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1,700 A Day Ask
For Moscow Visas
By CHARLES HOFFMAN
Soviet Jews are applying to
come to Israel at the rate of
1,700 a day, World Zionist
Organization Chairman Sim-
cha Dinitz said at the opening
of the Zionist General Council
"A quarter of the Jewish
people is on the move in the
direction of Israel," Dinitz told
150 delegates representing
Zionist organizations from all
over the world. The Zionist
General Council, which con-
venes once a year in Jerusa-
lem, is the governing body of
the WZO between Zionist con-
Israel's goal, Dinitz said, is
to "make every effort to bring
out as many (Soviet) Jews as
possible in the shortest possi-
ble time." He said that emis-
saries of the Zionist movement
were in the Soviet Union
teaching Hebrew and prepar-
ing thousands of Jews for
WZO Treasurer Meir Shee-
trit called on world Jewry to
launch a militant campaign to
free the 3,000 Jews of Yemen,
Continued on Page 2
Give Israel
Carter Says
By ALLISON KAPLAN
NEW YORK (JTA) The
United States needs to give
Israel's new government
"breathing space to develop a
peace policy, former President
Jimmy Carter told a group of
American Jewish leaders.
Continued on Page 2
U.S. Welcomes Pledge
From Sharon On Olim
By HOWARD ROSENBERG
WASHINGTON (JTA) Israeli Housing Minister Ariel
Sharon's statement that Soviet Jews would not be settled
in the West Bank or Gaza Strip is a "hopeful develop-
ment," the State Department said.
Sharon's statement, made to delegates attending the
Jewish Agency Assembly in Jerusalem, was also welcomed
by a number of American Jewish groups.
But it remains unclear whether the United States will
insist that Israel not encourage Soviet Jews to settle in
East Jerusalem, as well.
The United States has said it will not release $400 million
in loan guarantees to help build housing for Soviet Jews in
Israel until it receives assurances that the immigrants will
not be settled in the administered territories.
Israel considers East Jerusalem, which it formally
annexed in 1967, to be an inseparable part of the capital.
The United States views it as part of the disputed
An estimated 6,000 of the 10,000 Soviet Jews who have
settled in Jerusalem over the past year live in parts of
Jerusalem formerly controlled by Jordan.
The $400 million in loan guarantees was contained in a
multi-billion dollar supplemental appropriations bill signed
into law by President Bush in late May.
Congress did not condition the $400 million guarantee on
the administration receiving assurances on East Jerusa-
lem. For its part, the Bush administration has been vague
for months on what assurances it wanted.
At her briefing, State Department spokeswoman Mar-
garet Tutwiler called Sharon's comments "a hopeful
development, as they responded to international concerns
including our own."
But department sources said Tutwiler was reluctant to
fully endorse Sharon's statements, based on concern about
East Jerusalem.
"We're still unclear, because we've seen various versions
of (Sharon's statements), and we honestly don't know,"
one official said.
A source in the pro-Israel community said he did not
think "it would be useful" for the United States to press
the East Jerusalem issue. But he said all indications are
that the administration is still concerned about Jews
settling in East Jerusalem.
Continued on Page 2
Jerusalem Invites Syria, USSR
Prime Minister Yitzhak Sha-
mir has suggested that the
members of the Soviet consu-
lar mission in Tel Aviv visit the
Jewish settlements in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip to
see for themselves that the
Israeli government is not
directing Soviet olim to settle
In an interview published by
the Hebrew daily Ma'ariv,
Shamir said, "If they would
visit, they would see with their
own eyes that there is no truth
to the lies that are being
spread about us. The members
of the delegation do not even
have to apply to the authorities
Israel is an open and free
The prime minister said the
"lies against us" continued to
be spread by hostile propa-
ganda despite his own
repeated denials.
The government's position is
that it does not direct immi-
grants to any particular area;
but it does not prevent any
Jew from living wherever he
or she wishes in Israel.
Official figures show that
there are only about 200
Soviet olim in the territories,
excluding East Jerusalem,
which Israel regards as an
integral part of a unified Jeru-
"The propaganda against us
is shocking, Shamir said.
"Therefore, I call on the mem-
bers of the consular delegation
to go and see with their own
eyes. But I doubt they will do
A senior Soviet delegation
member would only say, "I
shall not respond to diplomatic
contacts with the Israeli gov-
The two countries have no
diplomatic ties, although they
maintain consular offices in
each other's country and have
been engaging in all manner of
trade and scientific exchange
Just five days after Secret-
ary of State James Baker
strongly intimated that
Israel's new government had
no interests in continuing the
peace process, Shamir has
Continued on Page 2
NO PROMISE ON TERRITORIES JERUSALEM Ariel
Sharon, right, chats with new Israel Foreign Minister David
Levy at a reception for the new right-wing government here. Levy
suggested Israeli forces can withdraw from Gaza, Judea and
Samaria as part of a peace settlement. Sharon, now in charge of
immigration, declined to promise not to settle Soviet Jews in the
territories. APIWide World Photo
Abortion Decisions
Of Court Denounced
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
Jewish groups are angrily
charging that a woman's right
to an abortion has been further
eroded by two Supreme Court
decisions upholding laws
requiring either parental or
judicial approval for a teen-
ager to end a pregnancy.
"I am outraged; it is much
worse than we imagined," said
Joan Bronk, president of the
National Council of Jewish
The decisions on laws in Ohio
and Minnesota "show that the
Supreme Court is not tuned in
with the reality of family life in
America today," Bronk said.
The Ohio law, which requires
a minor to notify at least one
parent or guardian 24 hours
before an abortion, was upheld
by the Supreme Court in a 6-3
Former Prime Minister Yitz-
hak Rabin this week emerged
as the almost certain new
leader of Israel's Labor Party
to succeed Shimon Peres.
TEL AVIV The Israeli defense estab-
lishment responds angrily to recent press
reports on the supply of weapons to such
countries as Ethiopia and China.
WASHINGTON The support of most
Jewish organizations for the Civil Rights
Act of 1990 could tip the balance on
whether President Bush vetoes or sign the
NEW YORK The National Conference
of Catholic Bishops and the Synagogue
Council of America issue a historic joint
statement pledging to work together to
combat such problems as drugs, crime,
depression, alcoholism, promiscuity, AIDS
and teen pregnancies.
WASHINGTON Soviet leaders may
have postponed action on an emigration
reform bill because they feared it would
not win a vote in the Supreme Soviet, says
the director of a Soviet Jewry advocacy
Page 2 The Jewish Floridian of South County/Friday, June 29, 1990
1,700 A Day Ask
For Moscow Visas
Government Weathers Big Strike
Continued from Page 1
who he said are living in terri-
ble conditions.
"The silence on this issue is a
crime that will not be forgi-
ven," he said. "We in the
Zionist movement should not
wait for an initiative by the
government (of Israel), but
should start a campaign in all
public forums. I am certain
that it will bring results."
Dinitz welcomed delegates
from the Soviet Union and
Hungary who are attending
the Zionist conference for the
first time.
The Zionist General Council,
which will be followed at the
end of this week by the open-
ing of the annual Jewish
Agency Assembly, is grap-
pling with the sensitive issue
of Jewish education in the
Diaspora, one of the main
functions of the WZO.
The delegates discussed a
proposal to set up a "Jewish
Education Authority," which
is supposed to reorganize the
many education programs for
Diaspora Jews run by the
Dinitz, a Labor Party mem-
ber who also chairs the Jewish
Agency Executive, stressed
the positive side of the pro-
Continued from Page 1
challenged one of Israel's most
intractable foes to come to the
negotiating table.
In an interview with an
Egyptian newspaper, Shamir
challenged Syrian President
Hafez Assad to visit Israel for
peace talks, "with no prior
Last week, Assad, address-
ing a session of the People's
Council, said the next war with
Israel could spell disaster for
both parties. But, he said, the
Arabs would suffer less
because of the Arab countries'
large, unpopulated territories,
compared to the dense popula-
tion centers of Israel.
Shamir's remarks to the
Egyptian paper were seen
here as the new government's
first attempt to create a more
positive image in the eyes of
the Arab world.
Foreign Minister David
Levy, who is hospitalized fol-
lowing a mild heart attack,
met Sunday with Professor
Shimon Shamir, Israel's
ambassador to Egypt, and told
him he wanted to improve rela-
tions with Egypt.
posal, which he said assures
the dominance of the WZO and
a victory for Zionist ideology.
The Likud bloc in the WZO,
however, opposes the pro-
posal. Likud leader Mattityahu
Drobles said that the authority
would spell "the end of the
Zionist movement," because of
policy- making powers to be
ceded to the fund-raising and
communal leaders.
The American Zionists affili-
ated with or sympathetic to
Likud, including the Zionist
Organization of America, are
also opposed to the plan.
Other American Zionist
groups, including Hadassah,
Na'amat USA, the Association
of Reform Zionists of America
and Mercaz, the association of
Conservative Zionists, support
the plan. Nevertheless, these
groups have serious reserva-
tions about some of its provi-
Carter Asks
Continued from Page 1
But a leading opposition
member of the Israeli Knesset
warned another group of Jew-
ish leaders here that if Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir does
not move quickly to advance
the peace process, Israel will
face "a shift toward the worst
way of pursuing a policy of
peace in the region."
Former Defense Minister
Yitzhak Rabin said that if
Israel does not continue to
work with Egypt and the
United States toward an
accommodation with the
Palestinians, it will face
increased pressure to take
part in a U.N.-sponsored inter-
national peace conference, in
which the Palestinian Libera-
tion Organization would likely
play a central part.
Greek Premier,
Jewish Leaders
Hold 'Love Fest'
NEW YORK (JTA) Con-
stantine Mitsotakis, the new
prime minister of Greece, and
American Jewish leaders pled-
ged their mutual support here
in a meeting that could accu-
rately be described as a "love
But "it was a 'love feast'
we've waited eight years to
hold," exulted Abraham Fox-
man, national director of the
Anti- Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, who enthusiasti-
cally embraced the 71-year-old
Mitsotakis before Greek televi-
sion cameras.
Since 1981, relations
between Greece and the Jew-
ish world had been strained
over the often anti-Israel and
anti-U.S. policies of former
Prime Minister Andreas
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Volume 12
Number 13
TEL AVIV (JTA) Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir's
new government weathered
its first labor crisis.
