Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peter Hardie informs us that admitting a Negro to Harvard is equivalent to offering poisoned water to a thirsty man. In the December 15 Crimson this twisted fringe of the new ethnicity thrust in American life gains another supporter in the person of Hope Reisman, who insists that her Jewish identity is gravely offended by Christians who celebrate Christ's birth within the confines of Harvard College...
...well convert their extremist perceptions of ethnicity into a dangerous ethnic cleavaging of life at Harvard University, would Mr. Hardie and Ms. Reisman consider the following alternatives. For Peter Hardie, withdrawal from Harvard College and enrollment in the blackest of the blackest college he can locate. For Hope Reisman, Jewish seclusion in her own Jewish abode off campus...
...country in the world places a higher spiritual and patriotic value on immigration than Israel. In Jewish religious law there is no greater mitzvah (commandment) than to return to the land of Zion. Since the birth of the Jewish state in 1948, 1.6 million Jews have settled in the country, and Jerusalem encourages others to come by offering generous financial and moral support. Last week, speaking in New York to the annual convention of the Labor Zionist Alliance, former Premier Golda Meir asked for the aliyah (immigration) of 2 million Jews to Israel in the next two years...
There is a pressing point to that appeal for more immigrants. Israeli officials are troubled about a continuing exodus from the Jewish state. Precise statistics are hard to come by because the stigma attached to emigration is so great that few Israelis who leave the country for good ever declare their intentions officially. Nonetheless, government officials estimate that about 300,000 Israeli Jews - nearly one out of ten - now live abroad...
...honor of its centennial, the Lampoon donates $100 to eight major charities. A letter accompanying the $12.50 check to the United Jewish Appeal reads in part, "We at Harvard's humor organization know full well that poverty and suffering are nothing to laugh about, although Jews are, if you know what we mean...