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Article: Be your own hero
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- Jerusalem Post
- Article date:
- October 13, 1996
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STEWART WEISS
Jerusalem Post
10-13-1996
WHERE have all the heroes gone? As I look around, I can't seem to find any.
Who is it that turns our young people on? Whom do they look up to, whom do they emulate? Who are the role models that inspire them to higher goals, that motivate them to rise above the crowd and do something extraordinary with their lives?
The cupboard, alas, seems bare. Even those celebrities who achieve stardom seem to project only the most negative personas and mores.
One local pop "hero" dodges the military and exhorts his young followers to leave the country. Another pop star from across the ocean goes on trial for child molestation, and leads a frighteningly bizarre ...