Close to a million workers
were idled by a general strike
called by Histadrut, the trade
union federation. It was fully
observed in some quarters but
amounted to little more than
token work stoppages in
Fisticuffs erupted at a tex-
tile plant in Afula, where some
200 employees reported for
work in defiance of strike
Iraq Threat
TEL AVIV (JTA) Ran-
king officers of Israel's mili-
tary intelligence warned of the
likelihood that terrorist
attacks on Israel would
increase, and that a new, dan-
gerous threat from Iraq may
develop on Israel's eastern
Brig. Gen Danny Roths-
child, who heads the analysis
division of the Israel Defense
Force intelligence branch, said
that in the past three years the
faction favoring a political set-
tlement managed to hold influ-
ence within the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization.
But he was not sure how
much longer that would last if
the peace process is not imple-
mented, he added.
Rothschild addressed mili-
tary correspondents on the
occasion of Intelligence Corps
He warned that Israel's fail-
ure to implement the 1987
agreement reached by then
Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres and Jordan's King Hus-
sein at a secret London meet-
ing has already contributed to
Hussein's swing toward Iraq
and its belligerent policy.
Abortion Decisions
Continued from Page 1
The law allows a teen-ager
who does not want to notify
her parents to get approval
from a judge by proving she is
mature enough to make her
own decisions or that seeking
parental approval would not be
in her best interests.
In the Minnesota case, the
court struck down a section of
the law that required that both
biological parents be notified
48 hours in advance of an
But by a 5-4 vote, it upheld
another provision that allows a
court to make the decision as
an alternative to both parents.
"Strengthening the family is
a matter of highest priority in
Jewish life," said Ann Lewis,
chairwoman of the American
Jewish Congress Commission
for Women's Equality.
"But parental consent and
notification laws, even with
judicial bypass procedures, do
nothing to help families," she
Richard Fulton, associate
legal director of the American
Jewish Committee, also expre-
ssed "dismay" at the deci-
sions, arguing that the require-
ment on parental notification
will not help strengthen family
Six workers were injured
and received first aid. Police
detained eight local union offi-
cials for questioning.
No other violent incidents
were reported.
Finance Minister Yitzhak
Moda'i, who was sworn into
office Monday, estimated the
walkout cost the economy
He proved powerless to
avert it. Although Histadrut
Secretary-General Yisrael
Kessar was prepared to post-
pone the strike as a goodwill
gesture, he was overruled by
Chaim Haberfeld, head of His-
tadrut's Trades Union Depart-
ment, and by the central and
local strike committees.
The general strike was cal-
led more than two weeks ago
to protest the government's
alleged procrastination of
negotiations for new wage
contracts. The trade union fed-
eration also expressed its dis-
pleasure over Israel's worsen-
ing economic situation and
record unemployment.
JERUSALEM By the end of this month, 1 million
Soviet Jews, a third of the estimated Jewish population
there, will hold invitations from Israel that will enable them
to apply to leave the Soviet Union, an Israeli government
official tells a group of American Jewish leaders here.
PARIS (JTA) Interior Minister Pierre Joxe is suing
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leader of the extreme right-wing
National Front, for libeling him in connection with the
desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras last
month. Joxe also has asked the Parliament of Europe to lift
Le Pen's immunity.
TEL AVIV (JTA) Construction of the Voice of
America radio relay station in the Negev will be delayed for
two years, pending completion of a two-year survey on its
possible damage to migrating birds, the National Council
for Building and Planning announced.
U.S. Welcomes Pledge
From Sharon On Olim
Continued from Page 1
"If the State Department was not satisfied with Ariel
Sharon's remarks, then clearly, it could be a significant
stumbling block," the source said.
President Bush, when asked about the housing loans at
his news conference announcing suspension of the U.S.
dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization, said
the money was not to be used to finance new settlements in
Israel's "post-1967 territories."
When Assistant Secretary of State John Kelly was
pressed at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing
about the issue, he "made no distinction, bottom line,
between East Jerusalem and occupied territory," the
pro-Israel source said.
He interpreted both Kelly's and Bush's comments as
emphasizing the East Jerusalem issue.
An Israeli Embassy official, however, said, he "would be
amazed" if Sharon's announcement applied to East Jerusa-
lem. "I don't think any Israeli government will ever take
the position that Jews cannot live in a certain part of
Jerusalem," the official said. "I don't think that that's in
the cards."
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FIRST WEST BANK VISIT BIDYA New Defense Minister
Moshe Arens, center, makes first official visit to the territories
with his Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron, left, and
commanding general of central region, Afaj. Gen. Yithak Morda-
hai. AP/Wide World Photo
At Israel's Invitation
UN Will Send Envoy
To Study Territories
By ALLISON KAPLAN
Secretary-General Javier
Perez de Cuellar will send an
envoy to the Middle East "as
soon as possible," to report on
the situation in Israel's admin-
istered territories.
The U.N. emissary will be
making the trip at the invita-
tion of the Israeli government,
though it appears that plans
were made for the trip before
the Israeli invitation was
Perez de Cuellar told repor-
ters that "an interesting coin-
cidence," had occurred when
he invited Israeli ambassador
Johanan Bein to see him to
discuss the mission.
"When I was about to sug-
gest my sending a mission to
the area, at the same time Mr.
Bein had instructions from his
government to invite me to
send a mission," the secretary-
general said.
Emissary will be Jean-
Claude Aime of Haiti, who is a
senior official in the secretary-
general's office with expertise
in the Middle East. U.N. offi-
cials said that in addition to
visiting Israel and the territor-
ies, he will travel to other
countries in the region to dis-
cuss the peace process.
The decision by the new
Israeli government to welcome
the delegation is seen as meet-
ing two objectives.
First, it is an attempt to
stem Arab efforts to convene a
special General Assembly ses-
sion whose purpose would be
to dispatch an international
force to the West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
Second, it will likely please
the U.S. State Department,
which has said it supports
sending an emissary from the
secretary-general's office to
review the situation in the
Gaza Fruit Exports Fail
AMSTERDAM (JTA) The
direct export of Arab-grown
citrus fruit from the Gaza
Strip to the European market
has been less than successful
for the second season since it
European importers suf-
fered heavy losses, Rotterdam
importer Marc van Overkleeft
said as the 1989-90 season
neared its end.
The problem was the poor
quality of much of the fruit and
its poor packing, which
resulted in large quantities of
the Gaza produce arriving in a
damaged condition.
The direct export of Arab-
grown agricultural products
became a major political issue
in the European Community in
recent years.
The 12 E.C. member states
put severe pressure on Israel
and even threatened it with
sanctions unless the Arab pro-
duce was sent to Europe with-
out being channeled through
Israel's official agricultural
export agencies.
The Israelis relented. But
now, the six European import-'
ing nations are having second
thoughts. They would like to
continue buying the Gaza fruit,
but on a strictly commercial
basis without incurring losses.
Knesset Panel:
Ease Censorship
TEL AVIV (JTA)-A Knes-
set panel has recommended a
sweeping liberalization of cen-
sorship rules which would,
among other things treat Ara-
bic newspapers in East Jerusa-
lem the same as the Hebrew
press in the rest of Israel.
They would also reduce from
60 to about 10 the number of
subjects which must be submit-
ted for prepublication scru-
Recommendations were
announced by a special censor-
ship subcommittee of the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and
Defense Committee.
Subcommittee was chaired
by Yossi Sarid of the Citizens
Rights Movement and cons-
isted of two Likud and two
Labor members of parliament.
Jabril Says Exchange
Of Prisoners Near
TEL AVIV (JTA) A Pales-
tinian terrorist leader claims
the biggest prisoner exchange
deal ever with Israel will take
place within the next few
Ahmed Jabril, who heads the
rejectionist Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine-
General Command, said his
organization is playing a key
role, but it is too early to
disclose the details.
9 Athletes Get
Into Fame Hall
LOS ANGELES Nine ath-
letes were inducted into the
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
The new inductees, who will
join the present 100 members
of the Hall of Fame, are pro
bowler Barry Asher; Harris
Barton, tackle for the San
Francisco 49ers; Mike
Epstein, home-run hitter for
Baltimore, Oakland and the
California Angels; Noah
Klieger, former boxer, now a
Jerusalem resident; and Shep
Messing, a goalie for the New
York Cosmos during the Pele
Also, Harold Solomon, win-
ner of 24 Grand Prix tennis
championships; Alex Schoen-
baum, ail-American football
player for Ohio State in the
late 1930s; Tennis champ
Brian Teacher; and Neal Walk,
center for the Phoenix Suns
and New York Knicks.
Settle Galilee, Negev
Says Ambassador Abram
Memorial Foundation!s 25th Anniversary
NEW YORK A 25th anni-
versary report documenting
the achievements of the
Memorial Foundation for Jew-
ish Culture in restoring the
traditions and heritage of the
Jewish people in communities
devastated during the Holo-
caust will be distributed at the
Foundation's biennial meeting
of trustees in Jerusalem July
Philip M. Klutznick of Chi-
cago, chairman of the execu-
tive committee, will preside.
Lord lmmanuel Jakobovits of
England, Foundation presi-
dent, will deliver an address at
the residence of Israel Presi-
dent Chaim Herzog.
Ill N GUM ION INT I AIHPUUI III.M
HlH/1 IVA HAH A Jl HUSAI I M
ASHKLION NlTANVfl Til AVIV
Amb. Morris Abram
staunch friend of Israel has
advised it to settle its "undis-
puted, underpopulated areas,
such as Galilee and the
Negev," with Soviet immi-
Morris Abram, U.S. ambas-
sador to the United Nations in
Geneva, offered that advice in
an address to the Conference
on Security and Cooperation in
Europe, which is holding a
monthlong Conference on the
Human Dimension in Copenha-
gen. Abram is head of the U.S.
delegation to the talks.
The issue was raised because
of the furor in the Arab world
over allegations, which Israel
denies, that it is settling Soviet
immigrants in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip to dispossess
the Palestinian population.
Abram, a former chairman
of the National Conference on
Soviet Jewry, said he was
"speaking personally" from
"many years as a private citi-
zen involved in Soviet Jewry
"There is the desire and the
ability (in Israel) to accommo-
date these arrivals within
Israel's Green Line," he said,
referring to the pre-1967 bor-
ders. Doing so, he said, would
be "in Israel's self-interest and
that of its emigres."
