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FAU students celebrate Israel's birthday
Crowds of students recently came together to sing, dance and celebrate Israel's 65th birthday at the Traditions Plaza on Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus. The Independence Day celebration was co-sponsored by the Hillel of Broward and...Tags: Judaism, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Israel, Florida Atlantic University, Alpha (racehorse)
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Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles
It began in 1964 as a Time magazine photo assignment for Henry Grossman to cover the Beatles' debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It developed over the years into a deep friendship between Grossman and the group, one that allowed him rare access...Tags: John Lennon, EMI Group Ltd., Book, The Who (music group), Human Accomplishments
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In Israel, efforts to draft new draft law flounder
World NowIsrael's latest attempt to reform its military-draft law has failed, as the committee assigned to determine means of including more ultra-Orthodox Jews and Israeli Arabs was unable to "formulate a recommendation that would achieve a Knesset majority,"... -
Book review: 'Jerusalem' by Simon Sebag Montefiore
![Simon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of the faiths — Christianity, Islam and Judaism — that have contended for Jerusalem would surely be high enough to reach the celestial home of any one of them. Not that politicians come off any better than believers here. Anyone frustrated by the intractable stalemate in the contemporary Middle East peace process may take grim comfort from the knowledge that Jerusalem has been a flash point for global warfare since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs: "the desire and prize of empires," as Montefiore puts it, "yet of no strategic value."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66646391-08143359.jpg "Simon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of the faiths — Christianity, Islam and Judaism — that have contended for Jerusalem would surely be high enough to reach the celestial home of any one of them. Not that politicians come off any better than believers here. Anyone frustrated by the intractable stalemate in the contemporary Middle East peace process may take grim comfort from the knowledge that Jerusalem has been a flash point for global warfare since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs: "the desire and prize of empires,\" as Montefiore puts it, \"yet of no strategic value.\"")
Special to Tribune NewspapersSimon Sebag Montefiore's epic survey of Jerusalem's sanguinary history does not inspire confidence in the civilizing qualities of religion. The pile of corpses accumulated over millenniums from the persecutions both perpetrated and endured by all three of...Tags: Biography (genre), Islam, The Washington Post, Book, Religion and Belief
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Israel's Netanyahu calls early elections for September
World NowPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Sunday he is moving to dismantle what has been considered one of the more stable coalition governments in Israel’s history and calling for early elections in September.... -
Al Schwimmer dies at 94; founder of Israel's aerospace industry
Al Schwimmer, a former aircraft engineer who smuggled American planes to Israel for its 1948 war of independence, founded its aerospace industry and later became a figure in the Iran-Contra affair, died in Tel Aviv on Friday, his 94th birthday.
The cause...Tags: New York, Los Angeles, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Foreign Aid, Heads of State
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In Theory: Miracles for Money?
They come to be healed. They are people afflicted with everything from paralysis, cancer to blindness. Some travel great distances for a promise to be healed instantly in the name of Jesus Christ. ABC's "Nightline" this week aired a report titled "Turning...Tags: Weather, Mobile, Feet, Health and Medical Professionals, Los Angeles
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David L. Ulin on Mahmoud Darwish
Jacket CopyDavid L. Ulin on the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and his recently retranslated book Journal of an Ordinary Grief.... -
Donald S. Kellermann dies at 83; led Times Mirror research group
Donald S. Kellermann, who brought a new depth to opinion polling on politics, public policy and the media as founding director of the Times Mirror Center for the People & the Press, died Tuesday of liver cancer at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 83....Tags: Liver Cancer, Research, Nassau County, Politics, Ethics
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Tel Aviv: A modern city in an ancient land
I expected to be transformed by my first visit to Israel, and especially Jerusalem, the cradle of three faiths, a traveler's Holy Grail. But when I returned to Rome for Christmas, I was surprised to realize that what I remember most is not ancient,...Tags: Immigration, Ceremonies, New York, Martha Graham, Death
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Is peace out of reach?
AARON DAVID MILLER, who served at the State Department as an advisor to six secretaries of State, is a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. His forthcoming book, "The Much Too Promised Land," will beYASSER ARAFAT was the first to arrive. He came by presidential helicopter, his black and white kaffiyeh flapping in the cool evening breeze. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and President Clinton arrived the next day. And then there were three, a trio of...Tags: Ehud Barak, Gaza Strip, Washington (U.S. state), Gaza Crisis (2008), Kadima
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Pedro 'Cuban Pete' Aguilar, mambo legend, dies at 81
Associated PressPedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s who performed for presidents and other world leaders and was featured in Life magazine, has died. He was 81. The mambo legend died Jan. 13 of heart failure at the Sinai Plaza...Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Miami City Ballet, Desi Arnaz, Antonio Banderas, Entertainment
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