Word: diasporas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Rabin was visibly distressed as he shook Arafat's eager hand. The Prime Minister began his remarks that day by calling the signing "not so easy" for himself or for the Jewish people in the Diaspora, who, he said, were "watching with great hope and apprehension...
...antecedents in the Jewish pale went by Ben Reb Tzadik (Son of the Master Scholar). Apparently there was an earlier pedagogue in our crowd. For tax purposes or other bureaucratic reasons, the authorities in a few countries around 1810 ordered Jews to give up generic Hebrew titles. Like all Diaspora Jews over the centuries, the first Baratz did what seemed necessary to adapt, adding vowels to the B, R and Tz of Ben Reb Tzadik to produce Baratz. So Harold Baratz, in his own way, adapted. But he lived long enough to understand that his was the last generation...
...Woman Warrior) and film (Ju Dou, Eat a Bowl of Tea) are full of descriptions of situations exactly like those in The Joy Luck Club. These situations existed in history and they exist now. They are alive and well in China and they are found throughout the Chinese diaspora. I am sure that some men do not relish their positions in the hierarchy and some may have actually rebelled, but the vast majority of us stayed quiet and reaped the benefits...
Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been a garrison state, devoting its energies and capital, and aid from foreign governments and Diaspora Jews, to building and maintaining a military establishment that would crush its Arab enemies. The expense has deprived Israel of funds needed for the enjoyment of an even better life and more vibrant economy...
...every satisfied Natasha, how many in the spreading diaspora are victims of pimps and gangs? "Almost all the women are abused," claims Antwerp social worker Patsy Sorenson, who has helped more than 40 East European prostitutes escape. "The Georgian Mafia is the most violent: rapes, threats with guns and beatings." Equally notorious in Berlin and Prague: the so-called Chechen Boys, North Caucasians who reportedly deal in weapons, counterfeit money, drugs and women. Francine Meert, head of Le Nid, a Brussels aid group, says, "Many of the girls have broken teeth. They say they fell downstairs. But there...