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...Lubavitcher leader, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the trucks are "Jewish tanks against assimilation" -a counterattack against the secularization of Jews in modern society. The immediate aim of the young men in the Mitzvah Mobiles is to persuade Jews to return to observance of five basic mitzvot that, they say, epitomize the 613 commandments of traditional Jewish...
...ADVENTURES OF "RABBI" JACOB...
...burst of rabid optimism common to their species, the Stateside distributors of this perishable French farce report that the movie contains "1,500 separate gags." How did such a statistic turn up? Did 20th Century-Fox survey theaters in France, where The Mad Adventures of "Rabbi" Jacob has been doing the kind of business that virtually subsidizes an entire industry? Maybe the director supplied the eager exhibitors with a laugh count made on the metric system and an error was made in the conversion. Maybe something was lost in the translation...
...Eastern terrorists chases after one of their political leaders, trying to torture information about the underground out of him. De Funès stumbles on their hideout, hooks up with the leader, is chased by the terrorists, shows up at the airport, switches identities with a couple of Orthodox rabbis-his chauffeur's relatives-is transported to an enormous welcoming celebration, is asked to preside over a bar mitzvah, all the while being chased by the terrorists because he is still in the company of the political leader, also disguised as a rabbi. De Funès cannot...
What must be asked of those now in charge is whether they have the capacity to act, and can one trust what they say about what they are going to do. What has happened reminds me of a parable about a disciple who comes to his rabbi and asks him how to become wise. The rabbi advises, "Study and work hard." The disciple says, "But Rabbi, a lot of people study and work hard and they are still not very wise." "Study, work hard and experience," adds the rabbi. "But a lot of people do that and it doesn...