The Nineteen Boxes
Mark Schiff
May 11, 2000
My mother died July 9,1999. I remember coming home that Friday afternoon from picking up Shabbat flowers.
Category
Commentary
Coming Back for Seconds?
Burt Prelutsky
May 4, 2000
It figures, inasmuch as nobody really knows what happens to people when they die, that a slew of goofy theories would spring up to fill the void.
Still Stigmatized
Charlotte Hildebrand
May 4, 2000
When Ofra Haza, the 41-year-old Israeli Yemenite singer, succumbed to complications of AIDS in February, she died under a heavy cloud of silence.
Departure of Sara Eve Roseman
Jewish Journal
May 4, 2000
After eight years, I\’m leaving The Jewish Journal.
Chances for Peace
Michelle K. Wolf
April 13, 2000
Signing a framework for a peace agreement with the Palestinians by the end of May will help Israel to reshape the strategic equation in the Middle East, according to Israel\’s deputy defense minister, Ephraim Sneh, who briefed 250 delegates and guests at the recent Labor Zionist Alliance biennial convention.
Million Mom March
Marlene Adler Marks
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.
Mourning an Alcoholic Father
Jane Ulman
April 6, 2000
According to myth, Jews don\’t drink. This is false.
According to the \”Big Book\” of Alcoholics Anonymous, alcohol is cunning, baffling and powerful. This is true. Otherwise, why would my father choose to move in 1991 to Portland, Oregon, to live alone with his Dalmatian and begin drinking after 18 years of sobriety?
Party for Peace
Orit Arfa
April 6, 2000
On green grass, overlooking the lush trees of Kibbutz Yakum just outside Netanya, young Israelis and Palestinians are dancing together.
Serious Matters and the Mind/Heart Problem
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2000
The cover story, \”The Final Taboo,\” in this issue caused a certain amount of soul searching in our offices this week. Not that we questioned the piece or the reporting itself. Everyone had only praise for Religion Editor Julie Gruenbaum Fax, and the research and writing that went into her story. First rate.\nWe were definitely going to run it. The question was: Should we place it on our cover?
Creating Pariahs in the Jewish Community
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
March 9, 2000
Pity the children. Rabbi Simeon Bar Yochai declared \”Throw yourself into a blazing furnace rather than shame a neighbor in public.\”
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