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MORRIS (MICKEY) SABBATH is a 64-year-old former puppeteer with a prostate gland that belongs in the urology hall of fame. In addition, the randy creation of Philip Roth's new comic novel, Sabbath's Theater (Houghton Mifflin; 451 pages; $24.95), is an Olympic-class misanthrope, an example of homo invectus so addicted to wrath that he rejects suicide on the ground that "everything he hated was here...
Morris (Mickey) Sabbath is a 64-year-old former puppeteer with a prostate gland that belongs in the Urology Hall of Fame. In addition, the randy creation of Philip Roth's new comic novel (Houghton Mifflin; 451 pages; $24.95), is an Olympic-class misanthrope, an example of homo invectus so addicted to wrath that he rejects suicide on the ground that "everything he hated was here." "Roth still has the power to shock and amaze, although he's lost some of the fresh manic energy of 'Portnoy's Complaint' (1969)," notes TIME's R.Z. Sheppard. "Some readers will find...
...band used a similar technique later on, breaking into Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" at the end of "Down to This," which closed the band's set. The sample-laden "Down to This" was the most intensely danceable tune of the evening, working the audience into a frenzy that kept them crying for more until the band came out for its first encore...
...name was Willard Scott, son of Bryant, spoke to the people. 6 And Willard the Prophet said unto the people: 7 I have heard the word of the LORD. And he has said unto me that there is a 60% chance of sun with some scattered clouds before the Sabbath. 8 And the people listened to the Prophet, and took timbrels in their hands and rejoiced before the LORD...
...Rott, 73, a Prague architect and writer, is astonished at the revival. ``For 50 years only a few circumcisions were done here,'' he says. ``It was difficult to gather the 10 men required to hold Sabbath prayers.'' Now Prague's Altneu Schul, the main synagogue, holds services daily, and three study groups meet weekly to explore Jewish religion and culture. ``My grandchildren,'' says Rott, ``know more about being Jewish than my children do.'' Although Prague's Jewish community is minuscule--numbers range from the officially registered 1,400 up to an estimated 3,000--hundreds more are showing an interest...