted over...
...primary concern of police quickly became the B'nai B'rith Building. The Hanafis had chosen this target as a symbol of their grudge against Jews. Throughout the siege Khaalis denounced the Jewish judge who had presided at the trial of his family's killers. "The Jews control the courts and the press," he repeatedly charged...
Besse Zaritsky, 55, a mother of seven from suburban Silver Spring, Md., was at work as an editorial assistant on the National Jewish Monthly Wednesday morning when she heard "stomping up the stairs" in the B'nai B'rith building. Here is her account, told to TIME Correspondent Marguerite Michaels, of the ordeal that followed...
...really the cops?' And they turned their guns on us and told us to shut up. I think they thought there might still be gunmen in the room. When they eased up, we all started kissing and hugging and a few people formed a circle to recite a Jewish prayer-it's a traditional prayer thanking God for preserving...
...Later, when the oldest son is shot down while serving as a fighter pilot, Hudson has a bittersweet interlude with the boy's mother (affectingly played by Claire Bloom) and decides to return to the U.S. On the way, he is fatally caught up in the smuggling of Jewish war refugees by small boat into Cuba...