Short Takes

Teens' Tales Of Terror

05/24/2002 | by Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

In Israel's public relations war, one of its best weapons is 16-year-old Gili Karo.
Karo, who lives on a moshav in central Israel, was one of seven Israeli high school students in New York this month pressing Israel's case in media interviews, at the United Nations Special Session on Children and in appearances at schools and synagogues.
The teens were telling the world what life has been like in Israel over these last 19 months since the start of the Palestinian intifada.

Haider's Latest Salvo

05/17/2002 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Israel doesn't have many friends in Europe so it doesn't exactly come as a shock that Jorg Haider, former head of Austria's governing far-right Freedom Party, said he thinks "it's a good idea" that Iraq sends $25,000 to the families of Palestinian terrorists who blow themselves up to kill Israelis.

Whose Tenement Is It?

05/17/2002 | by Julia Goldman | Staff Writer

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum's bid to take over the tenement next door is heating up for a new round of fighting.

Paid Leave For Nevison

05/10/2002 | by Debra Nussbaum Cohen | Staff Writer

Temple Emanu-El has granted its cantor, who is awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused his young nephew, a paid leave of absence, The Jewish Week has learned.
A letter sent to members last week from Robert Bernhard, the temple's president, said Cantor Howard Nevison has been on leave since Feb. 20, the day of his arrest, when he was "relieved of all duties."
A source connected with the synagogue said it is a paid leave "because this is not punitive."

Feeling The Church's Pain

05/03/2002 | by Eric J. Greenberg | Staff Writer

As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops gets set to meet next month in Dallas to hammer out a policy on how to deal with priests who sexually abuse children, one Long Island rabbi is offering his help and empathy.

"We in the Jewish community feel the pain of the Catholic Church," said Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin of The Community Synagogue in Port Washington, L.I., and a vice president of the Long Island Board of Rabbis.

Remembering Barbie's Jewish Mother

05/03/2002 | by Eric J. Greenberg | Staff Writer

Ruth Moskowitz was the youngest of 10 children born to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents Jacob and Ida. Little did they imagine that their baby daughter would grow up to create one of America's most popular icons.
As the creator of the Barbie doll and co-founder of the Mattel Toy Corp., Ruth became one of the country's most enterprising and powerful businesswomen.