Woman’s Voice
May 11, 2000
Dear Mom, I write to you again this Mother\’s Day. But this time, a little wiser and more grateful for you; more grateful because now I have two children of my own.
Marlene Adler Marks
Lone Prairie
April 13, 2000
We think we know what a Jew looks like (Jews-by-choice are putting that to the test), how a Jew eats (Sephardim are expanding that notion) and certainly where a Jew lives.
Million Mom March
April 6, 2000
Until Buford O. Furrow, Jr. opened fire on the North Valley Jewish Community Center (NVJCC) in Granada Hills last August, the fight for sensible gun laws was something most of us left to our elected representatives.
Marjorie Morningstar Lives
March 23, 2000
Here\’s news you can use for Jewish Women\’s History Month: \”Marjorie Morningstar\” lives!
The New Jewish “Vote” ?
March 9, 2000
It\’s no secret that Jewish voters are turned off to Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Now we know how turned off they are.
Youthful Predictions
March 2, 2000
When it comes to the Jewish vote in next Tuesday\’s 13-state primary, George W. Bush is a dead man.
State Races Get Hot
February 24, 2000
As I made the rounds of endless cocktail parties and debates two weeks before March 7 primary day, I could see that the Jewish community has little reason to cheer term limits, just as it will not likely salute restrictions on campaign contributions, if that should ever come to pass. The Jewish community has spent much of the past 30 years learning the effective use of government for the wider public good. The race between Assembly members Wally Knox and Sheila Kuehl to replace State Senator Tom Hayden is another case of chopping our institutional wisdom at its root. Newly-installed Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, already regarded as one of the most effective and professional legislators of his generation, will be term-limited out of office at the next election term.
Ernestine Bradley’s Message
February 17, 2000
\”The Holocaust has been used as a word without much content,\” she said. \”When German writers use the word \’Holocaust\’ they don\’t have to think about children and women. We have yet to come to terms with mourning, the sorrow, the pain of them having destroyed a culture and a tradition.\”
Seasons
February 3, 2000
The warm-up room at the \”Y\” where I exercise is right next door to the children\’s playroom. While I perform a sun salutation, I hear a little girl calling out in a tiny excited voice.
\”Can I have one? I want one!\”
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