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All the Children

Rabbi Elazar Muskin October 8, 1998

On the eve of Simchat Torah, many synagogues auction the three major honors of the day, with proceeds benefiting the synagogue or other Jewish institutions. Two honors, Hatan Torah (for the one called to the final reading in Deuteronomy) and Hatan Bereshit (for the one called to the first reading in Genesis), usually receive the highest bids. The third, Kol Hanearim — supervising the blessing of all minor children as a tallit is held over their heads, while the honoree receives the next-to-last aliyah in Vezot Haberakha — can be a close second.

L.A. 5758 Sephardic Spirit

Julie Gruenbaum Fax October 6, 1998

To understand the mystic approach to life that suffuses the Pinto Torah Center, simply listen to Rabbi Yaakov Pinto tell the story of how his parents met.

Debunking the Bible Codes

Julie Gruenbaum Fax October 1, 1998

A Caltech mathematician and a leading Orthodox educational institution teamed up recently to turn up the heat on a simmering controversy over what they say is a scientifically and religiously suspect tool used by Jewish outreach organizations — the Bible codes

Moses’ Musical, Poetic Ethical Will

Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben October 1, 1998

Long ago, when I was just starting out as a teacher in religious school, I realized that singing a song was an easy and relatively painless way to learn important Jewish lessons about life.

Keeping Score

Rabbi Steven Z. Leder September 24, 1998

Shabbat Shuvah usually serves more as a reminder of what we already know about our lives than as a wake-up call to something we have yet to discover — unless there is an entire category of sin, a world of transgression and failure that each of us is guilty of but never considered.

Forgiving the Vatican

Wendy J. Madnick September 17, 1998

Monsignor Royale M. Vadakin, pastor of St. Anastasia Church in Los Angeles, spoke of efforts on the part of the Vatican to address the \”bad blood\” between Catholics and Jews, so that \”the year 2000 and its millennium celebration may serve as a possible vehicle for reconciliation\” among the world\’s religions.

Kenneth Bob

Jewish Journal September 17, 1998

His indecision has a twist: He\’s a Labor candidate himself. In the end, he admits, \”I\’ll probably vote Labor.\” Still, at press time, he hadn\’t mailed in his ballot.

Knowledge is Power

Beverly Gray September 17, 1998

Though many new Jews insist their synagogue friends have become their family, others are admittedly lonesome at holiday time.

Divisions between Orthodox and Conservative Jews in the US

Jewish Journal September 17, 1998

The divisions in the United States between Orthodox Jews on one side and Reform/Conservative Jews on the other have widened over the years, perhaps hastened by the increase in intermarriage, by the tendencies of the two groups to take opposing sides recently on political issues, by the demographic changes that have tilted in favor of the Orthodox.

Living in the Here and Now

Rabbi Ed Feinstein September 17, 1998

There is a difference between love of tradition and an obsessive habit of looking backward.

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