Lessons From Israel
October 3, 2002
Michael Berkow, police chief for more than one year, spent part of a recent trip to Israel shadowing an on-duty general responsible for supervising a rock concert.
Andrea Adelson
Reconsidering Terrorism in the U.S.
October 3, 2002
Even a year after Sept. 11, Americans still seem unprepared to see their way of life as under assault, according to Yehudit Barsky, director of the American Jewish Committee\’s (AJC) Middle East and international terrorism division.
A Tale of Two Torahs
October 3, 2002
About this time two years ago, congregants of Tustin\’s Congregation B\’nai Israel lined their synagogue\’s sanctuary, making a human chain as Rabbi Eli Spitz unrolled a 150-year-old Czech Torah that survived the Holocaust. In places, its letters were faded and illegible making it un-kosher, ritually unfit for use.
College-Style Outreach
October 3, 2002
Attempting to broaden its outreach to adults with little understanding of Judaism, the Chabad-Lubavitch Orthodox movement has professionally developed a suite of college-style courses and schooled a select group of rabbis in modern teaching methods.
The Sound of Cantors
September 5, 2002
For Shannon McGrady Bane, the music of the High Holidays had always welled up into a transcendent, life-changing event.
Honey for the Holidays
September 5, 2002
In a symbolic and literal demonstration of support for Israel, Orange County\’s Jewish organizations are waging a cooperative campaign to send a bit of new year\’s cheer to two economically hard-pressed coastal communities near Israel\’s Gaza this month.&\’9;
Students Get Religion
September 5, 2002
The Sept. 11 terrorist attack propelled already soaring interest in religious studies courses at mainstream college campuses in Orange County and around the nation.
Something to Talk About
September 5, 2002
Their subjects will range from anti-Semitism to baseball\’s Ted Williams, from the messianic era to Disney\’s \”The Lion King.\”
Exhibit Features Trauma-Inspired Art
August 1, 2002
Surviving a near-fatal auto accident deepened the realism in the work of Buena Park artist Carol Goldmark. Her renderings of flowers, previously painted in full bloom as a metaphor for beauty, now are depicted across the floral lifespan — newly formed clenched buds to withering limp petals. \”The accident lifted the veil,\” says Goldmark, whose work is part of \”Art Heals, Art Works,\” an exhibit that begins Aug. 4 at the Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave.
‘United We Flourish’
August 1, 2002
Putting his own twist on a frequently invoked slogan, Lou Weiss, the newly elected president of Orange County\’s Jewish Federation, intends to make inclusiveness a priority during his tenure
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