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Israelis can look forward to a July
visit from the popular German band
the Scorpions, while singer Phil
Collins will arrive this November.
By the way; there's a nasty rumor on
the Internet that Collins gave money
to the PLO and/or made anti-Jewish
remarks. SHAWN FINK, the produc-
er of a Cleveland Jewish radio show,
ran down these tales and found noth-
ing to support them. He even contact-
ed Collins' Jewish agent who, in turn,
spoke to Collins. The singer was
shocked and vehemently denied that
these stories are true.

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The late ARTHUR MILLER found
deeply distasteful the public sales of
Marilyn Monroe's personal effects.
(The last estate auction included
Monroe's certificate of conversion to
Judaism.) Now comes word that this
June there will be another big estate
auction of Monroe tchotchkes.
Nigerian author Ademola Bello,
writing for the Web site Nigeria
Worla4 paid tribute to the recently
passed grand old Jewish men of
American letters — SAUL BELLOW
and Miller — and told a story of
how Monroe and Miller "combined"
to save the life of Wole Soyinka, a
Nigerian playwright who won the
1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 1966, Miller wrote a letter,
pleading for Soyinka's life, to
General Gowon, head of the
Nigerian army. Soyinka was in dan-
ger of execution for trying to broker
a peace deal between rebels and the
Nigerian government.
Gowon asked the person who
delivered Miller's letter if the writer
was the same Arthur Miller who had
once been married to the late
Marilyn Monroe. When informed
they were the same, the General (a
Monroe fan) ordered Soyinka freed.
When Miller was told the tale of
Soyinka's release, he exclaimed: "How
Marilyn would have enjoyed that one!"

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who Brit papers romantically linked to
Euan Blair, Tony's son. While refusing
to discuss Euan Blair, Berger used the
press attention to denounce racism in
Britain, including hints of anti-
Semitism in some Labor attacks on
Howard.
The coverage of Berger exploded
when, in early April, she resigned from
the board of the British National
Student Union, along with two other
Jewish board members. They quit
because the Union had turned a blind
eye to anti-Semitic acts on campuses
and at BNSU conferences.

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On May 5, the British election pitted
Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair
against MICHAEL HOWARD, the
Jewish leader of the Conservative Party.
Stumping for the Conservatives was
DANIEL GELLER, 24, a trainee bar-
rister who's the son of spoon-bending
magician URI GELLER.
On the other side was Labor sup-
porter LUCIANA BERGER, a vibrant
and pretty Jewish graduate student

Carrie Fisher as Princess Lela

Finally, about 10 days ago, Euan
Blair had enough of the story and told
the press that he had met Berger but
they never were an item.

The Force Goes On

On May 12, Star Wars creator George
Lucas appears as himself on the hit TV
show The O.C.
The show has 0.0 star ADAM
BRODY (Seth Cohen) writing a
graphic novel that Lucas sees and likes.
Lucas invites Brody to have dinner
with him to discuss the book, but the
dinner is the same night as Brody's
prom.
Meanwhile, former Star Wars
princess CARRIE FISHER says she's
writing a "tell all" book about the
making of the three Star Wars pictures
she was in; it will be based on diaries
she kept as the films were being made.
On top of this, Lucas told a Star
Wars convention that a Star Wars TV
show is in the works. We hope Lucas
will stick to his pattern of giving the
Star Wars princess/queen roles to
Jewish women (i.e., Fisher and
NATALIE PORTMAN). After all
the stupid Jewish princess jokes
Jewish women put up with, they are
at least entitled to the inside track on
sci-fi princesses. El

Nate Bloom is the California-based
editor of wwwjewhoo.corn.