Abram said his government
"notes with concern the
demand by some Arab leaders
that the Soviet Union should
abrogate their obligations
under international law and
halt any further emigration of
Soviet Jews to Israel."
Palestinian Arsonists
Target Kibbutzim
Fighting fire with fire, so to
speak, intifada activists have
resorted once more to their
summer weapon of choice
Turning from the previously
preferred target of forests,
Palestinian arsonists this year
have established a new front in
the agricultural fields border-
ing the West Bank. The burn-
ing of crops has become an
almost daily event.
With this move, the arson-
ists have succeeded in alienat-
ing a group of Israelis who
until now had been more sym-
pathetic to their cause: mem-
bers of kibbutzim and
The kibbutzim have now
organized their own patrols to
search for the agricultural ter-
rorists. Such a patrol last week
uncovered a terrorist cell
intent on attacking civilians,
as well crops.
Members of Kibbutz Eyal on
the Sharon Plain, staked out in
their fields, spotted a group of
suspicious figures attempting
to trespass in the dark of
night. As the infiltrators
approached, the kibbutzniks
physically overcame them
without the use of arms.
TEL AVIV (JTA) Israel established its first official
presence in China with the opening of an academic liaison
office in Beijing. Officials from the Chinese ministries of
Health, Foreign Trade and Agriculture attended the
ceremony. But there was no representative of the Chinese
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Telephone Number Right,
Not Who Must Call
Secretary of State James Baker appears
to have made a calculated gamble when he
issued the telephone number of the White
House to the new government of Israel
only hours after its formation.
He answered a question from a Congres-
sional committee on the reasons for contin-
uing dialogue with the PLO with the
questioning of the Israelis' desire for peace.
This move came even though the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization continued to
refuse a condemnation of the abortive raid
on the civilian beaches of Tel Aviv, and
declined to even discuss expelling the Abul
Abbas renegade faction.
Within a few days, the Bush Administra-
tion dispatched Secretary of Defense Dick
Chaney to an ADL meeting with the
message that U.S. relations with Israel are
not in a crisis condition.
But until Baker says the phone number
also was for the benefit of Chairman Yasir
Arafat, the credibility of this Administra-
tion in continuing the support of Israel
demonstrated in varying degrees by all its
predecessors will be in doubt.
It was President Bush's careless com-
ments in which he included East Jerusalem
in the occupied territories, and inferred,
incorrectly, that Soviet immigrants are
settling in those territories in large num-
bers, which precipitated the fall of the
coalition Israeli government.
It will take a more balanced statement
than his recent letter to Shamir by the
President to set straight the record and
intention of his executive branch of our
Germany Reunification
Also Bears Attention
With the unification of Germany cur-
rency scheduled for July 1, there is no
longer any doubt that the reunification of
that country will be completed in record
The call by the National Jewish Commun-
ity Relations Advisory Council for German
leadership to institutionalize the memory of
the Holocaust warrants support from not
only organized Jewry but from democratic
nations around the globe.
"The challenge for a unified Germany is
to prove, by means of policies, laws and
actions, that it will recognize its historic
responsibility towards the Jewish people,
toward Israel, toward its neighbors, and
toward the world, "the NJCRAC asserted
in its demand.
West Germany has been a model of
pluralism coupled with full respects for all
minorities since it was established out of
the ruins which comprised the American,
British and French zones of occupation
after World War II.
East Germany now appears to be follow-
ing in the path of the Bonn government,
but safeguards such as insisting on the
unified nation's participation in NATO are
And the concerns of the Soviet Union and
other European nations which suffered
horrendous losses at the hands of the Nazis
are just as real, if not as openly pronounced
as those of the Jewish community.
The Berlin Wall is now history, but the
evils which led to the erection of the
division of the two Germanys cannot be
confined to the textbooks until the new
Germany completes its enforceable guide-
Electoral Reform
In Israel Is American
Jewish Concern, Too
By MARC H. TANENBAUM
NEW YORK (JTA) The
process that led to the forma-
tion of the most right-wing,
Likud-led government since
the establishment of the State
of Israel has dramatically
demonstrated how unwieldy
the democratic process has
become in the Jewish state.
The horse-trading and deal-
making with minuscule nation-
alist and religious parties show
how out of proportion these
parties' powers have become
in the procedure of selecting
an Israeli government.
So concerned have major
American Jewish leaders
become over this that they
issued a joint statement calling
for basic revision of the elec-
toral process.
The signators included the
current chairman and four for-
mer chairmen of the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions, heads of major Jewish
organizations, prominent busi-
ness people, lawyers, politi-
cians, literary figures and rab-
bis from the three branches of
Judaism, all deeply committed
to Israel's well-being.
Asserting the group's sup-
port for the growing electoral
reform movement in Israel,
the statement said: "A parlia-
ment, elected by proportional
representation through a
party list system, with only a 1
percent threshold for party
participation, will necessarily
be fractionalized.
"Recent experience has
demonstrated that the major
parties in such a system, when
attempting to form a govern-
ment, become hostage the
demands of smaller, narrow-
issue parties, and if the major
parties join together in a gov-
ernment of 'national unity,'
that government is paralyzed
on serious matters in which
they differ."
Pointing out that "all polls
show that the Israeli elector-
ate overwhelmingly supports
reform," the signators to the
statement called on Israel's
political leaders, of all parties,
to promptly create a new elec-
toral system, "consistent with
democratic values, that will
provide for effective govern-
As one of those signators, I
received a letter this week
from Dr. Arye Carmon, presi-
dent of the Israel-Diaspora
Institute, which coordinated
the statement-signing project.
He said that when the state-
Air Force Defers To Birds
TEL AVIV (JTA) The
Israeli air force, heeding the
counsel of nature lovers, has
deferred to the needs of birds.
Gen. Avihu Bin-Nun, air
force commander in chief, has'
ordered immediate changes in
the training flight patterns of
military helicopters over parts
of the Golan Heights, so as not
to disturb nesting birds of
Bin-Nun acted at the request
of Ran Nathan, a member of
the Society for the Protection
of Nature in Israel, who has
made an extensive study of the
behavior patterns of vultures,
eagles and other predatory
birds, especially in the Nahal
Gamla area of the Golan
Nathan found that the noise
of low-level helicopter training
exercises severely disturbed
the birds, causing them to
leave their nests. Vacating
their nests even for a short
period could result in the fail-
ure of eggs to hatch, Nathan
( At Press Time---------------------------------------------------
JERUSALEM (JTA) An upsurge of demand for
foreign currency in recent days resulted in an "unofficial"
1.5 percent devaluation of the shekel relative to the U.S
dollar. The new rate is 2.10 shekels to $1.
ment was presented to Presi-
dent Chaim Hereof, he spoke
of "his deep anxiety about
current developments."
"In these days, in which
Israel's isolation is increasing,
the challenges engendered by
the huge influx of Soviet Jew-
ish immigration and renewed
threats from the Arab world, a
stalemated government is
clearly a disaster for the future
of our society.
"We believe that electoral
reform is the key to remedy
the current system's ills, both
in terms of accountability and
Electoral reform is clearly
an internal political matter for
Israel's citizenry. But the con-
sequences of continued elec-
toral stagnation seriously
affect not only Israel's rela-
tions with foreign govern-
ments, particularly the United
States, but Jewish communit-
ies throughout the Diaspora.
For reasons of both domestic
and foreign affairs, Israeli
leaders of all political parties
would do well not to ignore the
heartfelt sentiments of the
American Jewish leadership.
Rabbi Mare H. Tanenbaum is inter
national relation* consultant to the
American Jewish Committee.
Torn Apart'
Invokes Tears
NEW YORK (JTA) A film
about the love between an
Israeli and an Arab is leaving
audiences here teary-eyed and
those involved in its produc-
tion hopeful that love can con-
quer fear and distrust. Based
on the novel, "A Forbidden
Love," by Israeli writer
Chayym Zeldis, "Torn Apart"
tells the story about a love
affair between Ben, an Israeli
soldier, played by Adrian Pas-
dar, and Laila, an Arab
woman, played by Celia Peck.
Message of the film is that
there is a need for peace
there," Peck said. "And that
love can triumph over bitter-
ness and prejudice."
Friday, June 29, 1990/The Jewish Floridian of South County Page 5
The Normalization Of The Jews
By JACOB NEUSNER
The Zionist movement set
out to achieve three goals: the
(redefinition of the Jews into a
political entity, the enlandise-
ment and empowerment of the
Jews, and the normalization of
the Jews all three accom-
plished in the creation of the
State of Israel. None debates
whether or not Jewry consti-
tutes a political entity, capable
of defining and effecting public
policy; none can argue that the
Jews have and use power;
none calls into question the
proposition that the Jews now
are pretty much like other
groups of their class.
It is time for American
Jewry to normalize its own
relationship with the State of
Israel, and to let Israeli politi-
cal processes dictate Israeli
public policy. A while back
American Jews handed the
Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion a victory when they unde-
rtook to negotiate with the
PLO concerning Israeli mat-
Now when citizens of one
state undertake to negotiate
with representatives of
another (soi-disant) state conc-
erning the affairs of a third
state, we must regard that
action as highly irregular. The
reason is that in the affairs of
states and nations, third party
intervention ordinarily is
deemed an offense and may be
construed as an act of not
treason or sedition but war.
Whom did the Stockholm
Five represent? And what
empowers American Jews to
enter into the political process
of the State of Israel and pass
their opinion on everything
Israelis do? American Jewish
busy-bodies call into question
whether or not the conduct of
Jews' public policy has
attained that state of normal-
ity that the normalization of
the Jews' condition by Zionism
was meant to accomplish
and has in the main accom-
Do American Roman
Catholics propose to dictate
the foreign policy of such
Catholic countries as Spain,
Italy or Brazil? Do American
Lutherans presume to tell
Sweden or Denmark how to
conduct their relationships
with the USSR? Obviously not.
And if we proceed to ask
whether American Roman
Catholics negotiate with Brit-
ain on Spain s claim to Gibral-
tar, or with Britain on the
conflict in Ulster; whether
American Presbyterians (with
their heavy stake in Korean
Protestantism) presume to fly
to Pyongyang to talk with
North Korea about its relation-
ships with South Korea,
whether American Methodists
fly about the Pacific working
out the relationships between
the New Caledonian Kanaks
and the Indians and French in
those same islands, American
Orthodox Christians address
the Turks about what they
should do to establish the Tur-
kish Republic of Cyprus in
relationship with the Republic
of Cyprus but why go on?
