…OPINION 'Sound Bites' Leave No Time To Choose LEONARD FEIN W hat have I in corn- mon with the coven of candidates for the presidential nominations? The most obvious similarity is that, like most of them, no one will ever play "Hail to the Chief' for me. The less obvious but the more pointed (perhaps even poignant) is that, like them, I have fallen victim to the culture of the sound bite. (Which began, I think, as "sound byte." But never mi...…
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…OPINION Anger Continued from Page 7 In any great recipe, there's always one special ingredient that makes the dish memorable. At the Jewish Home for Aged, that special ingredient is our Jewish tradition. It's what sets Friday evenings aglow with the warmth of Shabbat candles, softly spoken blessings, fresh baked challah, and steaming bowls of kosher chicken soup shared among old friends. In addition, our nursing homes have on-site clinics...…
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…UP FRONT I PICTURE YOURSELF Freedom Act Continued from Page 11 a broad coalition of religious and civil liberties groups quickly formed around the Religious Freedom Restora- tion Act. But that coalition — which included representatives of numerous other religious groups, as well as Jews from across the spectrum — was endangered last year, when representatives of the Catholic Church brought up the abortion question. The Catholics were con-...…
…DETROIT Detroit Ceremony Remembers Purim Massacre In Minsk AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer L ubov Kirnarskaya was 18 when her parents were forced from their home in the Minsk ghetto, taken to a large pit and shot to death. Mrs. Kirnaskaya and her brother; Yaakov, survived. They were hidden in a village outside Minsk, in a narrow basement at the home of one of Mrs. Kir- naskaya's girlfriends. When they couldn't hide any longer, they ran off and...…
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…BACKGROUND : 47; 445%-:.r) :—:7.2717Z; -,•/1 ut.i.rr..!Azritt INA FRIEDMAN Special to The Jewish News T he next time Secretary of State James Baker uses his testimony before Congress to send a message of prime impor- tance to Israelis, perhaps he should consult Israel's weatherman and political calendar first. For the Middle East was in the throes of a major storm again last week, and with whole chunks of Israel cut off by flooding or sn...…
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