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Haim Cohn, a justice of Israel's Supreme Court, last March married twice-divorced, once-widowed Michal Smoira -and thereby, say Orthodox rabbis, seriously violated Jewish religious law. Cohn transgressed not because he is a Jew, or because he is a judge, but simply because of his name. To be a Cohn-or a Cohen, Kohn, Kahn, Coen, Cahn, Kahane, Kagan or even Katz-is to be a descendant of Moses' brother Aaron and his sons, who were the first hereditary kohanim (priests) of Israel. The honor entails for Orthodox Jews a long and specific set of responsibilities...
...first visit to his native land since he left to study in the U.S. six years ago. Crisscrossing the country for eight concerts, Perlman drew rapturous reviews: "heavenly, beautiful," "already a master," "in the front row of the very few great violinists of our day." Said Michal Smoira, critic for Tel Aviv's Haaretz: "His ability and general knowledge of music are so superb and so extraordinary that his technique and manual ability are taken as a matter of course. Beyond all that, Perlman creates a tonal feeling which sings in the ear and shakes the soul...
...Jerusalem last week, Supreme Court President Justice Moshe Smoira regarded the petition as having raised an interesting question. Said he: "The action we will take turns on the question of jurisdiction-on whether our court can be considered a successor court to the Sanhedrin or can go into a purely religious question...
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