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...late 2002, and a considerable dip over the last year or so. There's been better security at Jewish institutions. And, until recently, fewer people speaking up. "People felt there was no response from the government, and even stopped reporting attacks because it led nowhere," says Pauline Bebe, a rabbi in Paris' 18th arrondissement. "Now they feel there's a will to stop this." Chirac is determined to swing the full weight of the French state at the problem. Good for him. But he may find that it lies beyond his reach. The same day Chirac announced his program...
...corrugated iron, security cameras and private security guards. Two Turkish policeman had kept watch outside. Both were killed Saturday, along with at least 18 others, when simultaneous car bomb blasts destroyed two synagogues in Turkey's commercial capital. More than 250 people were injured, including the Neve Shalom Rabbi...
...both sides of this issue is nothing alien to this campus. For example, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky—who believes in filling the West Bank with Jewish settlements on Palestinian land—was invited to speak at Hillel in September. Arthur Hertzberg, a prominent rabbi and critic of Ariel Sharon, described Sharansky as wanting to “drive the Arabs into cantons...
Like his own experience, the characters in Dubowski’s film have had mixed success with their struggle. Some stories turned out well; David has reunited with his father and rabbi. Others did not; a pair of orthodox lesbians featured have separated after over a decade together...
Dubowski said that he is thrilled with the dialogue that the film has generated. Rabbi Steve Greenberg, one of the film’s subjects and the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, is planning to publish a book in March on the more scholarly aspects of the issue. In the meantime, Dubowski said, “we have not solved Leviticus, but we created a table where everyone feels comfortable...