Building Your
Linda Feldman
October 23, 1997
My years inSanta Cruz are measured by the Jewish calendar. Through a coincidenceof dates, I arrived in 1995 the night before erev Rosh Hashanah.
Category
October 23, 1997
Psychology at the U.J.
Beverly Gray
October 23, 1997
Sometimes we all need a good nudge before we do the right thing.
The Dirty Little Secret of the Pluralism Debate
Jewish Journal
October 23, 1997
Israel does not actually prevent Conservative or Reform rabbis from convertingnon-Jews to Judaism. It simply doesn\’t recognize those conversions –not for citizenship, not for marriage, not even burial near one\’sfamily.
Jewish Survival
Joel Kotkin
October 23, 1997
Even here in Los Angeles, where the Jewishpopulation mushroomed over the last five decades to over 600,000,demographers tell us our numbers are stagnating — and likely wouldhave dropped — had it not been for the infusion of newcomers fromIran, the former Soviet Union, both Northern and Southern Africa and,ironically, Israel itself.
Common Ground
Jewish Journal
October 23, 1997
My little Long Island town had two shuls: ourConservative synagogue close to home and the one we called the\”other,\” across town. My parents never mentioned it by name. The shulwas Reform.
Finding Gould in L.A.
Naomi Pfefferman
October 23, 1997
Jennifer Gould\’s new book, \”Vodka,Tears and Lenin\’s Angel,\” recalls her four years in the formerSoviet Union. It could be subtitled, \”Jennifer\’s Romp in the WildEast\” or \”Fear and Loathing in the FSU.\”
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Rabbi Ed Feinstein
October 23, 1997
Did the first people to read the Bible know they were reading \”The Bible\”? And if not, what was it they thought they were reading?
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