Hanukah – A Major Battleground for the Heart and Soul of the Jewish People
Rabbi John Rosove
December 18, 2014
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Culture
Poem: Sticks and Stones
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
A poem by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis for 5775.
Join globetrotter Bruce Feiler on a journey through Jerusalem
Tom Tugend
December 17, 2014
Every religion has its pilgrimage, and PBS’ “Sacred Journeys” provides a lively visual guide to six of the best-known destinations for the devout.
A Jewish artist whose work is at heart of Our Lady Cathedral
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
When Simon Toparovsky makes the rounds at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral downtown, he gets the rock-star treatment — handshakes and embraces from complete strangers who approach him to engage in conversation, pose for a photograph and tell him his artistic creations are amazing, “out of the box” or spiritually life-enhancing.
Despite artistic and political license, ‘Exodus’ connects to contemporary Jews
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
If you are going to see “Exodus: Gods and Kings” because it depicts an iconic cultural narrative that you want to better understand, I would caution against relying on director Ridley Scott’s version.
‘Interview’ writer: If they want to bomb somebody for free speech, I’d like to be at ground zero
Naomi Pfefferman
December 17, 2014
Norman Lear: ‘That’s Not the American Way’
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
The biggest next after my decade in network television was socio-political. It had begun brewing in me years earlier with the proliferation of fundamentalist TV ministries that perverted the pulpit by mixing politics and religion and spewing the sort of malice that horrified me when I was nine and came upon Father Coughlin on my crystal set.\n
Israel invites you to pedal with purpose, hike for hope
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
Three years ago, Betsy Diamant-Cohen had a double knee replacement. Once healed, the Baltimore resident got on a bicycle and slowly built up her strength to the point that she recently flew to Israel to participate in a cycling fundraiser for the Arava Institute and Hazon Israel Ride.
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