Top Gun Rabbi
August 14, 2003
While you won\’t find Sarah Schecter soaring through the skies like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun," the Los Angeles resident has the honor of becoming the Air Force\’s first female rabbi.
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Educator Retiring to Study in Israel
July 17, 2003
As he watched his students play basketball, Rabbi Yochanan Stepen\’s eyes lit up.
\”I felt like I was at Staples Center watching the Lakers play, and I was sitting next to Jack Nicholson,\” Stepen told them.
\”That excited the kids, because names from the news make it relevant,\” Stepen told The Journal.
Educator CombinesTwo Passions in Life
June 26, 2003
Metuka Benjamin was sitting in a taxicab in a Tel Aviv traffic jam when the Israeli prime minister\’s limousine happened to pull up next to her. The driver recognized Benjamin and told her to ditch her cab and he would take her where she wanted to go — and she did.
Sound of Silence
June 19, 2003
It suddenly occurred to me that the Holocaust was an attempted silencing of the Jews. While World War II was decades ago — and the camps were liberated — the quiet lingers. We\’re so far away from it all in the United States. In Poland, the wounds are still raw and it isn\’t something that the locals are comfortable talking about.
The Class of ’93
June 19, 2003
As students around the Southland graduate and move beyond high school, The Journal sought out some of the outstanding Jewish high school seniors of 10 years ago, talking with five of the 13 valedictorians of the Class of 1993.
Book Preps Jewish Students for College
May 22, 2003
Jeff Gabriel knows that when he arrives at the University of Colorado in Boulder this September, connecting to his Jewish roots won\’t be a priority.
Students Seek Justice for Americans in Israel
May 22, 2003
\”I\’d like to know that America is going to take actions against those who could be threatening me,\” said 17-year-old Ezra Pinsky, clutching his letter. \”It\’s not going to be a pleasant year if I\’m in danger.\”
Innovative Teachers Educate With Art
May 8, 2003
For Jonas Basom\’s students, a vocabulary lesson might involve a game of charades, and learning about the water cycle might entail moving around like an ocean wave and grumbling to mimic thunder. Instead of lecture notes, Basom\’s teaching tools include his trusty tambourine and a black \”magic\” hat.
Holocaust Programs Focus on Education
April 24, 2003
What do the Kurds have to do with Holocaust? More than you might think.
Survivor Film Aims to Educate Students
April 24, 2003
As a child at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, Marion Blumenthal Lazan spent hours looking for four identical pebbles inside her shabby living quarters.
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