Remembering the Comedians
May 16, 2002
Walking into Lillian Lux\’s Lower East Side home in New York is like entering a museum of Yiddish theater.
Peter Ephross
Surreal in the City
September 13, 2001
Even for North American Jews used to thinking about security issues at home — and confronting terrorist acts in Israel — the series of horrific acts that struck Tuesday came as a devastating, unimaginable blow.
Out of Bounds
April 26, 2001
A New York Knicks basketball player has more to worry about this week than his team\’s current opponent in the NBA playoffs — despite his apology.
Defending Greenberg
April 12, 2001
Rabbi Irving \”Yitz\” Greenberg has built a reputation as a man of letters, but not of the kind that have swirled around him lately.
In the latest volley in an escalating war of words, a majority of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council is defending Greenberg, the embattled council chair, against a campaign to unseat him over his role in the Marc Rich pardon scandal.
Orthodox Hoopster Skips Big Game for Shabbat
March 8, 2001
Add Tamir Goodman\’s name to the small Hebrew school sports pantheon.
Defending Israel
October 12, 2000
The organized North American Jewish community\’s reaction to the violent events in the Middle East can be summed up in a few words: solidarity with Israel.
Starting Over
September 14, 2000
Millions of immigrants have flocked to the United States looking for streets paved with gold. Lenny Krayzelburg, who came to Los Angeles from Odessa, Ukraine, in 1988 is searching for gold as well – but in a pool at Sydney\’s Olympic Games.
Motivated by Hate
May 4, 2000
Some Jewish facilities in Pittsburgh are under increased security following last week\’s shooting rampage that killed five minorities, including one Jewish woman.
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