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Selective Memory
It\’s not easy being 52, especially when you\’re a country. Israel and I are the same age, and I get the feeling it\’s harder on her than on me. The other night my high school classmates living in Israel got together for a 35th reunion. There were 116 graduates of our modern-Orthodox day school that June long ago, and today 12 of us live in Israel, four men and eight women. Half the women are grandmothers by now; one has a granddaughter the same age as my daughter. Jeepers, how time flies.
Dollars, Identity And Jewish Education
Religionists like to isolate homosexuals for special opprobrium because the Bible calls homosexuality an abomination.
Raising Boys
This past year, Toys R Us was excoriated for proposing and, in some instances, constructing separate \”Boys World\” and \”Girls World\” sections. But public outrage quickly forced the 707-store retailer to abandon this gender-based marketing concept, which it euphemistically referred to as \”logical adjacencies.\”Twenty years ago, I would have vehemently condemned Toys R Us\’ discriminatory actions, perhaps even joining the ranks of the politically correct protesters. Girls, I would have argued, have as much right to play with a Tonka truck as boys with a Little Tikes vacuum cleaner. And not only a right, a need.Twenty years ago, I was single, childless and clueless.
Worshipping at Haoman 17
When Haoman first opened its doors five years ago, says Jerusalem nightlife mogul Ruben Lublin, who is one of five owners of Haoman, the emphasis was on the music.
To Live and Try in L.A.
There are dozens of Jews in the Los Angeles Police Department; in fact, the city\’s first chief of police, in 1872, was Emil Harris, a Polish-Jewish refugee.
Surfing the Airwaves With Malibu Dan
Weekday nights, Daniel Finder, 28, loves to talk about Israel and being Jewish, his girlfriend Sara and his love of off-road racing to a devoted audience of 100,000.
In Whose Interest?
In the 1920\’s and 1930\’s, many people purchased life insurance policies as a primary means of achieving future financial security for their families.
Promoting Holocaust Denial
There is an eerie consistency to the mishandling of the David Irving story in the Los Angeles Times, which again on May 30, as on January 7, allowed itself to be used as a propaganda instrument for Holocaust denial.
Memories of Summer Camp
Deep down I knew that I had begun, quite consciously, the difficult task of becoming my own person, and wanted time and space in which to sort things out. At camp, without much effort, I had that chance.
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