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...know he's a cross between two classic American characters--the confidence man and the young man on the make. Saul Bellow would have made him an intricate, sweaty loser. Glass is content to offer himself up as an infantile schnook. Thanks to a good woman and a good rabbi, he eventually discovers both love and God, though not the power to resist writing lines like this: "Her pixie blonde hair and gamine charm go straight to my heart...
...only admired his work from afar—so I can’t impugn his motives or question his stated intentions. All I know is that the op-ed made me uneasy. I saw Ayatollah Summers as a thinly-veiled substitute for “Rabbi Summers” or something similar. That op-ed is the main reason Paulin’s free speech supporters get my biggest “dump.” I’m not even sure how I feel about the issue. He’s clearly a lunatic and a terrible...
...Founder Rabbi Hirsch Zarchi said yesterday that an expanding membership necessitated the spacious new house, which boasts a dining room with service for more than 100, a large common area suitable for study or prayer, offices for administration and student leadership, a student lounge and a courtyard to accommodate large events...
Though himself an Orthodox rabbi, Zarchi said Chabad tries to provide a low pressure alternative for Jews of all level of observance...
...small audience at the Tel Aviv Art Museum. He finished, "The state of Israel is established! The meeting is ended." At midnight, British rule over Palestine lapsed; 11 minutes later White House spokesman Charlie Ross announced U.S. recognition. "God put you in your mother's womb," the Chief Rabbi of Israel later told Truman, "so you would be the instrument to bring the rebirth of Israel." With Truman's decision, the hopes of the Jewish people were realized, but so too were Marshall's fears. Arab opponents of the new nation immediately declared war, prompting a bloody struggle over Israel...