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Travel Tips
From The Seminary

JON KALISH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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Envoy
Dennis
Ross is
greeted by
Binyamin
Netanyahu.

military officers told him the
bombers came from abroad and
were sent by Hezbollah, the pro-
Iranian guerrilla group fighting
against Israel in south Lebanon.
Hezbollah rejected Arafat's "false
accusations" in a statement.
If the two sides tone down ver-
bal hostilities, and Ross succeeds
at breaking the stalemate and re-
viving interim talks, the U.S. will
move ahead to help facilitate "per-
manent status" negotiations. The
newest and most innovative U.S.

policy as outlined by Albright would undermine interim agree-
last week is a proposal for accel- ments. Arafat was opposed to
erated talks on final-status is- such an arrangement, since Is-
sues, "married to" a continuation rael is obliged to gradiinlly relin-
of interim talks and agreements. quish control of territory in the
Final-status talks are to ad- West Bank according to interim
dress the thorniest disputes be- accords.
tween the two sides, including the
Even if the compromise is ac-
status of east Jerusalem, borders cepted, the U.S. has yet to present
and the fate of Palestinian any ideas for overcoming the al-
most certain deadlock anticipat-
refugees.
About five months ago, Ne- ed if final-status talks finally get
tanyahu proposed accelerated fi- underway. ❑
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n John Sayles' movie The as racist and potentially harm-
Brother from Another Planet, ful to Harlem businesses by ten-
a young black man riding on an ants of two apartment buildings
uptown A train jokes that he'll owned by the Seminary on West
make all the white people in the 122nd Street. A total of 23 fami-
subway car disappear at the 59th lies have been battling Seminary
efforts to evict them from 515 and
Street/Columbus Circle stop.
When the train pulls into the 521 W. 122nd St. for the last two
59th Street station, sure enough, years.
all the white people depart as the
"Attention uptown business
motorman announces that the owners! Is the Jewish Theological
next express stop is 125th Street Seminary hurting your business?"
in Harlem.
asked a tenant flier distributed in
The Jewish Theological Semi- the neighborhood.
"I really have no comment. The
nary seems to be similarly wary
of Harlem's main thoroughfare. whole thing is in litigation," said
The Seminary is telling visitors to Johanna Ginsberg, assistant di-
its Upper Broadway campus to rector of the department of com-
avoid traveling to the main en- munications at the Seminary,
trance on West 122nd Street and referring to the ongoing dispute
Broadway via the 125th Street over the Seminary's attempt to
stop on Broadway local trains, ad- reacquire JTS housing that was
vising them instead to get off at being leased to non-Seminary ten-
116th Street and walk uptown ants. JTS says it needs the hous-
from there.
ing for a growing student
Subway directions posted on population.
Det. Mark Patterson, a police
the JTS Web site also warn that
East Harlem is an unsafe neigh- spokesman, says crime is down
borhood. 'DO NOT GET OFF AT considerably in the 26th Precinct,
125th AND WALK BACK [down- which covers the area visitors to
town]! ALSO DO NOT WALK the Seminary would walk through
ACROSS TOWN AT 116th or if they got off the No. 1 or 9 train
125th. THESE ARE HIGH at 125th Street. "We consider all
CRIME AREAS!" the subway di- neighborhoods in the city safe,"
rections counsel.
the detective said. ❑
The Web advice was denounced New York Jewish Week