fbpx
ADVERTISE
pick up locations
donate

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.

Category

April 22, 1999

A Class Act

Marlene Adler Marks April 22, 1999

The political question of the week is, \”What will David Tokofsky do now?\” For four years, Tokofsky, the veteran teacher and former coach of Marshall High School\’s champion academic decathlon team, has played the role of maverick on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board. He exposed the lack of textbooks in district schools; publicized the scandal-plagued Belmont Learning Complex; crusaded against \”faddish\” educational philosophies; and urged an end to social promotions (implementation of which was rescinded last week by Superintendent Ruben Zacharias). Against the \”Cuckoo\’s Nest\” aura of LAUSD, Tokofsky has sounded like a visionary.

Making a Case for Victims of the Holocaust

Professor Burt Neuborne April 22, 1999

What progress have American courts made in bringing legal closure to some of the appalling evils perpetrated by the Nazis during their reign of terror?

Noa’s Universal Appeal

Orit Arfa April 22, 1999

When Achinoam Nini was growing up in the Bronx with her Yemenite-Israeli parents, her different name, exotic looks and diverse heritage made her feel out of place among her schoolmates.

Reviews of “The Envoy” and “Hitler’s Head”

Tom Tugend April 22, 1999

\”You can\’t confront evil on its own ground without becoming part of it,\” muses diplomat Heinrich Zwygart in \”The Envoy,\” and his self-recognition clearly applies to Switzerland, the country he represented faithfully in Berlin during the six years of World War II.

Love and Marriage

Rabbi Steven Z. Leder April 22, 1999

The midrash says that poverty is the worst of all afflictions. But I think it\’s something else — loneliness.

Waking Jesse Jackson

Naomi Pfefferman April 22, 1999

Our knee-jerk reaction every time the Rev. Jesse Jackson opens his mouth is, \”Oh no, not again.\” We know it\’s unfair, we know it\’s jaded, but we have the same reaction when our friend\’s child practices his trombone scales in the living room the umpteenth time. Sure we like him, but….

Security Amid Rumors of Sex

Larry Derfner April 22, 1999

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has recalled Uri Oren, its ambassador to South Africa, for questioning regarding his much-publicized alleged liaison with a member of the South African military.

New Articles

More news and opinions than at a
Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.

Jewish Journal

Connect. Inform. Inspire.
© Copyright 2024 Tribe Media Corp • Powered by Lightdrop

More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.