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...plus job on Wall Street should be assumed guilty and sentenced to do community service as a pre-penalty. I can't emphasize it enough. Take your next class of M.B.A.s coming in the door of Salomon Brothers and sentence them. N.A.A.C.P. interest you? B'nai B'rith? You want to rant and rave for Act Up? Go, be a part of a community. I've seen it work. It's the only antidote for narcissism. Be an Indian, not a chief. Lose your identity in a group. The healthiest people have that commitment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: STEVEN BERGLAS | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...unfortunately, was not. Crimes of prejudice are on the rise in New Jersey. In 1989 there were 112 reports of anti-Semitic vandalism in that state, a 67% increase from 1988 (in contrast to 2.7% for the entire nation), according to the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. Thus New Jersey's efforts to cope with the crisis are being watched elsewhere. Last June, inspired by Donato's sentence, a panel of three judges in Westchester County, N.Y., subjected three anti-Semitic vandals to a Holocaust quiz. In preparation, the young men, ages 18 to 20, were required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clifton, New Jersey Warlocks, Witches and Swastikas | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

...discussion then was all about whether or not the film endorsed a violent response to racism, not about the quality of the work. His new movie, Mo' Better Blues, is stirring a less commercially useful controversy, having been denounced by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith for its portrayal of a pair of scuzzy jazz-club owners as anti-Semitic stereotypes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In The Mood | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

...program has sparked an uproar because he declines to offer the same discounts to any non-Christians except Jews, whom Jackson said he includes because they believe in God. Even so, David Friedman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, has urged Jackson to drop the program. Says he: "I want him to see there is something wrong in asking customers to declare their religious affiliation and to treat them differently according to that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SALES PROMOTIONS: Bargain for the Born Again | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

That was stunning confirmation of the depth of discontent many American Jews are now expressing openly, among them leaders of the Reform and Conservative branches of Judaism and scores of men and women who have held leadership positions in organizations ranging from B'nai B'rith to Hadassah. Though dissenting views are far from universal, "there is great sadness toward Israel shared by growing numbers of American Jews," observes John Ruskay, vice chancellor of public affairs of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan. "The sadness is that after 40 years and a Holocaust we end up occupying thousands of Palestinians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Agony Over Israel | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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