Word: rabbi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...home have a Jewish book that you've meant to read, but laundry or studying has got in the way," said Rabbi Pamela Barmash, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. "Yom Kippur services are long--bring that book with you [and read...
...sick and the imprisoned. Those who invoke the name of Jesus Christ in this country today often forget that he was the child of a working class family, what we would call a "minority" in the Roman Empire, and something of a rebellious teenager. They forget that this traveling rabbi had no riches to speak of, counted prostitutes, beggars and criminals among his principal acquaintances and was ultimately killed for undermining the prevailing institutions of his day. Our Christian model was a radical, not a reactionary, concerned about the "least of his people," not the privileged, or particularly, the ordinary...
...That speech, liberally sprinkled with quotes from scripture, played well to the President's audience of religious leaders. "He couldn't be more contrite," said the Presbyterian Rev. Fred Davie. "I love this man," enthused Rabbi Edward Cohn of Los Angeles. And as if to complete his portrayal of a perfectly penitent sinner, Clinton promised to seek "pastoral support and help from others." What could be missing from the apology this time round? Only the timing. With House members voting to release the Starr report just hours after the prayer breakfast, it wasn't too little, but it may have...
...complete it. Instead it's releasing a version that Norton helped edit. Over at New Line, president Mike De Luca says he gave Kaye three chances to finish the film, spent an extra $1.5 million and endured meetings to which Kaye brought a Tibetan lama, a rabbi and a monk. Kaye's latest salvo: he wants the credits to say the film was directed by Humpty Dumpty...
...Nazi-style medical "research" on captured Chinese. After years of expressing regret quietly in Japan, Chu-Ki-Nren members are seeking to apologize to American audiences, but Washington's ban on visas for war criminals is preventing them. Convinced, however, that the group's regrets should be heard, RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER, associate dean at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, has organized a trans-Pacific video conference, to take place on the Internet Aug. 16 and be covered by Japan's top TV network, NHK. Panelists in Los Angeles will question four Chu-Ki-Nren...