The list totes up absurdity
after absurdity.
So we must now ask how so
to reform the mentality of
American, and Israeli, Jews as
Rabbi Edwin Farber
secretary and Rabbi Randall
Koningsberg of Palm Beach
Gardens, treasurer. Rabbi Irv-
ing Lehrman of Temple
Emanu-EI of Greater Miami is
honorary president of the
NEW YORK Three South
Floridians will speak at the
1990 annual convention of the
American Sephardi Federa-
tion in Chicago Sept. 2-4.
Dr. Henry A. Green, direc-
tor of Judaic Studies at the
University of Miami, will share
the success of Sephardi m in
metropolitan Miami when he
speaks on "The Making of a
Sephardic Community: Apply-
ing the South Florida Experi-
ence in Your Own Commun-
Jewish leaders Salomon Gar-
azi, president of FESELA, the
Latin American Sephardi Fed-
eration, will speak about
"FESELA: The Latin Ameri-
can Model," and Irving Young,
ASF South Florida branch
president, will deliver "A Mes-
sage to the 21st Century."
Jewish National Fund blazes roads in Israel's Galilee region. With the building of new roads, the
distance between Galilee villages and Haifa will be shortened, and the northern part of the country
will become more attractive for rural settlement. JNF is also expanding the nation s system of
roads and highways in the northern border, Gilboa and Negev regions.
Bu Conservative Colleague*
Rabbi Farber Elected
President Of S.E. Region
Southeast Region of the
Rabbinical Assembly of Amer-
ica umbrella organization
for Conservative rabbis has
elected officers for 1990-91.
Serving as president will be
Rabbi Edwin Farber of Tem-
ple Samu-El Or Olom of
South Dade.
Rabbi Farber has served as
rabbi of Temple Samu-El Or
Olom since his graduation
from the Jewish Theological
Seminary in 1976. He succeeds
as president Rabbi Paul Plot-
kin of Temple Beth Am, Mar-
Also elected were Rabbi Sha-
lom Lewis of Marietta, Ga.,
executive vice-president;
Rabbi Max Roth of Sarasota,
vice-president; Rabbi Ronald
Roth of Nashville, vice-
president; Rabbi Howard
Addison of Ft. Lauderdale,
vice-president; Rabbi Kenneth
Bromberg of Clearwater,
Floridians Get Sephardic Slots
to normalize and regularize
the rules of framing and carry-
ing out public policy, even
among the Jews. We have to
accept as normal the fact that
outside of the State of Israel
there are Jews in various parts
of the world, all of them citi-
zens of their own nations, none
of them enlandised and
empowered within the State of
All of these Jews care deeply
for what happens in and to the
State of Israel, just as Ameri-
can Roman Catholics of Italian
origin are engaged by the
affairs of the Church and the
Italian state and polity; just as
Joins Bid For
WASHINGTON A dozen
organizations, reflecting the
full spectrum of American
political opinion from liberal to
conservative, joined in issuing
what they termed "a consen-
sus plea" for increased immi-
In their plea, the group
stated: "The U.S. is now at a
critical stage in determining
its policy of legal immigration.
For only the fourth time in this
century, Congress is consider-
ing significant change in how
many newcomers we admit
each year and by what criteria
they should enter. It is time to
end the polarization around
American immigration policy.
Scholars and analysts from all
sides of the political spectrum
agree on its benefits. Let us
move forward on the basis of
this consensus."
Groups that signed the "con-
sensus plea" were: Alexis de
Tocqueville Institution, Ameri-
can Immigration Institute,
American Jewish Committee,
Cato Institute, Citizens for
American Education Founda-
tion, Competitive Enterprise
Institute, Hudson Institute,
International Ladies Garment
Workers' Union, Lutheran
Immigration and Refugee Ser-
vice, National Council of La
Raza, Organization of Chinese
Americans, Reason Founda-
tion, and U.S. Catholic Confer-
American Roman Catholics of
Hispanic origin care deeply
about what happens in Mexico
and Central America. But car-
ing for other Americans ordi-
narily does not spill over into
meddling, and the intense and
unrelenting engagement of
American Jews in Israeli pub-
lic policy ordinarily does.
What then defines normal-
ity, and how to normalize what
is now a highly irregular rela-
tionship? American Jews have
got to accept the fact that,
living here, not there, they
cannot bear the consequences
of the policies they advocate,
and hence the course of
responsibility requires them to-
frame opinions however they
wish, but to work to effect
them, if at all, only within the
norms of American public life.
That in my view means,
first, we speak here at home,
in terms of our political system
and structure, arguing in
terms of American interest in
behalf of those policies that we
deem favorable to the State of
Israel. The Zionist Organiza-
tion of America effectively has
done just that for generations
now, so too do most of the
pro-Israel lobbies in Washing-
Continued on Page6
Jewish Press Association Address
HIAS President Denies
Trying To Divert Aliyah
By SUE FLAXMAN
Metrowest Jewish Times
"My personal belief is that
Soviet [emigration] is the
greatest thing that can hap-
pen," said Ben Zion Leuchter,
president of the Hebrew Immi-
grant Aid Society (HIAS),
addressing the American Jew-
ish Press Association's annual
Leuchter rejected criticism
that HIAS harmed the cause
of aliya by trying to attract
Soviet Jews to the United
States, and stated categori-
cally that HIAS endorses a
policy of having as many Jews
as possible go to Israel, espe-
cially those who have no direct
family ties in the U.S.
"Almoeryone who gets into
the United States will have
close relatives here," he said.
"Those who don't might as
well not even apply. People
call us, worried about friends
[still in the Soviet Union]. We
tell them to tell their friends to
go to Israel it's the quickest
way and they must get out."
According to Leuchter, the
American Jewish community
is "shouldering its burden.
He noted that 37,500 of the
40,000 Soviet Jews scheduled
for resettlement in the United
States in this fiscal year
already have arrived.
"We will use up the 40,000
government-allotted visa slots
on schedule," he affirmed.
"The European pipeline is
almost empty," Leuchter said.
"There are only about 200
Soviet Jews left in Rome,"
particularly complicated indi-
vidual cases or people who
were too ill to travel.
Leuchter noted that the big-
gest problem for emigres com-
ing directly from the Soviet
Union to the U.S. is that many
of the Soviet Jews have trou-
ble getting dates to be inter-
viewed by the U.S. Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Ser-
vice in Moscow. "Until a per-
son gets that date," main-
tained Leuchter, "HIAS will
have no entre to information
about them. Without sufficient
information, we cannot begin
the resettlement process."
As of now, HIAS has no
information on the number of
emigres that will be funded in
the coming year by the U.S.
government. "It is in the best
interests of the American Jew-
ish community that 40,000
emigres be fully funded,"
Leuchter stressed. "The 8,000
unfunded emigres this year
caused a shortfall."
"We're not interested in pul-
ling Jews away from Israel,"
he concluded. "We would only
lobby for them to come here if
they were in danger and
couldn't get to Israel. We can
only wonder if the Jews in the
Soviet Union will become the
scapegoat for every political
group. What will the Jews be
accused of? We can only hope
that verbal anti-Semitism will
not become physical."
Page 6 The Jewish Floridian of South County/Friday, June 29, 1990
JERUSALEM (JTA) Three Arab youths, one age 12,
have been apprehended by the Jerusalem police in connec-
tion with the violent destruction 10 days ago of scores of
gravestones on the Mount of Olives cemetery. The police
also announced that they had arrested two young men in
connection with the torching over the weekend of nine cars
in a garage in the Atarot industrial zone north of
Jerusalem, and another two on Mount Zion.
BONN The opposition Green Party calls for a
parliamentary investigation of West German government
involvement in the effort to help Libya produce poison gas.
GENEVA The International Labor Organization
discusses conditions for Palestinian workers in the adminis-
tered territories.
JERUSALEM Veteran peace activist Abie Nathan
celebrates the 17th anniversary of his Voice of Peace radio
TEL AVIV (JTA) Extensive damage to crops, harv-
ested hay and forests was caused by over a dozen fires that
raged in widely separated parts of Israel. Arson is
suspected in at least three of the blazes, part of an ongoing
onslaught of fiery attacks against crops by intifada activ-
TEL AVIV El Al and Czechoslovakia's national
airlines are to begin weekly flights, in the latest expansion
of air travel between the Jewish state and Eastern Europe.
LONDON The Leeds City Council bans the distribu-
tion of a poster advertising a contemporary production of
Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice.' The poster shows a
pair of boots in the shape of a swastika trampling a yellow
Star of David.
PRAGUE The Council of Jewish Communities here
meets to decide the fate of Rabbi Daniel Mayer, who
admitted serving as an informant under the ousted
Communist regime.
WASHINGTON The reason that the Supreme Soviet
has postponed any action on the long-promised emigration
reform law is that there are not enough votes in the Soviet
parliament to pass it, the director of a Soviet Jewry
advocacy group maintains.
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Knights Of Pythias Events |
The top hierarchy of Knights of
Pythias Atlantic Lodge 0217
elected by the membership for
the 1990-91 term are, (left), Al
Schwarz, vice-chancellor and
Bud Oatley, chancellor com-
mander, the lodge's first initi-
ate ever to go through all the
"chairs" and become its initial
full fledged leader.
Past Deputies Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias 11th
District Association in Palm Beach County, and currently
serving are, left, Eli Goldman, incoming DD, Atlantic Lodge
#217; Irv Schulman, Palm Beach 0203; honored outgoing DD
Mike Jacobson, Lake Worth 0211; Gary Glass, Boca Raton 02U;
and Norman Hersey, Atlantic Lodge 0217.
Six members of Knights of Pythias Atlantic Lodge 0217 elected at
the recent Grand Lodge of Florida 105th annual convention.
