Word: orals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...written compilation of centuries of oral wisdom, the Talmud was completed 1,500 years ago in two versions, named for their places of origin. The commonly used Babylonian text runs to 2.5 million words. The Jerusalem (or Palestinian) Talmud, far less known, is half as long, but many sections are so condensed as to be unintelligible. Its message was alive only for scholars and a handful of others. Now that is changing because a brilliant Orthodox rabbi named Adin Steinsaltz believes Judaism is in peril if "an essential part of our people are cut off from the Talmud...
Another factor that weighed against Henshaw's conviction was that the only evidence that he had committed an "abominable and detestable crime against nature" in illegal sexual acts turned out to be the women's testimony that they had performed "oral...
Following this logic, he should have been asked if, while serving on the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, he had ever engaged in oral sex or any other form of sodomy--which is, you know, just as illegal in D.C. as marijuana. And if he said no and his wife were to come out later and say yes, would that be a black mark on his integrity, disqualifying him for further public service...
...Hillel group will perform "The Wave," the story of a meeting between a crazy student and his professor and "Oral History," the tale of an interview of an elderly Jewish woman by a Marxist feminist...
...wanted to provide an alternative to observant students," said Goodman. But she added that the primary purpose of the performances is to "present Jewish art. Although "The Wave" is an academic play, "Oral History" deals with prejudice and inter-generational issues and is really quite ethnic...