Amy Klein
Market Yourself Into Marriage
Why are you single?\” The woman who recently hurled this accusation at me, I suppose, intended it as a compliment: how could someone as ________ as me not have a husband?
15 Years Ago: Cast Thy Sins Away
If you\’ve ever been to Ocean Parkway — that long thoroughfare traversing all neighborhoods Brooklyn, connecting the BQE from "The City" (Manhattan), to the Belt Parkway from Long Island — you\’d have seen the two "island" streets lining the two outer streets like an Israeli flag, where old men played chess, young mothers strolled their children and we teenagers hung out.
Life After ‘Sex’
\”I would prefer to marry someone who\’s Jewish,\” Cindy Chupack said, because most Jews have a \”built-in sense of humor, just because we\’ve had to develop one; it\’s one of our survival instincts or something.\” She finds humor really sexy, and likes Jewish family values, \”but we haven\’t cornered the market on that,\” she said.
Ready or Not
There is a new High Holiday book on my shelf that I have been avoiding assiduously, if only for the exalted title: \”This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared.\” Rabbi Alan Lew\’s book, subtitled, \”The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation,\” reminds me that the summer is ending, and the time has come to prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Are You Ready?
There is a new High Holiday book on my shelf that I have been assiduously avoiding, if only because of the ominous title: "This Is Real and You You Are Completely Unprepared."
Faith in Travel
Vail, Colo., might seem like Siberia compared to the more established Jewish community of Los Angeles, yet here in Lionshead (elevation: 10,350 feet) there\’s some 75 Jews gathered for Shabbat morning services.
Pedophiles or Victims? You Decide
When I met with Andrew Jarecki, director of the disturbing new documentary, \”Capturing the Friedmans,\” I was prepared to ask him dozens of questions about the Jewish aspects of the film: Does it make the Jewish community look bad? How does it relate to the community today? How does his own New York Jewish upbringing relate to the subjects of the film? After all, this film about pedophilia concerns a suburban Jewish family living in the very Jewish suburb of Great Neck, Long Island.
A Cup of Irony
Raised Conservative and a member of a Reform temple in Seattle, Howard Schultz said it was his first trip to Israel. \”I was blown away. I had a sensory overload,\” he told me for a story in The Jerusalem Post.
Muskin: Man on a Mission for Israel
Back in November, when the war in Iraq was looming, Rabbi Elazar Muskin planned a Passover mission to Israel.
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