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Book review: Peter Beinart's 'The Crisis of Zionism' sounds call
Nearly all the considerable attention generated by Peter Beinart's "The Crisis of Zionism" has focused on its final 81/2 pages. There, warning that the "hour is late," he calls for liberal supporters of Israeli democracy to engage in "direct action"...
Tags: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Labor Legislation, Israel
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Israel's national photo collection being released for free use
World NowThe Israeli government is gradually releasing its National Photo Collection from copyright restrictions.... -
ISRAEL: Yom Kippur war protocols declassified, provoking debate
Babylon & BeyondA few months ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved new regulations allowing state archives to extend classification of material from a period of 50 years to 70. The decision was made following pressure from Israel's security services and... -
Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSince announcing her resignation, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been pummeled by critics who have called her incoherent, a quitter, a joke and a "political train wreck." And those were fellow Republicans talking. Palin has been a polarizing figure from...Tags: Republican Party, Regional Authority, Lee Terry, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney
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Valerie Harper tackles Tallulah
Special to The TimesTHESE days, the actress formerly known as Rhoda sports personas vastly different from the straight-talking New Yorker she created for television's classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda." Three decades later, Valerie Harper...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Tony Awards, Death, Pearl S. Buck, Alfred Hitchcock
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William Gibson dies at 94; Tony Award-winning playwright was best known for 'The Miracle Worker'
William Gibson, 94, a Tony Award-winning playwright best known for "The Miracle Worker," the inspirational story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan, died Tuesday at his home in Stockbridge, Mass. The family did not disclose the cause of death....Tags: Anne Bancroft, Sammy Davis Jr., Henry Fonda, Health and Safety at School, Movies
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The next leader of Israel?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to quit after his centrist Kadima party chooses a new leader in September could trigger early national elections. These are some of his possible successors: Tzipi Livni Foreign minister and chief negotiator...Tags: Politics, Tzipi Livni, Kadima, Religious Conflicts, Career and Workplace
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Israel's crisis of leadership
Israel is in the throes of a grave crisis of leadership. General elections are scheduled for Feb. 10, and there is no widely respected or overwhelmingly popular leader in sight. Even with the existential threat of a nuclear Iran looming over the country,...Tags: Tzipi Livni, Parties and Movements, Religious Conflicts, Amos Oz, Ehud Olmert
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Negotiating the Mideast
American presidents have never had an easy time in the Middle East. For 60 years, they have been trying to make peace, or just prevent recurrent wars, and the record of success is thin while the death toll from the violence is disturbingly high.
The...Tags: Richard Nixon, Peace Negotiations, Religious Conflicts, Palestinian Liberation Organization, George H.W. Bush
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Madame president
While Americans were looking for a president who could inspire hope, so were the producers of "24." Last season's leaders ran amok, and the show's writers wanted to shake things up with someone who could stand up to Jack Bauer. Fortunately for them,...Tags: Crimes, Hillary Clinton, Tony Awards, 24 (tv program), Celebrities
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The past haunts Richard Nixon's library
The statues depict two old men relaxing in easy chairs. As others mill about the drawing room, the men engage in conversation, one gesturing at the other to underscore a point. For nearly 20 years the likenesses of China's communist leaders Mao Tse-tung...Tags: Crimes, Richard Nixon, Death, Sculpture, Armed Forces
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Old Globe to present Tovah Feldshuh in 'Golda's Balcony'
Culture MonsterFour-time Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh will star in "Golda's Balcony," William Gibson's drama about former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, which will open in May at the Old Globe in San Diego. Globe executive producer Lou Spisto says the production........
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