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...through even more clearly in individual declarations. Defending the new black support for the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker of Harlem's Canaan Baptist Church said the Palestinians "are the niggers of the Mideast." Nathan Perlmutter, director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, called the black leaders' charges an "amalgam of half-truths, untruths and anti-Semitic nonsense." Howard Squadron, president of the American Jewish Congress, accused black leaders of attacking Jews "for the sake of reviving the sagging institutional fortunes of civil rights organizations that have seen better...
When the press stalked the visitors to Nai robi's airport, Linda hid in the ladies' room. Cajoled Jerry from outside: "C'mon, Linda, just one picture of us, and they'll have what they want." She finally bolted for the plane and tumbled in with her head hidden in her arms. Said one of the singer's friends: "The press really freaks her out, and she feels terrible that she's ruining Jerry's trip...
...good a painter was she? By the standards of a Matisse, not very; beside most "primitive" Western artists, however, she was a spry old wonder. Most primitive art today is a mimicry of that unmediated, clumsy freshness of vision that once recreated itself, beyond style, in each true nai'f. But in a world saturated by print and photography, it is difficult to be a nai'f; art is too available. Grandma Moses was not un touched by commerce, but nobody could doubt the integrity of her work or the delicacy of her imagination. She was a graceful...
...discussion after his presentation, Schmertz denied charges published by B'nai B'rith's Anti Defamation League (ADL) that his corporation discriminates against Jews in its hiring and employment practices...
...Christopher. As he leaned toward approval of the sales, he talked to such all-out opponents as Amitay and Jerold Hoffberger, owner of the Baltimore Orioles. On a weekend trip to California, Mathias was told by a former president of the Los Angeles Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: "My agency is pulling all the stops out, but I disagree; I think you're taking the right course." Maryland Jews sent him telegrams pleading that he "come home" and vote with them against the package. He did come home-but he voted...