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August 21, 1997

Finding the Adult Within

Rabbi Ed Feinstein August 21, 1997

\”So, tell me, what are you looking for in awoman?\” I ask.
\”Someone kind and gentle, intelligent, educated,cultured, witty, fun, a professional, independent, but interested intraditional things, Jewish, haimish, warm, family-oriented…andthin, tall, attractive, blond, well-dressed.\” He continues, but Irealize already that I know him. He\’s my 3-year old. The open mouthof the infant: \”I want, I want, I want.\”

I know what he wants: a Playboy playmate who willadore him, cook like his mother but make no demands on hissoul.

He isn\’t alone. He belongs to a whole culture ofchildishness.

First Impressions

Teresa Strasser August 21, 1997

I was smitten the first second I saw him — the astro physicist who broke my heart.

Jack Skirball Film Screenings

Tom Tugend August 21, 1997

There is, of course, the thriving Skirball Cultural Center in theSepulveda Pass. And the American Jewish Committee\’s SkirballInstitute on American Values. And the Skirball ArchaeologicalBuilding and Skirball Museum on the Hebrew Union College campus inJerusalem. And the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at NewYork University.\n\nThere is also the Skirball Film Archive Fund at UCLA.

A Room of Their Own

Ruth Mason August 21, 1997

Sarra Levine and Rochelle Robins began sharing their dreams three years ago, during a long car ride from the Michigan Women\’s MusicFestival to Philadelphia.

\”I always knew I wanted to start a politically minded organization that was Jewish and focused on women,\” Robins says. \”I also wanted to create the school I sought but couldn\’t find.\”

Who is Not a Jew?

Jewish Journal August 21, 1997

In the midst of an international crisis over Who is a Jew, with Israeli police stopping Conservative and Reform men and women from praying together at the Western Wall and a small Orthodox group declaring that liberals are not practicing Judaism, it\’s good to know there is, apparently, still one thing that all Jews can agree upon: Who is not acting as a Jew.

Letters

Jewish Journal August 21, 1997

Letters to the editor

Revitalizing Our Past and Future in Pico-Union

Joel Kotkin August 21, 1997

Among these earlier settlers were many Jewish families, who, notinterested in joining the growing ersatz shtetl up in Boyle Heights,built their graceful homes in the tony new district.

Beyond

Naomi Pfefferman August 21, 1997

She has never been the gray-haired bubbe who stays at home and cooks all day. In fact, her hair is red and — surprise — she doesn\’t like to cook.\n\nRoseann Cronrod grew up in the tenements of New York, the child of recent Polish immigrants to the United States. She went on to become a working single mother and an entrepreneur, and, in retirement, has never depended on children or grandchildren to fill her days.

Cover Story: Grandparenting

Ruth Stroud August 21, 1997

Three generations of Grahams. Is there such a thing as a \”typical\” Jewish grandparent in America? When I thought about this impossibly broad question, I turned to my own extended family for examples. Were they typical? Stereotypical?

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