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...onstage: the camera zeroes in on their hands, as Martin coolly downs a Scotch and Lewis fusses with his props. From their first meeting in 1945 through their heyday in the 1950s, Martin and Lewis shows how they fused opposite stereotypes--the smoky Italian lover and the nervous, nasal Jewish kid--into a sex-and-yuks act more successful than either had been separately. In fact, the pairing of needy Jerry and detached Dean wasn't quite amore, but it was good business...
...DIED. ABBA EBAN, 87, former Israeli Foreign Minister and erudite scholar whose oratory captured the world's sympathy for the Jewish state in its early years; near Tel Aviv. In a hawkish environment, Eban urged a conciliatory approach toward the Arabs. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, Eban advocated withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza. Remembered for his witty gibes, Eban often said the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an oppor-tunity." Last year Eban was decorated with the Israel Prize, the nation's highest honor...
...West Bank job because he was just tired of criticism from the left and right. Labor rival Haim Ramon says Mitzna is all "bullshit and baloney." Mitzna left the army in 1993 and later that year became mayor of Haifa, one of the few places in Israel where Jewish and Arab citizens mix relatively easily. Mitzna has earned credit for that among Israeli Arabs, more than 80% of whom boycotted the last election. But one group of Arabs won't be persuaded. Islamist groups are eager to step up their suicide bombings before the election with the aim of pushing...
...Just because I am anti-Zionist does not mean I am anti-Semitic,” added Bernstein, who is Jewish...
...When kids would say ‘Ching Chong Chinaman,’ I thought they were talking to someone behind me,” Tom said. “I used to think I was a white Jewish girl named Rebecca or Rachel...