(From left), Norman Hersey was elected Grand Inner Guard; Eli
Goldman, the new 11th Pythian District Deputy Grand Chancel-
lor; Phil Newman, Grand Outer Guard, Sir Bill Sheldon, Grand
Lodge Publicity Chm, his 12th year, and Grand Lodge Ways &
Means Chm; Sir Harry Wilson, Grand Lodge Fingerprint-A-
Child Program Chm; and Dave Altbuch, fourth successive year as
Grand Lodge Youth Welfare Chm^
Of The Jews
Continued from Page 5
Second, where we cannot as
foreigners enter into the for-
mation of Israeli policy, we
should support what we can
when we can, and otherwise,
let the Israelis make their own
mistakes. Their political pro-
cess, democratic and just, or
clumsy and corrupt, must be
free to do its work, and will do
its work. We who live far off
must give up our prophet's
cloak, ceasing to leap to con-
demn the slightest Israeli infr-
ingement upon our heightened
and selective sensitivity to the
requirements of justice.
Third, the Israelis must now
recognize that the cost of the
special relationship with world
Jewry exceeds the benefit. Ins-
isting that they form the cen-
ter of world Jewry, proposing
to utilize Jews throughout the
world in the achievement of
their national goals these
attitudes subject the State of
Israel to a politics it cannot
accommodate: constituencies
in not only Holon but also
West Hartford. Just as the
Israelis have built a normal
state, so they have now to
rethink the requirements of
the normalization of relation-
ships with, even, Jews outside
of the State.
Jacob Neusner is Graduate
Research Professor of Religion* Stu-
dies at University of South Florida
and Martin Buber Professor of Judaic
Studies at University of Frankfurt.
(Left), Eli Goldman, of Atlan-
tic Lodge 0217, Delray Beach,
newly appointed 11th Pythian
District Deputy (which emcom-
passes all five chapters in Palm
Beach County) and newest Sir
Knight Sidney Sklar, of Palm
Beach Lodge 0203, of West
Palm Beach.
Saturday, June 9, Jason
Michael Stern, son of Dena
and Alan Stem, was called to
the Torah of Temple Beth El
of Boca Raton as a Bar Mitz-
As an ongoing Temple pro-
ject he will be "Twinning"
with Vladimir Zelichenok.
Jason is a 7th grade student
at Boca Raton Middle School
and attends the Temple Beth
El Religious School.
Family members sharing in
the simcha are his sister, Amy;
brothers, Ronald and Garrett;
and grandparents, Irving and
Celia Stern of Delray Beach.
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Friday, June 29, 1990/The Jewish Floridian of South County Page 7
Synagogue News
Saturday morning, June 16,
IZev David Schuman, son of
I Daniel and Barbara Schuman,
Iwas called to the Torah, as a
Bar Mitzvah, at Congregation
IB'nai Israel of Boca Raton.
Zev was joined by his sister,
Sara, and his grandparents
tobert and Marianne Hiller,
juid a large contingent of fam-
ily and friends from through-
out the country.
An Honors student in the
lifted Program, Zev attends
the Boca Raton Middle School,
le plays on the Junior tennis
earn of the Woodfield Country
Mub, and is involved in the
local Russian Resettlement
iBook Review
Volume I
?ayne State University Press,
Prof. Jacob Rader Marcus
What promises to become
the definitive work on Ameri-
can Jewish history is both
readable and scholarly in its
[irst volume. Professor Jacob
ier Marcus, of the Hebrew
Jnion College-Jewish Insti-
tute in Relion, Cincinnati,
teals with the period from
[776 to 1840 in this 820-page
plume. Immigration of Jews
rom Spain and Portugal was
Marcus clarifies the role of
|ews in the American War of
Independence. Historical and
locial themes are carefully
Wended with religion, assimila-
tion, politics, business and
Jnti-Semitism given special
An introductory chapter
(inswers the question, "Why
study American Jewish His-
He says, "A study of history
[rings perspective. It teaches
|s to assess what is happening,
sense the direction in which
-wry is moving. A perspec-
|ve community can then plan
icially and, if successful,
ssert itself as the subject, not
Merely the object, of history.
The distinguished professor
jives special attention, as
)uld be expected, to the
ivelopment of Reform
idaism in this country. He
jys, "Reform Judaism may
sll be the largest liberal reli-
i movement in the world."
Ind Marcus comes down
[uarely on the side of those
fcform Jews who maintain
without ceremonial and rit-
1, the Jewish collectivity can-
maintain itself.
Anshei Emuna
Rabbi Dr. Louis L. Sacks,
the spiritual leader of the
Anshei Emuna Congregation
will on Saturday, July 7, at the
service commencing at 8:30
a.m., preach the sermonic mes-
sage on the Sabbath-Torah-
Scriptual-Reading in light of
its classic commentaries and
its relevancy to our human
condition and contemporary
Sabbath July 7 at the 8 p.m.
twi-light services lead a
seminar on "The Talmudic
Ethics of the Fathers."
At the Daily Services at 7:30
a.m. and at 6:30 p.m. Dr.
Sacks leads the courses on
"The Code of Religious Law."
Daily course in "The Bible
and Rashi" led by Mr. Harry
Sobel at 9:30 a.m.
Daily course in the "Bible
and Rashi" led by Mr. Harry
Sobel at 9:30 a.m.
On Friday evening, June 29,
Shabbat Services will be held
at 8 p.m. On Saturday, June
30, at 10:15 a.m., worship ser-
vices will be held at Congrega-
tion B'nai Israel.
Temple Emeth
The Sisterhood is sponsoring
a dinner dance on Sunday, July
1, at 6 p.m. Entertainment will
highlight the evening. For
tickets, call 499-0052.
Beth Ami
Friday evening July 6 at 8:15
p.m., Rabbi Nathan Zelizer
will preach on "The Good Old
Days?" He will be assisted by
Cantor Mark Levi. An Oneg
follows services.
Saturday morning July 7th
at 9:30 a.m., Rabbi Nathan
Zelizer will teach the weekly
portion Balak, and will speak
on "The Unique Power of the
Jew." A Kiddush follows ser-
The Women's Club is spon-
soring Sunday, July 8th, a visit
to the Holocaust Memorial
with Rabbi. Walk thru Art
Deco District and Artists
Colony on a guided tour. Res-
ervations, 482-2424.
Friday evening July 13 at
8:15 p.m., Rabbi Nathan Zel-
izer will speak on "Religious
Zeal." He will be assisted by
Cantor Mark Levi. An Oneg
follows services.
Saturday morning July 14 at
9:30 a.m., Rabbi Nathan Zel-
izer will teach the weekly por-
tion Pinhas and will speak on
"The Extremist." A Kiddush
follows services.
Temple Beth El
Temple Beth El Nursery
School is offering a four-week
session beginning July 16 for
children aged 2-4 years old.
Theme week and water play
highlight the program. Regis-
tration is open for 1990-91
School Year. Classes are avail-
able for children aged 2-4
years. The Nursery School is
also offering its Mommy and
Me classes for mothers and
their children. Children aged
6-24 months are eligible. For
information call 407-391-9092.
On June 29, 8 p.m., Temple
Beth El, 333 SW 4th Avenue,
Boca Raton; Shabbat Eve Ser-
vice: Rabbi Michael Feshbach
will officiate. June 30, at 10:30
a.m., Morning Shabbat Service
to be held in the Chapel and to
be led by a member of the laity.
On July 6, at 8 p.m. Shabbat
Eve Service: Rabbi Michael
Feshback will officiate. On
July 7, at 10:30 a.m. Morning
Shabbat Service to be held in
the Chapel and to be led by a
member of the laity.
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Synopsis Of The Weekly Torah Portion
"And Moses smote the rock with his rod twice; and water came
forth abundantly"
(Num. 20.11).
HUKKAT The portion begins with "the statute of the law" of
the red heifer, whose ashes "shall be kept for the congregation of
Israel as a water of sprinkling ... a purification from sin"
(Number 19.9). At the outset of their fortieth year in the
wilderness, the children of Israel reached the desert of Zin and
halted at Kadesh. There Miriam died. When the water gave out,
God instructed Moses and Aaron to gather the Israelites before a
rock; Moses was to speak to the rock, and it would gush water.
But Moses, irritated at the people's complaints, struck the rock
with his rod. For this lack of faith in the divine power, Moses and
Aaron were punished with never being able to enter the Promised
Land. From Kadesh the children of Israel moved on to mount
Hor, where Aaron died. Thence they circled the land of Edom,
and arrived at Transjordan from the east, defeating the forces of
Sihon, king of the Amorities, and Og, king of Bashan.
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UAHC School for Synagogue Leaders
NEW YORK Conflict between rabbis and their
congregational boards has become commonplace in the
Jewish communal world. With this in mind, the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of
Reform Judaism, has established a school for synagogue
Arab Newspaper Urges Parole for Sirhan
JERUSALEM (INB) The leading Arab newspaper in
East Jerusalem has urged that Sirhan Sirhan, the killer of
Robert F. Kennedy, be granted parole.
German Admits He Helped Libya
BONN (JTA) A West German industrialist admitted in
court that he had illegally sold Libya equipment, substan-
ces and know-how to huild a chemical plant in the remote
desert town of Rabta. But Jurgen Hippenstiel-Imhausen,
founder and former manager of Immhausen-Chemie,
stopped short of admitting that the heavily guarded plant
was built to produce poison gas and other chemical warfare
East Germany Cracking Down
BONN (JTA) East Germany, which once provided
weapons and training for Palestinian guerrillas, is cracking
down on German terrorists known to nave been associated
with them. Police in Magdeburg arrested Inge Viet, 46, a
West German citizen who spent time at Palestinian
terrorist training camps in Lebanon in the 1970s.
E.C. Urges Vanunu Pardon
PARIS (JTA) The European Parliament appealed to
Israeli President Chaim Herzog to pardon Mordechai
Vanunu or at least commute the 18-year prison sentence
imposed on Israel's convicted nuclear spy.
Nazi Slave Labor Plant Museum
BONN (JTA) An underground plant where the Nazis
worked slave laborers to death to produce the notorious
V-l and V-2 rockets is expected to become a museum,
dedicated to the memory of the 60,000 slave laborers
employed on the missile project. Project, which was a
desperate attempt to turn the tide of the war, employed
Jews and others, 20,000 of whom perished.
U.S. Citizenship Of S.S. Guard
NEW YORK (JTA) The
Justice Department's Office of
Special Investigations has
begun proceedings to strip a
southern California man of his
U.S. citizenship for concealing
his wartime service in the Nazi
OSI filed a denaturalization
complaint in Los Angeles
against Johann Ziegler, 82, a
native of Kuzura, now Yugos-
lavia, but at the time of his
birth the Austro-Hungarian
Empire. He now lives in the
southern California desert
town of Hemet.
