Busted flat in Barstow, I realize the desert is no place for an old Plymouth. The mechanic says something about \”a machine shop in Victorville,\” and I think that is one phrase you never want to hear in a sentence with your name. That and \”feeding tube.\”
On the first day of Tishri, Sept. 10, the Jewish New Year begins at sunset.
Sharon Ann Dror, born deaf, didn\’t enjoy seders with her hearing family while growing up in a traditional Jewish home in Santa Monica.
Joshua Hammer\’s book is called \”Chosen by God: A Brother\’s Journey\” (Hyperion Press), and while the titular journey refers to his brother, it may very well apply to Hammer himself.
The number \”three\” doesn\’t play an especially important part in Jewish lore and customs. But the pre-High Holy Day musical rush brought to my desk several trios of related recordings, so it\’s fitting to deal with them in groups of threes.
Dipping apples in honey, blowing the shofar, gathering together as a family — these parts of the High Holidays appeal to most children.
Tahel shanah u-virkhoteha! Let the new year begin with all its blessings.
As Rabbi Stewart Vogel of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills sees it: \”For many people, the fulfillment of the biblical injunction \’You shall afflict your soul\’ means simply coming to High Holiday services.\”
Eleven-year-old Katie Zeisl, who attends Hebrew School at Adat Ari El, knows that the High Holidays are a time to \”tell God I\’m really sorry and I\’ll try not to do it again.\”
There have been a few Israeli films that dealt with relationships between Arabs and Jews (among them the superb prison drama \”Beyond the Walls\”), but rarely do we see an Arab movie that tells the story from the perspective of the \”other side.\”
