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Simone Wilson
November 10, 2014
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A message from the editor: Our new blogger, Michael Berenbaum
Rob Eshman
May 7, 2010
Michael Berenbaum is an American scholar, professor, rabbi, writer and filmmaker, who specializes in the study of the memorialization of the Holocaust. He is perhaps best known for his work as deputy director of the President\’s Commission on the Holocaust (1979–1980), project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) (1988–1993) and director of the USHMM\’s Holocaust Research Institute (1993–1997); as such, Michael played a major role in the creation of the USHMM and the content of its permanent exhibition. From 1997-1999, Michael served as president and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation and subsequently (and currently) as director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, located at the American Jewish University (formerly known as the University of Judaism), in Los Angeles, Calif.
Public Reactions Are Strong to A Personal Journey
Orit Arfa
August 31, 2006
Los Angeles photographer Naomi Solomon capped off her informal summer presentation series \”Settlers: A Photographic Journey of the Life and Disengagement of the Jews Living in Gaza\” at Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills last week, drawing more than 150 people.
Promoting Jewish Learning
Carolyn Slutsky
August 24, 2006
Billed as \”Jewish Literacy: A Learned Community and a Community of Learners,\” CAJE 31 was a raw, messy, creative affair, with 20 sessions held every hour for five days on such wide-reaching topics as \”God Shopping,\” \”The Jews of Sing-Sing,\” \”Assessing Our Relationship to Israel\” and \”Jews as Global Citizens.\”
Chipping Away at Israel Support Endangers U.S.
Joe R. Hicks
August 17, 2006
Is this simply Israel\’s war to win or lose?
Pets left behind in the North are focus of Israeli volunteers
Dina Kraft
August 14, 2006
When tens of thousands of Israelis fled their homes as Hezbollah rockets began raining down on northern Israel, they left behind not only hastily locked-up houses but, in many cases, their pets. After days and weeks of being left to fend for themselves, many of the animals were found starving and dehydrated in the streets of northern towns and cities. Estimates put the number of animals in distress at about 8,000.
Hey Kids!
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
December 29, 2005
This section of the page will be a way for you as kids to sound off on an issue. This month\’s kein v\’ lo (yes and no) is about New Year\’s. Should Jews care as much about the regular New Year as we do Rosh Hashanah? Here\’s some info for both sides of the argument.
The Days and Nights of Berkowitz
Marc Ballon
August 5, 2004
On a recent bus ride through the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz ignores the rustic scenery surrounding him.
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