Word: shmuel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...units. The night of the fire, however, Safra's entire security force were posted at his nearby villa; Safra was said to have wanted it that way, but it seemed a glaring lapse to leave him without a single guard. According to a Republic National bank spokeswoman, security chief Shmuel Cohen rushed to the apartment after the blaze started, but police initially blocked his access because he lacked the proper keys and I.D. to convince them who he was. Had Cohen got in quickly, she suggests, he may have been able to open the bathroom door or persuade Safra...
...also the actual losses of hundreds of lives as a result. If Rabin's passing is a true tragedy for the entire Jewish people, as indeed it is, so is the loss of every person killed as a result of Arab violence since the start of the negotiations. RABBI SHMUEL M. BUTMAN New York City...
Opening night of the film festival, co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to New England, features an Israeli film directed by Shmuel Hasfari entitled "Sh'chur," (1994, 100 min.) This winner of the 1995 Berlin Film Festival Special lury Award and six Israeli academy awards is a moving story about a Moraccan-Jewish family and their struggle to maintain tradition as modernity encroaches. We are shown mostly flashbacks of the 1970s-era childhood of Rachel (Hana Azoulay Hasfari) who has grown up to become a successful television producer. It is her story we follow, her struggle to escape...
...This mini-film probes the Moraccon Jewish culture and the influences of Islam on the development and strength of this culture. The artist is an Ashkenasi Jew, and this piece is the culmination of her research on a culture of "others" which is oftentimes neglected. Shmuel Hasfari, the director of Sh'chur and Cynthia Beth Rubin will both attend the screening...
...Shmuel N. Eisenstadt