Live and Be Well
Barbara Shapiro
June 3, 1999
People with LOTS are predominantly of Ashkenazic Jewish descent, although the disease also occurs in other ethnic groups.
Category
June 3, 1999
Toward Tradition
Jewish Journal
June 3, 1999
The way Rabbi Eric Yoffie figures it, that new \”statement of principles\” adopted by the Reform rabbinate last week in Pittsburgh, calling for a return to tradition, isn\’t going to make his job any easier.
Jewish Short Stories: A National Public Radio Series
Jewish Journal
June 3, 1999
In 1995, Ruth Seymour and KCRW teamed up with the National Yiddish Book Center to create \”Jewish Short Stories,\” a National Public Radio series read by actors such as Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum. The program was a peculiar excursion in time-travel: back to the days of golems and rebbes and schlemiels all living together in the shtetl.
Always, The Next Generation
Jewish Journal
June 3, 1999
The whole, improvised effort offers a useful window from which to view the future.
Stepping Down
Tom Tugend
June 3, 1999
The Shoah Foundation has not made an official announcement of the change, but its spokesmen and Berenbaum insist that the decision was an amicable one and that he will continue as a full-time consultant.
Berlin’s Jewish Museum
Toby Axelrod, JTA
June 3, 1999
Michael Cullen wants people to search their attics and basements for documents, photos, paintings, you name it — photocopies are acceptable. If something is valuable, like a painting, the museum will consider purchasing it.
Auschwitz Talks to Resume
James D
June 3, 1999
Miles Lerman said negotiators will focus on three areas. Currently, most visitors come only to the Auschwitz l site; Lerman said an overall plan must \”induce visitors to come to Birkenau, where they will learn that 95 percent of the victims there were Jews.\”
Mixed Reviews
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
June 3, 1999
Los Angeles\’ Reform rabbis returned to their pulpits from last week\’s Central Conference of American Rabbis convention in Pittsburgh, some of them delighted with the Statement of Principles, some of them disappointed, but all of them primed to revisit the definition of their ever-reforming movement.
Taking the Middle Road
Julie Wiener
June 3, 1999
The two-page statement, which seeks to spell out just exactly what Reform Judaism is about, was discussed for close to two years, underwent six drafts, garnered more than 30 amendments and sparked heated debate among Reform rabbis and their congregants.
The Charter Reform Debate
Ruth Galanter
June 3, 1999
On June 8, Los Angeles voters will determine the future of the proposed charter by rejecting or supporting reform measure on the ballot.
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