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Jewish Journal
March 18, 2015
Is there such a thing as Jewish art?
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A Manual for the Auntie-to-Be
Erika Dreifus
April 8, 2004
It seemed that lots of people — including total strangers — had plenty of advice to offer my sister and my brother-in-law before the birth of their first child, an event the entire extended family anticipated for late summer 2003. And it wasn\’t just a matter of kindly (if ultimately incorrect) projections about the baby\’s gender or rueful warnings about all those sleepless nights to come.
Money Buys Control
Bill Boyarsky
April 1, 2004
The angry man in the back of the room at El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana was shaking his fist and calling us crooks.
I made a big mistake — eye contact. With me in his range, he raised his hand, and I think his middle finger, and yelled, \”You!\” Being a city ethics commissioner, I didn\’t think I should be called a crook in public.
Exile the So-So Seder
Sandee Brawarsky
April 1, 2004
Some people like their Passover seders just as they remember them: the same lines recited by the same relatives with the same emphasis, the same songs, jokes and foods, the same delicate glassware that picks up the light in a certain way, reflecting past and present.
The Art of Religion
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
March 25, 2004
How did Israelite religion develop and evolve in its earliest years? What influences led to the centralization of power during the First Temple period? And how did changing perceptions of God fit into all of this?
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