Ziegler allegedly served as
an SS guard at the concentra-
tion camp in Kaunas (Kovno),
Lithuania, and at the Stutthof
concentration camp and its
slave-labor subcamp, Gotenha-
fen, near what was then Dan-
zig, Germany, and is now
Gdansk, Poland.
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Kohl Warns
Against Bias
BONN (JTA) West Ger-
man Chancellor Helmut Kohl
used the anniversary of the
death of a prominent Jewish
philosopher to warn against a
rising tide of anti-Semitism.
In a ceremony commemorat-
ing 25 years since the death of
Martin Buber, Kohl said an
upsurge of nationalism and
anti-Semitism was the conse-
quence of the otherwise posi-
tive recent developments in
Holocaust Revisionist's
Lawyer To Be Ousted
PARIS (JTA) -\A promi-
nent attorney who has agreed
to defend a French historian
accused of casting doubt on
the Holocaust is about to be
ousted from his post as
national secretary of one of the
largest organizations in
France combating anti-
Claude Levy, president of
the Movement Against Racism
and Anti-Semitism, announced
that he has started internal
procedures to dismiss Gilbert
Collard, a lawyer with a long
record of civil rights activism.
Collard stressed he is in
"total disagreement" with the
opinions expressed by his
client, Bernard Notin, but will
fight for his right to express
them. Notin has been charged
with falsifying history and
faces loss of his tenure at Lyon
University, where he has been
a senior lecturer.
French Leader
Urges Herzog
To Push Talks
PARIS (JTA) Theo Klein,
immediate past president of
CRIF, the representative body
of major French Jewish organ-
izations, has written an open
letter to President Chaim Her-
zog of Israel urging direct
Israeli-Palestinian peace nego-
If such talks fail to material-
ize. Diaspora Jewry "would be
morally obliged to explore by
itself the possibilities, Klein
His four-page letter is pres-
ently being circulated among
French Jewish leaders, who
are considering whether to add
their names.
One possible co-signator is
Simone Veil, an Auschwitz
survivor, former French Cab-
inet minister and former presi-
dent of the European Parlia-
ment who is known to share
most of Klein's views.
Klein, a World War 11 resis-
tance fighter who holds Israeli
citizenship as well as French,
wrote to Herzog that Diaspora
Jews, "Israel's brotherly allies
and directly concerned for its
future," would have to con-
sider options to advance the
cause of peace and Israel's
East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere, right, and
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council Chairman Harvey M. Meyer-
hoff'stand behind an original keystone, left, from Berlin's famous
Oranienberger Synagogue which was desecrated during the
Holocaust. Keystone, along with a replica of a stone being used in
the current reconstruction of the synagouge, was presented by the
GDR to the museum.
Seminary Head Praises Germans
leading Conservative rabbi
praised the Federal Republic
of Germany for its "moral
courage" in accepting respon-
sibility for the crimes of its
In a departure from tradi-
tional Jewish statements about
the German role in the Holo-
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cellor of the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary, lauded German
willingness to accept the blame
for the crimes of the Third
"Never has a country gone
to such lengths to atone for
past crimes," Schorsch said at
a ceremony in Heppenheim,
West Germany, honoring the
25th anniversary of the death
of Jewish philosopher and
theologian Martin Buber. A
text of his remarks was made
available by the seminary here.
"The government of Konrad
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extent of German culpability
for the Holocaust and inaugur-
ated a vast, and still ongoing,
program of reparations. The
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act of moral courage even-
tually permeated to nearly all
corners of German society."
Citing a Talmudic saying,
"Happy is the generation
whose leader brings a sacrifice
(of atonement) for his errors,"
Schorsch credited West Ger-
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example" to other countries.
TEL AVIV (JTA) Israel's cost-of-living index rose by
1.6 percent in May, significantly higher than the 1 percent
rate that had been expected.
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For Kenichi Ebina, the passion for dance began with one simple move: the running man.
Born in Japan, Ebina came to the United States at a young age. One night he wandered into a freshman dance on the college campus where he learned English.
"Everyone made a big circle on the floor, people started dancing in the circle and I was watching and I was shy," Ebina said. "But there was a moment where it was like 'OK, you're next."
So Ebina did "The Running Man," the only move in his arsenal, taught to him by a high school friend in Japan. When people cheered, the energy he felt in that moment propelled him into a lifelong passion. He didn't realize until later that the audience was actually laughing at his outdated move, but fast forward to 2013 and Ebina, now 39, wins $1 million on "America's Got Talent."
What Ebina does on stage is hard to define. His act is equal parts break dancing, technoand physical prowess, developed over years of exposure to the New York club scene and MTV.
"They call it dance, but I don't call it dance," Ebina said. "It's a versatile performance, a multi-media performance."
Although he never had formal training, Ebina took every chance he could to perform.
"I love the feedback and the energy during a performance. When people get loud and excited, the energy I can feel from the audience gives me a reason to live," Ebina said. "Before that I didn't have ambition or a dream. That feeling gave me a sense of identity, like 'OK, I'm Kenichi, I'm alive. I'm here.' "
Despite the money, recognition and stream of talk show appearances, Ebina maintains a humbleness that even winning the largest talent contest in the country couldn't tarnish.
"As a performer, I'm not that good. So many other performers are better than me," Ebina said. "[When I won] I had mixed feelings. Of course I was happy, but I thought my final performance was not that good, so I was thinking 'why?'"
America clearly disagreed, and notoriety from AGT has opened doors for Ebina, bringing to life ideas that he didn't think possible.
"I'm coming up with ideas that I didn't have before. 'America's Got Talent' helped me develop concepts into my performance that I couldn't before," Ebina said. "It raised that bar so I have to catch up to the standard and update my one-man show to meet the expectations of the fans."
A challenge that he is more than willing to take on, and take on the road. Ebina's plans for the future include taking his performance to Las Vegas and New York. Eventually, he would like to work behind the scenes, producing shows for other performers.
Currently, Ebina is on the America's Got Talent Live! tour, coming to Jacksonville on Oct. 4 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts.
"Right now it's kind of overwhelming …," Ebina said "[The tour] is exciting and fun, but at the same time, I miss my family."
When I asked what he planned to do with the $1 million, he said: "That's more of a question for my wife than me."

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The tales of Fala, Willie and Telek
Powerful canines and their role in American history
WASHINGTON – As the 75th anniversary of World War II approaches, a new book reveals the hidden history of some of America's most powerful leaders.
Amazingly, it exposes the unknown backroom drama of Western civilization's darkest hour through an unlikely source – the faithful pets of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gen. George S. Patton, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
"Dogs of War," just recently released, tells the story of Fala, President Roosevelt's Scottish terrier; Willie, Gen. Patton's bull terrier; and Telek, Gen. Eisenhower's Scottie.
Incredibly, these three canines had a huge impact on world history through their constant companionship with their powerful masters.
Fala became a media sensation and actually was used to boost morale on the home front during World War II, even "serving" as an honorary private. He was portrayed in films, his name was used as a password by American soldiers, and he was even became the subject of political controversy between Republicans and Democrats.
Patton's wartime comrade, Willie, was his constant companion during fierce fighting. He survived because he fatefully was separated from his owner when Gen. Patton died in a tragic automobile accident after the war.
And there's Telek, Eisenhower's and Kay Summersby's treasured Scottie. Scottie helped ignite the most famous love story of World War II, an affair that is still fiercely debated by historians to this day.
After the general's death, Kay Summersby was allowed to keep the dog.
"Dogs of War" provides an intriguing look at one of the most fascinating episodes of World War II and is sure to add fuel to the continuing controversy about the relationship between the general and his wartime chauffeur.
Author Kathleen Kinsolving has been a lifetime supporter of a variety of canine organizations, which includes volunteering as a puppy socializer for Guide Dogs for the Blind, based in Marin County, Calif.
She also teaches English and journalism at Centreville High School in Clifton, Va., and in 2010, penned her father's biography, "Gadfly: The Life and Times of Les Kinsolving – White House Watchdog" for WND Books.


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Maine gas prices down 4 cents per gallon
State average $3.51 per gallon
Maine gas prices down 4 cents per gallon
State average $3.51 per gallon
PORTLAND, Maine —
The average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine is down another 4 cents to $3.51.
Price-monitoring website GasBuddy.com reports Monday that that's more than 42 cents lower per gallon than at the same time last year, but still 13 cents higher than the current national average.
Prices in Maine have now fallen almost 22 cents per gallon in the past month.
In-state prices are based on a survey of more than 1,200 gas stations.
A company analyst says prices are expected to keep dropping in the immediate future, especially if the Atlantic keeps relatively storm free.


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Dr. Seuss's Animal Characters
An Ode to Dr. Seuss and His Incredible Creatures
An Ode to Dr. Seuss and His Incredible Creatures
It's Wednesday, March 2
And we must relay the news
That today's the birthday
Of the great Dr. Seuss.
From Horton and Yertle
To Biffer-Baum Birds,
He's delighted us all
With his characters and words.
So on this special day
In this silly feature
We'll honor him and amuse you
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Two Vendors Injured By Gunfire At Close Of San Francisco Pride
Crazy. (And even crazier that we're just now hearing about it!) Two vendors at San Francisco's LGBT Pride celebration were injured by gunfire on Sunday night.
The San Francisco Pride Celebration Committee has released the following statement:
"On Sunday night, the San Francisco Pride Celebration Committee ("SFPCC") learned that following our 43rd Annual Pride Celebration, two of our vendors were in the process of closing their booth and finishing up sales, when they were injured by nearby gunfire. Out of respect for their privacy and care, we decline to release any name or specific identifying information.
Our primary and greatest concern remains for the health and recovery of our two vendors. Though both were injured and we take such conditions very seriously, we are thankful that neither sustained life threatening injuries. Both of our vendors were transported to SF General, where it was determined that one of them required more serious treatment and he underwent surgery this morning. He remains in the hospital and is recovering from his injuries. He was joined by members of his family, who we spoke to briefly. We have secured them lodging in San Francisco while their loved one's medical condition continues to be evaluated.
