A Sea Change Ahead?
Will 5759 be remembered as a year of radical change in the course and direction of Israel\’s history, or merely as a year when the government changed hands after an election and life went on much as it did before?
Will 5759 be remembered as a year of radical change in the course and direction of Israel\’s history, or merely as a year when the government changed hands after an election and life went on much as it did before?
Despite the usual last-minute posturing, complaining and maneuvering in the region, administration officials prepared for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright\’s Mideast trip this week confident Israel and the Palestinians will sign an agreement that will lay out implementation of the long-delayed Wye River accord.
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.\”
Tahel shanah u-virkhoteha! Let the new year begin with all its blessings.
On the north side of the Skirball Cultural Center, two dozen construction workers shout to each other over the roar of the 405 Freeway.
Dipping apples in honey, blowing the shofar, gathering together as a family — these parts of the High Holidays appeal to most children.
I forgot to blow the shofar this morning. No, it\’s not quite Rosh Hashanah and I haven\’t missed this year\’s round challah or apples dipped in honey.
We\’re about the same age and, from a distance, it almost looks like we could be sisters. But that\’s where the similarities end between Melissa and me.
A middle-aged man climbed up to the cabin of a crane and drew the operator\’s attention to a small suitcase on top of a pile of rubble left by last month\’s killer earthquake in Turkey.
The athletic competitions are only a minor part of the exhibit, which puts the \”Nazi Olympics\” into the context of its time, both the immediate past and the horrifying future.