Chabad Wins this Round
Jewish Journal
December 4, 1997
The latest round in the decade-long battle over whether Chabad can display a large Chanukah menorah in Beverly Hills has been decided.
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December 4, 1997
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
December 4, 1997
Meditation practices, kabbalistic wisdom, the spiritualapplications of music and other elements of what is often called the Jewish Renewal Movement will be taught and discussed at a local conference Dec. 13-14.
Unpacking Our Baggage
Linda Feldman
December 4, 1997
My brother called the other day and asked whetherI had noticed how many people are putting things behind them andmoving on.
\”Does that mean they have no baggage?\” Iasked.
\”Well,\” he said, \”either people have no baggage oran invisible semitrailer is following them around.\”
Haute Kosher
Diane Arieff
December 4, 1997
Combine ancient laws of kashrut with the finest chefs from Europe and the United States. Mix well. Stir in a couple of Israeli mashgiachs and a liberal splash of French artistic temperament.Season to taste with Hebrew, English and Italian.
Letters
Jewish Journal
December 4, 1997
Re: Joel Kotkin\’s piece on AJ Congress and the sweatshop Commission (\”A Stitch in Time May Save Jobs,\” Nov. 7): While I believe there is a role for Jewish activism on working conditions in the garment industry, I have voiced privately my concern that the make up of the AJ Congress commission was not as broad as it should be.
Loretta Sanchez
Jewish Journal
December 4, 1997
Feisty Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Orange County,whose narrow upset victory last November toppled arch-conservative Republican Robert K. Dornan and signaled the growing power of the Latino voter, made her case to the Jewish community last week.
Another Offer Arafat Can’t Refuse?
Eric Silver
December 4, 1997
Binyamin Netanyahu has made peace, for the time being, with his own disaffected coalition by offering the Palestinians a further West Bank withdrawal that is vague, qualified and conditional. But in the atmosphere of distrust generated by the Israeli prime minister, few are convinced that he has advanced the prospects of a wider peace.
From Best Boy to Best Man
Naomi Pfefferman
December 4, 1997
Two decades ago, filmmaker Ira Wohl sat at the Passover table andthought about his cousin, Philly. For his first 50 years, thedevelopmentally disabled Philly had lived at home with his parents inQueens, never venturing into the world. Wohl now wondered how Phillywould survive once his ailing parents were gone.
A Different Kind of
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
December 4, 1997
He is our first forefather, the progenitor of the Covenant, and, yet, we do not call ourselves B\’nai Avraham, the children of Abraham.
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