Tensions rise in Black Jewish ties after The Pawn Broker theme
The piece examines how a 1965 film about a Jewish pawn broker in Harlem foreshadowed or echoed real tensions between Jewish and Black communities amid debates over affirmative action Israel policy and the handling of Andrew Young's U.N. post. It notes shared past oppression and warns against letting current conflicts erode unity. A planned summit aims to address these rifts and rebuild coalitions.
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Andrew Young
United Nations
Rod Steiger
Harlem
Brock Peters
Steiger
Peters
The
Urban League
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
B’nai B'rith
Anti-Defamation League
Young
U.N. Post
Ganizations
Israel
Africa
Middle East
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Rhodesia
Union of South Africa
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Ku Klux Klan
Public won’t ignore bad economic news in Carter era
The Carter administration plans to downplay a grim economic report from a government task force led by G. William Miller. It projects unemployment at 8.2 percent in 1980, production down 1.4 percent, and inflation remaining double digits. Economists warn the policy stance weakens confidence amid a volatile economy.
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Carter
America
Treasury
G. William Miller
Young Carter aides under fire in PLO contact flap
Washington opinion columnist Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover argue United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, a high profile ally of President Carter, damaged Carter by an unauthorized PLO contact. The piece critiques Carter's tolerance, cabinet shakeups, and public perception of weak leadership.
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Jack W. Germond
Jules Witcover
Washington
United Nations
Andrew Young
Carter
Carter faces pressure over choosing black successor for UN envoy
The black community presses Carter as he ponders replacing U.N. ambassador William Davis Young. Critics warn of politics as usual, while supporters urge a capable black diplomat to address Third World and Jewish relations amid 1980 re election concerns.
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Bert Lance
Carter
Young
Great Britain
Peoria
Jordan
Ted Kennedy
Atlanta
Tyrone Brooks
Brooks
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Joseph Lowery
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Palestinian Liberation Organization
America
New York
PLO
United States
U.N
The Sick Society and the Disco Obsession
Russell Baker comments on 1970s America describing hospitals and discos as cures while noting rampant consumerism and fear of illness. He mocks narcotics, media, gasoline violence, and political hypocrisy before returning to a disco obsession and personal frustration with modern life.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
America
National Enquirer
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