Word: rabbis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meir Kahane, the right-wing rabbi whose unexpected appearance at the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel last Thursday sparked fierce protest from the group's leaders, was shot to death last night at a New York hotel...
Hillel acting director Rabbi Sally R. Finestone, who also chose to walk out of the Hillel rather than hear Kahane speak there, said the fact that Kahane visited less than a week ago brought last night's incident closer to home...
...overwrought Seth D. Tapper '91 rebuking Rabbi Meir Kahane for his ultraright wing brand of Israeli politics. Kahane's unscheduled visit to the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel resulted in a walkout by students and staff on Thursday...
...three boys attended church regularly, but none could name his own priest. Nevertheless, Markovitz gave untiringly to his students, not once expressing any rage over their crimes. In return, the boys marveled at this forgiving little man who lavished so much talk and kindness and humor on them. "The rabbi is one of the nicest guys you could know," says Mike. The teens' parents concur, but they are also bitter about the public attention that surrounded the case. "My son received more punishment than drug dealers with guns," laments Mike's mother, a Clifton housewife...
...letters of recommendation for future jobs or schools. "They were not very expressive, yet each had something to say," he noted. "When you deal with children their age, they may seem not to be listening, but you leave their young minds with images and symbols. They see that the rabbi and priest are good friends. The mystery of Judaism is removed, and they see its commonality with their own religion. They don't have to love Jews, but they've learned to respect them...