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Seven hundred, to be exact. In 1919, Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner founded the first one in Stuttgart, Germany as a free school for the children of laborers at the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory. Anthroposophy, the blanket term for his views on education, science, philosophy, religion, agriculture, drama and architecture, soon drew international interest. The first of about 160 Waldorf Schools in the United States was founded in Manhattan, in 1928, and the Long Island school, which I attended, followed...
...remarks last week by Rudolf A. Scharping, the former defense minister under German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, about Jewish influence in American foreign policy was an all-too-familiar example of anti-Semitism. Similarly, if anyone in the divestment debate is saying, “Harvard supports Israel because Harvard is controlled by Jews,” that would be an example of anti-Semitism, and patently false...
...CONVICTED. RUDOLF FISCHER, 52, German nightclub owner; of incitement to hate and anti-Semitism after he canceled a pro-Israel fund raiser involving the granddaughter of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; in Munich. Fischer argued that he simply didn't want to host political events; the prosecution claimed he had said he "wanted nothing to do" with Jews and would rather host a right-wing organization. He was fined $2,480 and sentenced to two months' probation...
...niece jailed after violating court-ordered rehab. Once again, Bush family values are taken with a grain of something or other AL UNSER JR. Indy-car driver signs up for alcohol rehab after allegedly roughing up girlfriend. Life's tricky third turn seems to have gotten to him RUDOLF SCHARPING German Defense Minister gets sacked for shady fees and high-profile romancing. But ends up with a fine resume for the arms-sales trade...
After weeks of controversy over his handling of the future of Deutsche Telekom, the last thing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder needed was another scandal just nine weeks before a general election. But allegations of financial impropriety swirling around Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping forced Schröder to fire him last week. "In my opinion the necessary basis for cooperation in government no longer exists," Schröder said. Scharping, 54, was ousted after the weekly magazine Stern reported that he had received payments from a public relations agency that has several defense contractors as clients. Scharping admitted...