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...trade you a Ruderman for a Feinstein!" No, this is not a proposed baseball-card swap, but the kind of deal that might occur among children with a religious bent: trading rabbi cards. Since they were introduced last August, more than 400,000 have been sold at 20 cents apiece, or 99 cents for a pack of five. On the back of each 4-in. by 6-in. card, printed in English and Hebrew, are the rabbi's dates of birth and death, the books he published and details about his life...
...Ahmed Abdel Rahman called the comments "a big step forward." More significantly, key American-Jewish community leaders also praised Baker's directness. "It was a fair speech that touched every base," said Thomas A. Dine, executive director of AIPAC, even as some of his members branded the initiative "hostile." Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, former president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said the Secretary "deserves to be commended, not criticized." Pointing out that the tougher demands had been made on the Arabs, Schindler asked, "Is it better to hear sweet nothings or honest talk about what...
...Touvier case has raised embarrassing questions. Police followed his trail through several Catholic monasteries. Saint-Francois is run by right- wing followers of Monsignor Marcel Lefebvre, the schismatic bishop excommunicated last year. Asked Richard Wertenschlag, Grand Rabbi of Lyons: "How could ecclesiastical institutions give cover to one who committed crimes against humanity...
ROTC and the U.S. military discriminate on the basis of religion. A 1986 Supreme Court decision denied the rights of an ordained rabbi to wear a yarmulke while in uniform. The plaintiff had entered the Air Force in accordance with the rules of the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program, a doctoral version of ROTC...
...rare legal move against Jewish settlers, an Israeli court last week indicted one of their leaders, Rabbi Moshe Levinger, 54, for manslaughter. The court charged that the Israeli shot an Arab shopkeeper to death and wounded another in the city of Hebron last fall, after Palestinians stoned his car. The indictment stunned Levinger's followers, who have asserted their right to protect themselves with guns...