April 27, 1998 Issue
"Sometimes I dont think we Israelis know how to put aside the strains of daily life and celebrate."
-- Gad Ben-Ari, "Midlife Crisis"
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FEATURES Midlife Crisis BY CRAIG HOROWITZ As Israel turns 50, are American Jews losing their long-standing passion for its survival? Bitter conflicts -- Orthodoxy versus secularism; hard-liners versus peaceniks -- have divided Israel from within and alienated Americans. And even the birthday celebration is causing angry rifts. A Girlfriend Writes William Shawn, for 35 years The New Yorkers editor and one of the worlds most private public figures, had one dramatic secret: Reporter Lillian Ross and he carried on a decades-long affair and even raised a child outside Shawns 63-year marriage. Now Ross, said to be encouraged by current New Yorker editor Tina Brown, is publishing a memoir. Goings on about town. Room Service Turning a two-room disaster into a stylish apartment required everything from enlarging doors and replacing moldings to hunting down pieces to flatter the few gems the clients already owned. Interior designer Thomas OBrien proves that what you see depends very much on skill you dont. GOTHAM
| DEPARTMENTS The Culture Business BY JEREMY GERARD After five high-flying years, producer Garth Drabinsky stumbles The Bottom Line The Citigroup merger means the Masters of the Universe will share a letterhead with your bank teller The Insatiable Critic Eat at Joes . . . Again: A Village landmark gets a second rehab MARKETPLACE Hand-painted lampshades; an egg-cream kit Sales & Bargains Glass menagerie: Free good wine and half-price spectacles THE ARTS The Object of My Affection means to be sassy, but its squirm-inducing
| Theater BY JOHN SIMON BAMs stripped-down Othello reveals emotional complexity Classical Music Great Britten: Paul Bunyan returns after two decades Dance Eliot Felds noble social experiment fails for lack of rigor Television An insouciant Merlin; a rapturous Helen Mirren Pop Music P of the city: The Artist, live in New York CUE Intelligencer |