LATEST ATTACKS RAISE FEAR OF NEW VIOLENCE Two terrorist incidents in the West Bank have some Israeli officials warning about a new stage in the five-year-old Palestinian intifada against Israel.
Twin drive-by shootings Sunday killed three Israelis in the West Bank and wounded four. Most of the casualties were teenage settlers trying to hitch rides home.

A Little Glimpse of Eden Biblical gardens: A picture of the past in present-day settings - Joshua Runyan Pittsburgh's Shadyside section is no oasis. Its Victorian era-inspired homesteads and mansions may provide a welcome respite from the city's more urban style of architecture, but the cacophony of traffic speeding along the Fifth Avenue thoroughfare is a reminder that the Western Pennsylvania metropolis is home to nearly 2 million people.

Kofi's U.N. Charm Offensive To listen to some people, the messiah has arrived at the United Nations. What was formerly a veritable cesspool of anti-Semitism is now, we are told, rapidly becoming a forum where Israel can get a fair shake.

Of War and Peace… and Music: Larry Kane offers revelations of John Lennon''s life as poet and protester - Michael Elkin Larry Kane''s got a ticket to write. It''s been stamped, punched, approved and validated in the best way possible: The broadcaster''s first two books have been best-sellers - one about his love affair with Philly; the other as being the lone ranger on the road accompanying the Beatles on their first American tours in the ''60s.

'A Blessing Upon the Face of the Earth' - Robert Leiter There's no coffee-table book quite like The Jewish World: 365 Days, published by the incomparable Abrams publishing house, which has given the world some of its most beautiful art books.

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