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A Chanukah in the ‘People’s House’

Dr. Joel Geiderman December 12, 2002

The invitation to the White House was completely unexpected. It arrived in a caligraphied envelope, with a Chanukah stamp in the corner and a menorah showing through.

A Chanukah card, I thought, but I was wrong. There was a gold presidential seal at the top of the card and a few lines of black engraving: \”President and Mrs. Bush request the pleasure of your company at a Hanukah reception to be held at the White House. Six o\’clock. Wednesday, December 6. East Entrance.\”

Not bad from a man whom most of my friends thought I was crazy to vote for, because he was a member of the \”religious right.\”

A Miracle Behind Bars

Harry Langsam December 5, 2002

Dark clouds covered the European skies, threatening the children of Israel in the fall of 1939. The Nazis had tightened their grip over Eastern Europe and, as it often happens, nature acted with unfriendliness toward the oppressed. A cold winter came upon us — the refugees — after the traumatic and dreadful fall, when the German occupation began.

Menorah Lights Our Way

Marisa N. Pickar December 5, 2002

For three years, I lived in an apartment in Jerusalem next to a bus stop. The rhythm of my life quickly adapted to the bus schedule. Just by looking out my bedroom window, I knew exactly when to leave the house in order to catch the bus.

When I returned to California, I assumed my life\’s association with buses would end. But this was not to be. I live in a neighborhood where buses abound. And they\’re just as loud as those of Jerusalem. But the associations couldn\’t be more different.

Menorah Lights Our Way

Marisa N. Pickar November 28, 2002

For three years, I lived in an apartment in Jerusalem next to a bus stop. The rhythm of my life quickly adapted to the bus schedule.

A Thanksgiving to Fill the Spiritby

Elliot Fein November 21, 2002

On the evening before Thanksgiving, my synagogue, Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, always gets together with a neighboring church, Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist, for an interfaith service.

Musical Memory

Michele Goldman November 14, 2002

Ever since I was a toddler, I knew that my grandmother, Lisa Jura Golabek Roberts, was a Holocaust survivor.

From Peace to Hate

Suzanne Davidson November 7, 2002

It was straight out of central casting; a Fellini B movie, if ever there was one. Only it wasn\’t a movie. It was ugly, and it wasn\’t supposed to be entertainment.

The Downside to Literacy

Viva Hammer October 31, 2002

I honestly thought my daughter, Bruria, would never learn how to read. My nieces learned how when they were 3, and so I assumed that if I got in early, say around 2, Bruria would be in full swing by 3.

God vs. the Angels

Dennis Prager October 17, 2002

This past Saturday, something extraordinarily rare took place: My team, the Anaheim Angels, was positioned to win a post-season series — against the New York Yankees no less. And my friend and radio colleague Hugh Hewitt, who could not use his seats (first row, near home plate), sent them to me.

‘Living’ in Chitown

Darlene Basch October 10, 2002

From my seat on the stage of the ornate Grand Ballroom at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, I look out from behind a beautiful bouquet of purple and red flowers at the assembling audience of nearly 1,000 people. I study the faces of Shoah survivors, sitting with their sons, daughters and grandchildren.

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