A Hands-On Holiday
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
October 1, 1998
Teachers have known for a long time that hands-on projects can bring a message home better than any lecture or study session.
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Rosh Hashanah 5759
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
Back in the 1970s, Michael and Susan Strassfeld\’s \”The Jewish Catalog\” pioneered a kind of People\’s Guide to Judaism that felt comfortable and familiar to the Boomer generation.
Adult B’nai Mitzvah Gaining in Popularity
Beverly Gray
July 9, 1998
While scholars argue about the origin of the adult bar mitzvah (or bat mitzvah) ceremony, there\’s no question that over the last two decades it has been growing in popularity, primarily for those who had never undergone the ritual as a 13-year-old.
Seder Ceremonies
Jewish Journal
June 18, 1998
When the Weber family invites the Wolfson familyfor seder, we are asked to prepare a presentation on some aspect ofthe seder ceremony. The presentation could be a d\’rash, an explanation of whatthe Haggadah is trying to say. But, over the years, our presentationshave also been given as a play, a song, and a take-off on a gameshow.
Unmasking Purim’s Heroes — and Ourselves
Rahel Musleah
March 5, 1998
Who needs Halloween or Mardi Gras? On Purim, the masquerade of characters is lively and intriguing: Spangled Vashtis, bearded Mordechais, snarling Hamans, bejeweled Esthers, silk-robed Ahasueruses.
Multimedia Ode to Jerusalem
Diane Arieff
February 12, 1998
The mood in the Jewish state may not be one ofcelebration at the moment, but plans to commemorate the country\’supcoming 50th birthday continue, both in Israel and right here in LosAngeles. One of the more unique cultural offerings to be presentedlocally will be \”Jerusalem — A Mystical Journey,\” a newdance-theater piece to be performed by the Keshet Chaim DanceEnsemble on Feb. 21 and 22.
Discussing Israel, Zionism and Peace
Jewish Journal
January 15, 1998
Discussing Israel, Zionism and Peace.\n
It’s a Little Tricky
Risa Munitz
October 23, 1997
Once again we are faced with the annual dilemma of what to doabout Halloween. Should we let the kids \”trick or treat\” or not? Weknow that Halloween is not a Jewish holiday; that is not the problem.We celebrate Thanksgiving and Presidents Day, both American holidayswhich reflect good values. Halloween, on the other hand, does notreflect a value system that we would like to pass on to our children.It focuses on taking, greed and violence, not to mention theconsequences, a nasty trick, played on those who refuse to give.
Holidays
Norman Salsitz
October 16, 1997
By 1965, I was a well-established suburbanite living in Springfield, whose Jewish community included both a Reform and Conservative congregation. My personal affiliation was with Temple Beth Ahm, the Conservative synagogue, but one of the people in the community whom I liked very much was Israel Dresner, the rabbi of the Reform temple, Sha\’arey Shalom.
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