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Is The Death of Klinghoffer anti-Semitic? Performances of the opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 1991 were at the epicentre of a controversy that continues to this day; the New York audience was – and remains – uniquely hostile to the work. A careful reception analysis shows that New York audiences reacted vehemently not so much to an ideological position on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, but to specific nuances in the satirical portrayal of American Jewish characters in one controversial scene later cut from the opera, a scene that must be read closely and in relation to specifically American-Jewish questions of ethnic humour, assimilation, identity and multiculturalism in the mass media. I understand the opera's negative reception in the larger context of the increasingly severe crises that beset American Jewish self-identity during the Reagan-Bush era. Ultimately the historical ability of Jews to assimilate through comedy, to ‘enter the American culture on the stage laughing’, in Leslie Fiedler's famous formulation, will have to be reconsidered. A close reading of contested moments from the opera shows librettist Alice Goodman and composer John Adams avoiding the romance of historical self-consciousness as they attempt to construct a powerful yet subtle defence of the ordinary and unassuming.

\"We're actually complete with BRAC right now, as far as the actual moves and the facilities,\" [Edward Rothstein] said. \"There's going to be other changes and additions to Fort Meade.\" \"I'm looking at beyond BRAC,\" Rothstein said last week. \"I'm looking at BRAC and transformation - the increase of population and partner organizations and the need to service them.\" \"The idea is to get out there in uniform and tell folks what we do at Fort Meade,\" Rothstein said. \"The fence line is there for a purpose - to deter a threat that still exists. With that said, the community doesn't stop at the fence line.\"

Courtesy photo; From left, Col. Daniel L. Thomas, Russell B.

[Edward Rothstein] says it best: \"As the symbol of one of the country's most visited national parks, Old Faithful actually seems least faithful -- least suggestive of untrammeled nature. From its measured eruptions to its paved surroundings, it can seem a manufactured extravaganza. Three hotels have grown around it, the most famous of which, the 1904 Old Faithful Inn, probably inspires far more gasps, with its fanciful, rustic, pine-log construction, than the famed geyser's jets of water. And as for spectacle, the Bellagio's Las Vegas fountains outdo nature, at least in this case.\"

He points out that if history demonstrates anything, it is that \"what triumphs today will be defeated tomorrow.\" The arrogance of power can be tempered, he argues, by an \"empathetic philosophy of defeat.\" In these warnings, though, Schivelbusch has much company, because one aspect of American culture that he misses is how thoroughly the application of power is already accompanied by wariness over possible defeat, how diligently considerations of failure already accompany plans of action, and how contemporary seem the somber words of the Viennese newspaper addressing the triumphant Prussians in 1870: \"Victory is a poor adviser, and nations tend to slip on the blood they have shed.\" In fact, Schivelbusch's epilogue, with its cursory examination of recent events after Sept. 11, 2001, would have benefited from the same sharp attentiveness found in his three case histories of catastrophic defeats: the surrender of the South after the Civil War, the routing of France in the Franco- Prussian war of 1870-71 and the capitulation of Germany after the first World War.

2 PHOTOS by CATHERINE MEREDITH, The Morning Call; 1. Dr. [Edward Rothstein] checks the tonsils of 11-year-old Breanna Derstine of Harleysville at the Pennridge Pediatrics office in that community. For his clinical and research efforts on vaccines, the 59- year-old Rothstein will + receive the American Academy of Pediatrics Practitioner Award in October. 2. With Dr. Edward Rothstein holding his arm, 7-year-old Gunnar Bergey of Lederach is vaccinated by Peg McMunn, a registered nurse at Pennridge Pediatrics in Harleysville. Rothstein, who joined the group practice in 1972, will be honored in October + for helping develop vaccines.

Even 30 years ago, Midwood High School one of the city's highest- achieving schools was expecting top performances out of its students, alumni say. Board of Education President William Thompson (Class of 1970) credits Midwood with forcing the best out of him and paving the way for his acceptance at Tufts University, near Boston. \"Midwood was always a good high school,\" Thompson said. \"It has a certain level of learning, a focus on education. It helped me because it was such a competitive school. There have always been high expectations for students, and students have lived up to those expectations.\"

Selma (Melicovsky) Rothstein of West Hartford, died Tuesday, (February 20, 2001). She was the beloved wife, for 59 years, of Edward Rothstein. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Gertrude (Sackowitz) Melicovsky. She attended Hillyer College of the University of Hartford. Selma was a member of Temple Beth Sholom in Manchester and was active in Ort and Hadassah. She was an avid tennis player and swimmer and loved the performing arts and music.