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…CONTENTS CLOSE-U P FINE ARTS The Power And The Glory Designing Woman PHIL JACOBS AMY J. MEHLER LESLEY PEARL ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Making sense of the hostage crisis and the proposed peace conference. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Her love of sculpture has remained constant. 75 OPINION • Drawing the line on Jewish issues. • The chutzpah of Alan Dershowitz. UP FRONT 11 Returning to Israel after 14 years. DETROIT 28 14 . Flying to freedom in ...…
…Window Of Opportunity For JPM And Detroit Good news often comes in clusters. The dedications this week of the Charlotte Rothstein Park spanning 1-696 and Yeshiva Beth Yehudah's Sally Allan Alexander School for Girls in the reno- vated B'nai Moshe building are positive, tangible evidence that the Jewish com- munity is committed to retaining a vibrant presence in the north Oak Park area. Now, the long-awaited expansion of the Jimmy Prentis Mor...…
…OPINION GARY ROSENBLATT Editor If just about anyone other Ze'ev than Chafets, an Is- raeli and re- spected jour- had , nalist, written two re- cent columns in the Jerusalem Report attacking "ultra-Orthodox Jews," editors of American Jewish newspapers say they would not have published them. As it was, a number of editors who receive the columns from the English- language Israeli weekly decided not to run the Chafets pieces because they felt ...…
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…UP FRONT After 14 Years, A Mg To Israel Says Commitment, Connection NANCY HANDELMAN Special to The Jewish News F ourteen years is too long to be away from Israel. I remembered the golden glow of Jerusalem and the glorious coastline in Tel Aviv and the beauty of Haifa. I knew Israel had changed a lot during the years I had been away. I came to Israel in July as one of the 1,803 delegates to the National Hadassah Con- vention, the largest d...…
…(UP FRONT After 14 Years Continued from preceding page Because this wasn't my first trip to Israel, I had a notion of where certain things are in the city. That first view from my hotel room set the stage for this connection to click. I had a balcony facing the Knesset; further down the road I could see the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book. That's what I could see, and what I felt was peace and safety as I said bbker toy, "'good mor...…
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…OPINION Chafets Continued from Page 7 secular Jewish views in such shameful tones?" After publishing a number of letters attacking Mr. Chafets and the news- paper, the Cleveland Jewish News defended its position with a statement on its Letters page asserting that "the goal of a free press is to air a wide range of view- points which stimulate discussion and, occasionally, controversy." The statement said the newspaper regretted that some re...…
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…CLOSE-UP THE POWER AND THE G1011)1 Making sense of the hostage crisis and the proposed peace conference. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde He's bright, ambitious, private and likes flashy cars. Syria's Hafez al-Assad also is a key player in any Middle East negotiations. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor T o one observer, Hafez al-Assad is a modern-day Mr. Hyde: ruthless, crafty, a man who cannot be trusted. To another, he is the kind- ...…
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…THE POWER AND THE Glory Let's Make a Deal? Despite its official policy, Israel will negotiate with terrorists if it means saving Israeli lives. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Assistant Editor I srael's official policy is to never negotiate with terrorists. The reality is different. Israel has arranged a number of prisoner ex- changes with terrorist groups, generally lopsided trades that saw Israel release hundreds or thousands of Arabs for a han...…
…Soldiers looking into the Arab village of Nablus. A Soldier's Story Israel Defense Force soldiers discuss their ideas for the peace process. Carthy and Edward Tracy, a native of Vermont, U.S. offi- cials have pressured Israel to unilaterally release some of the Lebanese Shi'ites it is holding in prison for security reasons. AMY J. MEHLER Staff Writer Z vulun Hadad knew what to do if he was captured his first day in the Israel Defense Fo...…
…THE POWER AND THE Glory agreeing to attend the re- gional peace conference cosponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir also is seeking clarification on the observer role the U.N. will play at the conference. Mr. Shamir has insisted that no Palestinians from east Jerusalem be allowed to take part on the grounds that this would imply that the eastern part of the city, captured by Israel from ...…
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