My neighbors completed an around-the-world trip. It was their dream, the trip of a lifetime. When we gathered to welcome them home, they eagerly described the journey\’s highlights — the Sheraton in Bangkok, the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Beijing, a Clint Eastwood film in a Calcutta theater, Budweiser in Holland and Kellogg\’s Corn Flakes in Great Britain.
In July 1947, a Chesapeake Bay steamer loaded with 4,500 Holocaust survivors was attacked by the British navy on its way to Palestine. The ship was called Exodus 1947, and its aborted voyage galvanized world opinion in support of the struggle to create a Jewish state.
After a raucous six-hour debate, 55 legislators registered their confidence in Netanyahu, 50 voted against, and an unprecedented 15 abstained or absented themselves from the ballot. The government\’s paper support is 66 out of 120 Knesset members, plus two far-right sympathizers from Rehavam Ze\’evy\’s Moledet.
Where does a parent — a Jewish mother — begin a frank consideration of her daughter\’s sexuality?
British playwright Winsome Pinnock wrote \”Mules\” — about women hired to smuggle drugs on (or in) their persons — after extensive research in various prisons.
\”When I started this work two years ago, I was like a young child,\” says Cheli. \”Now, many times I feel like an old woman.\”
Rabbi Baruch and Michal Finkelstein are developing a sex-education curriculum for Jewish day schools.
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