I was caught in the cruel cogs of a heartless machine. I was stripped of my humanity and dignity. I was without representation or recourse.
I was in traffic court.
The Mystics believe that every letter of Torah — even the white space between the letters — is drenched with meaning. At first glance, this week\’s Torah portion seems to prove them wrong.
Like the dog that did not bark in the Sherlock Holmes story, the most revealing Israeli declaration of the week may turn out to be the one that was not uttered.
I see that it\’s time for the media to replay the perennial horror story known as The Dying Jew. \”The Vanishing Jew,\” by Alan Dershowitz, is a mea culpa over his son\’s intermarriage.
There was an awkward moment at the State Department one July morning, when officials sat down to discuss the latest foreign tirade against Jewish influence in Washington. Nobody was sure how to respond.
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Alexander Kirpnick, 27, died in the line of duty on June 3, 1998, at the Arizona-Mexico border. Returned to Los Angeles and buried with full military honors next to his grandfather, he was a hero who died doing what he wanted to do, his mother said.
Debut filmmaker Darren Aronofsky manages to sound incredulous about the Jewish sci-fi flick that has made him a star. \”You don\’t think God, math and bad-ass Jews makes for a Hollywood movie?\” he quips of \”PI,\” which won the director\’s prize at Sundance and a $1 million distribution deal.
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