Hollywood gets hot for Israel
ARTS & CULTURE
By Dina Kraft
      TEL AVIV (JTA)—In the dim light of an art house movie theater, Darren Star, creator of "Sex and the City" and "Beverly Hills 90210," pauses during a talk to Israeli and U.S. screenwriters, directors and producers to let them in on a little secret: Some of his favorite creations were canceled.
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Have American Students Been Left Behind?
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law started out in 2002 with high hopes. It called for all the nation's schools to bring 100 percent of their students to proficiency in reading and math by 2014.
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times
      A survey of seventeen-year-olds in early 2008 who were asked history and literature questions revealed the following results: • Fewer than half knew when the Civil War was fought. • One in four said Columbus sailed to the New World after l750, not in 1492.
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Political Cartoon
     
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A View of the Absurd
Who Will Be Our First Trillionaire?
JACK ENGELHARD Special to the Jewish Times
      Those who have read the book or seen the movie "Indecent Proposal" know what it's about - what would you do for a million dollars? At the time that I wrote and published the novel back in the mid-1980s, a million dollars was real money. That's how we defined RICH, by the millions.
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Israel Viewpoint
Maccabiah Chai!
STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent
      Israel's 2009 Maccabiah Chai is the eighteenth rendition of one of the world's largest athletic events.The alphabetical symbol in Hebrew for the number eighteen is pronounced "chai," which is also the word used for "life." This happy coincidence makes Maccabiah Chai the perfect name for this fabulous festival of Zionism and sport.
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Honorable 'Menschen'
By Howard Berger ... and YOU.
      Anyone deserving of an 'Honorable Menschen,' can contact Howard Berger via his e-mail: Howardberger9798@aol.com or by fax: 822-3670.
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