Vandalism against Jewish institutions and property rose slightly in 1998, ending a three-year decline in reported anti-Semitic incidents, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
If you closed your eyes and sat very still, you could almost feel history unfolding last week in Conference Room No. 1 at national United Jewish Appeal headquarters in New York. One of the most broadly representative parliamentary bodies in organized American Jewish life was gathered to vote itself, in effect, out of existence.
I have been reading two books lately, sort of shifting from one to the other — a bad habit, I know, but it has been with me too long to correct at this point.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat came to town this week, seeking Washington\’s blessing for Palestinian statehood in return for postponing a unilateral declaration on May 4, when the interim Oslo period expires
If you want proof that the communion wafer is just a matzo knockoff, or if you wonder where eggs really belong (seder plate? White House lawn? Omelette?), check out \”The Jews vs. Christians\” on April 3 at bang. Improv Studio on Fairfax Avenue.
During World War II, the Japanese army forced as many as 200,000 women and girls from mostly Asian countries to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers and officers. About 80 percent of these \”comfort women,\” as the Japanese euphemism of the time termed them, were the daughters of mine workers and farmers in Korea, which was under Japanese occupation.
Representatives of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Judaism in Israel have launched the country\’s first interdenominational conversion institute in the northern Galilee town of Carmiel.
Jonathan Kellerman is a child clinical psychologist who, several years ago, embarked on a highly successful career as a mystery novelist.
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