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Help — Don’t Cry

Rabbi Arnold Rachlis January 2, 2003

One of the best University Synagogue tours ever was our 2000 trip to Argentina and Brazil. Both countries were physically beautiful and Jewishly fascinating, and the speakers with whom we met were unforgettable.

Since that time, however, Argentina has been reduced to terrible economic straits, and its once-thriving middle class is in danger of disappearing. That middle class made Argentina unique in South America, where polarization between rich and poor is the norm.

The Film No One Wanted

Naomi Pfefferman December 26, 2002

Shattering the cinematic taboo made the film, and its filmmakers, virtual pariahs in Hollywood and beyond.

Russia’s Jews Rediscover Roots

Lev Krichevsky December 26, 2002

Roughly 175,000 Jewish elderly in Russia are now served by the 88 Heseds across the former Soviet Union. These centers, run by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), account for about one-half of all Jewish social and welfare organizations in the former Soviet Union.

Russia Returns 16 Long-Sought Books

Lev Krichevsky December 26, 2002

Earlier this month, a group of Lubavitch Jews gathered in a downtown Moscow synagogue to welcome the 16 books that were returned to the movement from the Russian State Library, formerly known as the Lenin Library, where the collection has been held for the last 80 years.

U.S. Courts Israel to Not Join Iraq War

Leslie Susser December 26, 2002

During Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz\’s mid-December visit to Washington, U.S. officials went out of their way to try to convince the Israeli delegation that the United States would do all it could to defend Israel, and that there would be no need for Israel to get involved in the war.

Israeli Surfs New Turf

Jewish Journal Staff December 26, 2002

\”He has proved his great potential. He has the attributes of a champion,\” an ecstatic Gebhardt said Sunday of Friedman. \”He has great technique and a strong character, but he needs some moral support to make him even better,\” he said.

Fill ‘Er Up With Guilt

Gaby Wenig December 26, 2002

On Dec. 19 at a forum on energy independence hosted by the American Jewish Congress, Laurie David revealed a new anti-oil television advertising campaign designed to make the suburban soccer-mom set shudder with shame every time they pull into a gas station.

Intifada Put Aside in Slaying of Two Girls

Helen Schary Motro December 19, 2002

Two child murders in Israel pushed all else off the Israeli news. The intifada, next month\’s elections, the souring economy and soaring poverty levels, all were forgotten by a country obsessed with the almost simultaneous disappearance of two girls in Jerusalem — one Jewish, the other Arab.

Vote Scandal Could Cost Likud Election

Leslie Susser December 19, 2002

Until now, the Israeli election campaign has seemed like a formality: The only question seemed to be how large a majority Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon would win when the ballots were counted.

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