Cat on a Hot Tin Stereotype
Teresa Strasser
November 11, 1999
There\’s something inherently sexy about a woman who owns a dog.
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November 11, 1999
Tangled Web
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
November 11, 1999
These are the weeks that we read of our heroes. The book of Genesis tells the stories of the faith and tenacity of the fathers and mothers of our nation for whom every day was another stride in the uncharted waters of living in covenant with God. It was their passionate determination to keep the vision of a righteous and holy people alive that ultimately produced the Jewish people. But it wasn\’t always easy.
A Jewish Revival
Ruth E. Gruber
November 11, 1999
For European leaders, the recent inauguration of three Jewish schools in Central Europe symbolizes far more than a Jewish revival.
Monsters on the Bench
Charlotte Hildebrand
November 11, 1999
My son and I have been wandering around the mall all afternoon looking for Pokémon cards. When we called last night, everyone had them, but today, nobody does.
‘Marriage’ In California
Eric Roth
November 11, 1999
Although Californians do not go to the polls for another four months, Proposition 22 has already taken an early lead in the race to become the hot button issue of Election 2000.
Hillary and the JCC
Naomi Pfefferman
November 11, 1999
During her two-hour visit to the center, Clinton met privately with the families; she read a children\’s book, \”The Rainbow Fish,\” to pre-schoolers and lobbied hard for tougher federal gun-control and hate-crime laws.
Out of the Dustbin
Toby Axelrod, JTA
November 11, 1999
These people are among the tens of thousands of Jews who, instead of going to Israel, caught the wave of freedom that swept the former Soviet Union after the fall of communism and rode it into the land they always associated with Hitler and death camps.
Of Latkes and Light
Rahel Musleah
November 11, 1999
So here\’s my vote to simplify Hanukkah and restore its inherent values: freedom, conviction, dedication, hope, continuity, peace, rebuilding, community, family.
Finally, A Bat Mitzvah
Rob Kutner
November 11, 1999
\”As a board member… they gave me an aliyah, and after I said the blessing, one of the gabbais, [Sid Burke] said, as a joke, \’Soraya, have you ever been bat mitzvahed?\’ I said, \’No,\’ and he said, \’Now you have.\’\”
Healing Has a New Home
Michael Aushenker
November 11, 1999
Executive Director Harriet Rossetto thinks that the new campus — named after lead donors Jona Goldrich, Sol Kest and Warren Breslow — will make a dramatic difference in the way Beit T\’Shuvah will offer assistance.
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