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...that sticking point remains. The commission voted narrowly to retain the controversial line, prompting criticism from Rabbi A. James Rudin of the American Jewish Committee, who is calling for a completely new play that "should reflect the reality of the 'cursed' Jewish people living in a reborn and independent state of Israel." Co-directors Christian Stuckl and Otto Huber, who worked closely with Jewish groups on the text, were also unhappy about the line's retention. "The effect of this sentence through the centuries was a very bad one," acknowledges Huber. Citing Christian theologians, Huber argues that the blood curse...
...year-old schoolteacher was badly beaten by two masked assailants after she discussed racism with her students. Coming on top of recent attacks against North African immigrants, the atrocities that began at Carpentras prompted some French citizens to wonder whether their society were fundamentally sick. Said Paris' Chief Rabbi Joseph Sitruk: "This incident would never have been possible in a France that was united, worthy and responsible...
...Moreover, Labor and Likud would have to work together -- an unlikely prospect -- to steamroller the necessary bills past the smaller parties. And even if reform succeeded, it would not alleviate the profound divisions within the Israeli electorate. "The Messiah won't come through changing the system of elections," says Rabbi Abraham Ravitz, whose Degel Hatorah party holds two seats. But at least the nation would be guided from the top by leaders chosen by the people...
...Nazi uniform and parade through the campus cafeteria. Jewish women are derided as "Jewish-American princesses." At Cornell and elsewhere, students wear T shirts reading SLAP-A-JAP! and BACK OFF BITCH, I'M A JAP-BUSTER! "Anti-Semitism masked as sexism is more socially acceptable," says Rabbi Laura Geller, director of the Hillel Jewish Center at the University of Southern California, "because, unfortunately, sexism is still an accepted form of bigotry...
...policy that led to the Iran- contra affair and the Pollard spy case. There is outright disgust with the vulnerability of Israel's political system to the demands of fanatical ultra- Orthodox sects, as demonstrated last month by the ability of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, an 88-year-old Brooklyn rabbi, to derail the Labor Party's attempt to form a government. Last week, after Labor leader Shimon Peres' attempt to forge a peace coalition collapsed, Shamir was given three weeks to put together a government. In contrast to the unwieldy Likud-Labor coalitions that have ruled Israel since 1984, Shamir...