The second injured individual was treated and released from the hospital last evening. He also remains in San Francisco, where we have also secured him lodging. Members of the SFPCC went to the hospital last night, as soon as we were notified that the gunfire involved our vendors and we have reached out to provide assistance and help where we can. SFPCC wants to assure the vendors and their families that they have our support. The ability to hold our annual celebration would not be possible without the hard work of and the important partnership with our vendors. Their safety and welfare remains a priority. Our hearts go out to them for this terrible incident caused by the unidentified perpetrators.
With regard to the shooting itself, we are working with SFPD to do all we can to make sure those responsible for the injury and harm to our two vendors are caught. We are unaware if those responsible were members of the LGBT community, participants in our celebration in any way or if they even attended the Pride Celebration. Thus, it would be inappropriate for us to comment as to whom is responsible for the injuries inflicted on our vendors and our Community until the SFPD has thoroughly investigated. It is a Police matter and we will provide all the assistance we can.
At the close of a week where the LGBT Community has had such tremendous victories, we are saddened that such a senseless and selfish act has occurred to diminish even one moment of our celebration. But, such an unwarranted act is an affront and injury to our entire SF Community. With that in mind, we hope that our LGBT Community and other San Franciscans do everything they can to work closely with the SFPD to ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated. If you were a witness to any of these events, we ask that you contact the SFPD at 415-553-0123. Stand with us in stopping such senseless violence against other human beings."
We're glad that it appears that both victims will be okay and we hope that anyone that has information will come forward.
Be safe, Instincters!
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League Cup: Watford 2 Norwich 3 (AET)
Gary Hooper scored a dramatic extra-time winner on his first Norwich start to give them a 3-2 League Cup victory at Watford on Tuesday.
Hooper sent the tie into extra-time with an injury-time equaliser before then producing a moment of class to beat Watford keeper Jonathan Bond in the 115th minute to seal the Premier League side's passage to round four.
Goals from Javier Acuna and Davide Faraoni were almost enough to give Watford the win, but Norwich fought back to level through Josh Murphy and Hooper, before the former Celtic striker had the final say as penalties loomed.
Watford boss Gianfranco Zola made nine changes to his starting XI, with Marco Cassetti and Faraoni the only survivors from their 5-1 demolition of Barnsley last Saturday. Josh McEachran made his debut after moving from Chelsea on loan last week.
Chris Hughton was also keen to give some of his fringe players a run out as he made eight alterations to the Norwich team that lost to Aston Villa last time out, with Hooper the headline addition.
The visitors made a flying start to the match with Nathan Redmond causing problems from the wing, and the former Birmingham City man tested Bond early on.
But with their first real chance of the game, Watford scored through Acuna, as he turned Ryan Bennett on the edge of the box before rifling past the helpless Mark Bunn.
Watford found their rhythm after the goal, but McEachran's debut was then cut short due to a back injury and, moments later, Bond had to be sharp to tip Wes Hoolahan's shot over before Bradley Johnson saw his header cannon off the bar from the resulting corner.
Hughton introduced Johan Elmander for Garrido at the break, but Watford started the half on the front foot and Zola's side got their just reward when Faraoni doubled their advantage with a sublime effort.
The Italian full-back let fly from distance and Bunn had no chance as his powerful strike found the top corner.
Debutant Murphy then showed his confidence by pulling one back for Hughton's men 13 minutes from time as he drilled in off the post from the edge of the area.
And Norwich's pressure then paid off as Hooper headed home Redmond's cross in the 93rd minute to force the additional 30 minutes.
Both sides laboured in extra time, but Hooper raced on to a long ball and finished coolly as the match looked to be heading for spot kicks.


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Ohioan acquitted of 3rd count in Batman film case
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man who earlier pleaded guilty to two charges for bringing a loaded gun, ammunition and knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie has been acquitted of a third weapons count.
A judge heard evidence on the third charge without a jury in Cleveland on Friday and acquitted 38-year-old Scott A. Smith, of North Ridgeville. The third charge was having a weapon under disability, which prosecutors said was a drug dependency.
Smith pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of carrying a concealed weapon.
Smith was arrested at an Aug. 4 showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in Westlake. His attorney says Smith had the weapons for protection in case someone tried to copy the Colorado theater shooting that left 12 dead three weeks earlier.


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2011 Ford F-150 Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick
The 2011 Ford F-150 SuperCrew has been named an IIHS Top Safety Pick for models built after February 2011. Ford F-150 features a number of safety and stability systems including Safety Canopy side curtain airbags, AdvanceTrac with RSC (Roll Stability Control), SOS Post Crash Alert System and trailer sway control.
Ford now has 11 vehicles on the road in the U.S. that have earned Top Safety Picks, which adds to its leading number of top U.S. safety ratings. To earn a Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must receive a rating of "good" in offset frontal-, side- and rear-impact tests and the new roof strength evaluation, as well as offer electronic stability control.
"Safety ratings are important markers customers can use to evaluate vehicles, so we are proud Ford has the most top U.S. safety ratings of any automaker ever," said Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president of Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. "The F-150's innovative safety technologies and this new Top Safety Pick award further demonstrate Ford's commitment to safety."
Crash Protection
New safety features for the 2011 Ford F-150 include a seat-integrated shoulder belt for the front middle seat and a head restraint for the second-row middle seat. The F-150's standard safety features include an advanced safety structure with high-strength steel and six standard airbags. Other standard Ford F-150 safety features include:
-Dual-stage airbags for driver and front passenger
-Safety Canopy side curtain airbags
-Front seat-mounted side airbags
-AdvanceTrac with RSC (Roll Stability Controlâ"¢)
-Four-wheel ABS brakes
-SOS Post Crash Alert System
-Trailer sway control
Other Ford Motor Company vehicles that have earned a Top Safety Pick rating include:
-2011 Ford Edge (built after February 2011)
-2011 Ford Explorer
-2011 Ford Taurus
-2011 Ford Fusion
-2011 Ford Fiesta (built after July 2010)
-2011 Ford Flex
-2011 Lincoln MKS
-2011 Lincoln MKT
-2011 Lincoln MKX (built after February 2011)
-2011 Lincoln MKZ
Sales Momentum
The F-Series was the best-selling truck in America for the 34th year in a row and the best-selling vehicle "" car or truck "" for the 29th year in a row.
Demand for the fuel-efficient EcoBoost engine in the F-150 has increased each month since launch. One in four Ford F-150 pickups sold in March was powered by a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6. In April, EcoBoost F-150 sales ran at about 35 percent. In the F-150, the EcoBoost engine with its 365 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque provides best-in-class towing capability of 11,300 pounds combined with up to 20 percent fuel economy savings.
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The need for innovation in the public sector has never been greater. Citizens are expecting customized and real-time services, while shifting demographics, long-term fiscal challenges and global inequities are pressing governments to respond. Meeting these challenges will require major innovation across the entire value chain of government–from programs to production to provision–and all delivered with more efficiency, equity and transparency.
To help address this government innovation challenge, Harvard University and Accenture have launched the Public Sector Innovation Award.
The Public Sector Innovation Award encourages Harvard University students to apply their creative energy to help solve pressing public sector challenges and to foster the next generation of government leaders. Students gain the opportunity to:
Engage with government officials to identify problems, challenges and opportunities;sample only
Create a project proposal for a product or service that addresses the challenge;
Develop it for government to use to create public value.
The annual Public Sector Innovation Award winner will receive $10,000 in grant funding and incubation space to develop the idea. Award finalists will receive $1,000 in grant funding. The cash award is to help defray living expenses, travel costs and other out-of-pocket expensees associated with developing the idea.
This year's winner was acknowledged at a special event on April 3, 2014.
Eligibility and Criteria
All Harvard University degree candidates in good academic standing are eligible for the Public Sector Innovation Award. The projects shall not be part of a faculty-sponsored research project. Team projects and cross-school projects are highly encouraged. Students and/or team winners of the Public Sector Innovation Award will be selected based on the quality, clarity and feasibility of their submission. Applicants must demonstrate innovative and entrepreneurial ideas related to government that show great potential for creating public sector value while being achievable in a reasonable timeframe. Preference will be given to proposals that are new and creative and demonstrate leadership and initiative on the part of the applicant.
Learn more and apply at http://harvardi3.org/.
2014 Winner of Public Sector Innovation Award
RapidSOS is developing a platform of products to transform emergency communication. The Company's one-button 911 alert developed in collaboration with nearly 70 dispatch centers & system integrators transforms a 2-5 minute conversation into a 3-second push notification that transmits all of the key information dispatchers need to respond to an emergency. RapidSOS' geolocalized emergency alert allows institutional clients to directly warn people in harm's way based on their location.
2013 Winner of Public Sector Innovation Award
OpportunitySpace, a firm developed by two Harvard Kennedy School students, helps government and its partners improve the utilization and end-use of government-owned land and buildings.
OpportunitySpace has developed a unique methodology, platform and tools which enable government organizations and stakeholders to create measurable value by activating relevant data on facilities and land in order to reduce waste, measure opportunity costs, share resources and capitalize on assets to achieve social and economic policy goals.
First Place Winner of the 2012 Public Sector Innovation Award
Instiglio, a company started by Harvard students, aims to apply a social impact bond model to emerging market contexts. Social impact bonds allow governments to contract with a third party to fill gaps in available services, but unlike a standard procurement arrangement, these contracts are only paid if they achieve the desired outcome. In the United States, federal, state and local governments have been examining social impact bonds as a means of improving their local communities during tight budget cycles through a pay-for-success framework.
Instiglio is developing social impact bonds for the US as well as emerging markets. Current projects include pilot programs for the government of Botswana and other governments in sub-Saharan Africa.
Second Place Winner of the 2012 Public Sector Innovation Award
One Degree, a project led by Harvard Kennedy School student Rey Faustino, is a web and mobile application for social services that aims to increase citizen access to support services and create awareness of available programs in local communities.
The "Yelp-like" web platform allows users to access, review, rate and share information about local non-profit, government and community resources in much the same way that individuals share information about restaurants and other venues on applications.
One Degree is working to build a network of organizations, schools and other community institutions to support information sharing about the app itself and its services. Faustino hopes that allowing information to be spread by the users of these programs and benefits will shift power back to low-income and immigrant communities.


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I was working on my motorcycle and towards the end needed a ride out to test the work but I also felt a bit peckish.
