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SPIRITS

— took on the hot-
button issues of
terrorism and coun-
terterrorism.
Munich was
based on the story
of Israel's hunt for
the Palestinian ter-
rorists who killed
11 athletes at the
1972 Olympic
Games. Paradise
Now told the story
of two fictional
Palestinians prepar-
ing to carry out
suicide bombings
in Israel. Both films
were criticized by
some in the Jewish
community who
said they humanized
terrorists, drew a
moral equivalence
between Israel and
The debut issue of Guilt & Pleasure, a new
those who terror-
Jewish literary journal.
ize it and, therefore,
In addition, Hillel selected Wayne
legitimized their
Firestone as its new president. An
deadly tactics.
attorney by training, Firestone, 42,
In the end, while both films were
worked in high-tech in Israel follow-
nominated for Academy Awards, nei-
ing a stint as an administrator and
ther won.
lecturer at Haifa's Technion - Israel
Elsewhere, the Jewish community,
Institute of Technology. He also
all-too-cognizant of where silence in
headed the Anti-Defamation League's
the face of genocide can lead, took a
Israel office for a year before joining
leading role in efforts to end ongo-
Hillel in 2002, where he most recently
ing atrocities in the Darfur region of
was executive vice president.
Sudan.
While these institutions gained new
Jewish groups were instrumental in
leaders, the American Jewish commu-
founding the Save Darfur Coalition,
nity lost several prominent members
organizing large-scale rallies in
this year. Jewish philanthropic giant
Washington and New York, raising
Andrea Bronfman, 60, was killed in
money to aid the effort, calling for
January when she was struck by a car
United Nations intervention in the
war-ravaged region, protesting against as she walked her dog in Manhattan.
In April, Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg,
the government of Sudan and col-
a prominent congregational rabbi,
lecting 1 million postcards calling on
historian, organizational leader and
President Bush to support a stronger
thinker, died at age 84. Later that
multinational effort to protect Darfur
month, the Satmar grand rebbe,
residents.
Moshe Teitelbaum — who led a
As surveys focused on the new
community of an estimated 50,000
ways youth are engaging, some Jewish
Chasidim — died in New York after
organizations, too, were thinking
suffering from spinal cancer and other
outside the box. In April, the Jewish
ailments. He was 91.
Theological Seminary, Conservative
In late March, 12 American tourists
Judaism's flagship institution, selected
on a B'nai B'rith trip to South America
Arnold Eisen as its next chancel-
were killed when their bus fell 300 feet
lor. The choice of Eisen, a Jewish
down a mountainside in Chile.
studies professor and chairman of
As we welcome in 5767, young Jews
Stanford University's religious studies
still are less affiliated than their elders,
department, surprised some watch-
and Israel still lives in a tragically
ers because he is not a rabbi and has
dangerous neighborhood. E
spent his professional career in aca-
demia. Eisen will be just the second
JTA's Ron Kampeas and Sue Fishkoff con-
non-rabbi of the seven people to have
tributed to this report.
held JTS' top post.

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