\”Sort of Jewish\”,\”Jewish and something else\” \”might as well be Jewish\” are some of the ways people describe their Jewish identity in Sylvia Barack Fishman\’s significant new book probing the religious character of mixed-marriage households, \”Double or Nothing: Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage.\”
The upcoming Los Angeles release of \”Hiding and Seeking\” follows its world premiere in mid-January as the opening-night selection of the New York Jewish Film Festival.
The Republicans are praying that President Bush\’s embrace of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon\’s Gaza withdrawal plan will sway the Jewish vote.
The day my mother was transferred from a nursing home to a hospice, I raced from Baltimore to northeastern Pennsylvania. This 80-mph excursion into death — my mother\’s death — might rescue me from whatever boredom and tedium had enveloped me, but it would also plunge me into a realm where I didn\’t necessarily relish going. But go I went. For you see, there was no choice.
Just after delegates from 55 nations convened at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin on April 28 and 29 is an appropriate time to take stock of Europe\’s progress in addressing the re-emergence of anti-Semitism as a potent threat.
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros once gave a speech about the tremendous growth of the Latino population in the United States.
The spring 2004 fashions have arrived in the chic boutiques of Paris, and along with 50s-style full skirts and prim lace collars, anti-Semitism is back in fashion.
With former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg\’s entry into the 2005 mayoral race, the odds of a competitive battle for the city\’s top political job have increased.