I went over to my localish subway on the bike and in my scruffy bike working clothes, Put the helmet on a table then ordered my chicken Teriyaki. with Olives, tomato and Lettuce with a drizzle of honey mustard...Lush.
As I turn around towards the table after paying (it is a small subway) there is a young couple with two kids and no tables left, I offer the one I was going to go to, remove the crash helmet and go outside.
They have no tables or chairs outside, so just around the corner from the door, I sit their on the concrete path unwrapping my sub, legs crossed in my dirty clothes and an old couple go past and throw a pound in my lap
It was at that point I new I had made it
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That's the best story I've heard all week xD
You finally made it!
You finally made it!
You're all dead and I'm your eternal punishment.
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Better than being one of the other reason for hanging about on street corners
You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. - Muhammad Ali
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I tried selling my arse once, all I got was two shirt buttons and a bag of Haribo to vacate the prime real estate
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Considering that people could have thrown a wide variety of things at you, I think you did quite well!
Considering that people could have thrown a wide variety of things at you, I think you did quite well!
If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
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The XXM55M-T is an M5 Soapbar shaped bass pickup for the neck position. The split coil design features a deep tone.The pickup is designed for extended string width of 64 to 80mm in low-curvature fingerboards.
The "original series" bass pickups with passive designs. They are cast in epoxy to remove unwanted feedback and microphonics.
Please check the physical size of the pickups you want to replace to make sure the replacements fit properly.
- Length = 4.50"(114.30mm) Width = 1.50"(38.10mm)
Please Note:Bartolini does not provide screws with their pickups. If you need pickup screws, you can get them on the Pickup Screws page.


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About three years ago, former Tuscaloosan Dylan Riley Snyder lived in New York City, where he swung from Broadway trees as young Tarzan in the Disney spectacle of the same name and had to make the hard call between a Todd Solondz film co-starring Allison Janney, Ciaran Hinds, Charlotte Rampling and Paul Reubens or the new kid role being written for the revival of "West Side Story."
About three years ago, former Tuscaloosan Dylan Riley Snyder lived in New York City, where he swung from Broadway trees as young Tarzan in the Disney spectacle of the same name and had to make the hard call between a Todd Solondz film co-starring Allison Janney, Ciaran Hinds, Charlotte Rampling and Paul Reubens or the new kid role being written for the revival of "West Side Story."
But for the past three years he's been living and working out of Los Angeles, recognizable coast-to-coast as nerdy martial artist Milton from Disney XD Channel's "Kickin' It," which just got news of its fourth-season renewal.
Dylan is back in Alabama for a few weeks, visiting sister Cassidy Evans May, her 8-month-old son, Avery, and other family, but making time to stop off to sign autographs at the West Alabama State Fair and stop off at Taco Casa for sweet tea on his way to visit old friends at Theatre Tuscaloosa.
Now 16, he actually drove cross-country for this trip home, with mom Ashley riding shotgun.
"I think the main difference (in New York and Los Angeles) is just the transportation," he said. "If you think about it, it's kind of the same place. Los Angeles is just spread out over much more area. It takes you two hours to go six miles."
Ashley and Dylan live in West Hollywood, near the Hollywood Center Studios where "Kickin' It" is filmed, so the commute isn't much of an issue.
"But to get to Santa Monica, where (Dylan)'s agent lives, on any given day, it can be a 15-minute drive or a two-hour drive," Ashley said. "I've gained the 20 pounds I lost in New York, because you can't walk anywhere."
They moved to L.A. for the show; Dylan was getting good work in New York, including the stint on Broadway, the Solondz film, "Life During Wartime," an acclaimed off-Broadway show and that flirtation with another Broadway run in "West Side Story." But "Kickin' It" films on the West Coast. Disney's theatrical side and television side don't really communicate, he said, so he had to prove himself all over again for TV. It wasn't until after they'd seen his work ethic that "Kickin' It" crew started asking Dylan: "You're a real actor, aren't you?"
But among his many homes, he still counts Tuscaloosa, where Cassidy lives, and Petal, Miss., where dad Les Snyder still works and lives, and where the family comes together at times. His start came here, playing youngster roles such as Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol," Michael in "Peter Pan," Dill in "To Kill A Mockingbird," and the youngest of the "no-necked monsters" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for Theatre Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre and the University of Alabama.
Cassidy had done some theater; he'd grown up attending her rehearsals, and soon got the bug himself.
Tuscaloosa directors Paul K. Looney, Stacy Alley, Michael Carr and Tina F. Turley encouraged and supported him, and Raphael Crystal, musical theater director at UA, who coached Dylan on "Pippin" and "Assassins," indirectly helped him land a vocal coach who Crystal knew by reputation.
Even before moving to New York, the Snyder family would take Dylan to the Big Apple for auditions. He got callbacks for big shows such as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and "Peter Pan," so once they found an apartment to sublet, Ashley and Dylan moved, in early 2006. Les stayed on to keep the Petal fires burning, and Cassidy, then 21, stayed in Tuscaloosa to continue her studies, though the whole family came together to see Dylan's Broadway debut.
The break for "Tarzan" came through a process initially involving hundreds of boys. Dylan impressed Disney not just with his talent, but with the little things from his theatrical background like paying attention to directions. Casting directors would set six or seven young boys loose in a room and leave, telling them to sit and be quiet; when they came back in, Dylan would be the only one actually sitting quietly.
He started working on Broadway in September 2006; because of his youth and the physical demands of the show, he alternated the young Tarzan role with another young actor. The show closed in July 2007, but Dylan continued to work as an actor and model, getting print and TV commercials, doing voice-overs and landing a couple of "Sesame Street" roles. In 2009, he came back to the New York stage as Young Horace Robedaux, a key role in Horton Foote's off-Broadway "The Orphans' Home Cycle." The "Kickin' It" opportunity came in 2010.
"We kinda made the decision to move because of the show," Dylan said. "Once we did, it was just, 'Let's stick with the path and see where it goes.'
"We just ended the third season; it's gone by super-quickly. I can remember the day we moved. It felt like yesterday. We recently got picked up for a fourth season," which means about a dozen more episodes, with possible extensions.
Dylan didn't have any martial arts experience in 2010, so the process began with a two-week boot camp, during which he quickly realized he'd have to start taking physical training seriously. Now he works over his dad when they playfully wrestle back home in Petal.
"Dad can't handle my Brazilian jiu-jitsu, even though he's twice my size," Dylan said.
Although Disney XD is one of a plethora of offerings on cable, "Kickin' It" is a hit by those standards.
"We're highest on our network," Dylan said. "Our reruns are getting more than the other shows' new episodes when they come out, which is phenomenal."
"They're getting close to a million viewers per show," Ashley said.
Dylan has continued to develop his craft in the process, learning, as the rest of the cast and crew are, how to get the work done efficiently. Each episode has multiple plot lines, and then add in the fight choreography, and it becomes a tough shoot.
"Last season it just clicked; so many big shows we just nailed," he said.
When he started in television, he said he found similarities to theater — learning lines, playing to the imaginary fourth wall, projecting to the back row.
"Now I find it's its own branch. I've gotten spoiled: 'I didn't do a good job on that take, let's roll it again.' You can't do that on stage," he said. "But stage has taught me being quick on my feet. If somebody blows a line, I can ad-lib for them, or jump in and guide them there."
A season typically takes eight months, with three weeks of solid work broken up by a week off. Even the physically demanding "Tarzan" was nothing compared to the drain he feels from shooting "Kickin' It."
"When he's off, he rests, stays in bed and plays Xbox," Ashley said.
Dylan said he would like to move back into theater down the road, but he's been avoiding letting the Disney people know he can sing.
"I want to be an actor who sings. I don't want them to think of me as a singer," he said.
But chances are he might take a little break whenever the "Kickin' It" run ends. He has some simpler dreams, like attending the University of Alabama, maybe studying physics. He's learning to play bass. He'd like to tailgate at a Crimson Tide game.
Meantime, as they're packing up to leave Taco Casa, Ashley says to her son, "You've got mail."
"Really?" Dylan replies.
It's their code for "You have fans who've just spotted you."
Two young girls, goggle-eyed, need to meet Milton. Dylan, like an old pro, turns with a smile.


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Kaci Battaglia - RETURNS WITH HIT SINGLE "BODY SHOTS" FEATURING LUDACRIS
August 26, 2010 – Returning with the party anthem of the summer, ever-glamorous KACI BATTAGLIA has done it again, following up her hit single "Crazy Possessive," with yet another smash: "Body Shots" featuring super-star rapper LUDACRIS. Already exploding at radio and charting in clubs across the country, Kaci welcomes the reception with open arms, as she awaits the release of her aptly titled album "Bring It On" (Curb Records) on September 21st.
Based on a conversation that Kaci had had with some of her girlfriends right before her 21st birthday, "Body Shots'" sassy lyrics were penned by Battaglia, who has co-written all of the songs on her upcoming release. "I had been talking to some of my friends about what we were going to do when I turned 21," Kaci explains "and they were pushing for me to try a body shot. Later that day, when we were in the studio, I decided to see if I could capture what that experience might be like in a song. It was really fun to write and it already goes down a storm when I perform it live!"
Kaci and Ludacris recently shot a music video for "Body Shots" which you can see here: http://bit.ly/a9lUeM. Battaglia says, "Ludacris and I had an incredible time shooting the clip with European director, Stephanie Pistel – working in studios in both New York and Miami. We took a very symbolic approach to the video and hope that we came up with something classy, fresh and fun."
"Body Shots" was written by Kaci with long-time collaborators Michael Grant, Arianna Wilson, and Jarreau and Trevor Pitts. The song is the second release taken from her upcoming album "Bring It On". "Much like this new single, the album title came to me quite easily," says Battaglia. "I was inspired by personal positivity and power. I am ready for anything that comes my way – and in fact, I can't wait!"
Kaci had much success with her 2009 debut "Crazy Possessive" which she describes as "an electro-pop dance track with an edge - definitely aggressive, which fits the song, but a lot of fun. It is a strong topic with a positive message, and a lot of girls are able to relate to it."


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I am just getting into this awesome sport here in Okinawa, Japan.
Is there anyone out there that has experience riding here or would like to get together and go out for a ride?
Hope to see some people out on the water soon.
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