Embracing Diaspora
Tom Tugend
December 2, 1999
The old-time Zionist religion had it that the only good Diaspora Jew was the one who made aliyah and settled in the ancestral land.
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December 2, 1999
The Insider
Michael Aushenker
December 2, 1999
Joshua Hammer\’s book is called \”Chosen by God: A Brother\’s Journey\” (Hyperion Press), and while the titular journey refers to his brother, it may very well apply to Hammer himself.\nIn Newsweek\’s Nov. 8th issue, Hammer — a foreign correspondent who will become the magazine\’s Berlin bureau chief in January — gave the nation a window into his life. In an excerpt from \”Chosen\” Hammer recounted his quest to reconnect with Tony, his estranged younger brother. During their time apart, while Hammer had traveled the world covering war and political unrest, Tony had become Tuvia, a \”Torah Jew\” with a wife and sprawling family, entrenched in an ultra-Orthodox lifestyle
Jews Mend Kosovo’s Spirit
Michael J
December 2, 1999
Having endured 10 years of oppression and the largest expulsion in Europe since the Holocaust, it is not uncommon to hear the Albanians of Kosovo draw parallels between themselves and Jews.
So it was little surprise to Greta Kacinari that Jews would be among those lending a hand in Kosovo, the war-torn southern province of Yugoslavia.
Lovely Light
Marlene Adler Marks
December 2, 1999
Chanukah begins this evening, and not a moment too soon.
When my daughter was young and the sun rose and set on her every lesson with alphabet and equation, I bemoaned any gap between Christmas and the Festival of Lights. The closer, the better, if you ask me. How better to illustrate the primal lesson of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the pleasure and challenge of a Jew living simultaneously in two civilizations.
Wandering Kehilla Finds a Home
Rob Kutner
December 2, 1999
Want to start a soup? Find an onion. Want to start a shul? Find an \”un-yan.\”
Mideast Briefs
Naomi Pfefferman
December 2, 1999
Jewish relief agencies and the government of Israel are mobilizing to send rescue missions and humanitarian aid to Turkey, in the wake of a devastating earthquake that, at press time, may have claimed more than 4,000 lives.\nThe Israel Defense Force sent a 200-member rescue team to Turkey to help dig through the rubble for survivors.
Nation/World Briefs
James D
December 2, 1999
The Nation/World Brief, news, media, info, updates from around the nation and the world.
My Auschwitz Spoon Chanukah
Curt Schleier
December 2, 1999
One of the items I smuggled out of Auschwitz, when the Nazis moved me into Camp Number Eight — a quarantine camp, for those suspected of carrying typhus — was my spoon.
Bitton Sings Piaf
Naomi Pfefferman
December 2, 1999
Raquel Bitton was 22, her first love affair over, when she reached into her father\’s dusty old box of 33\’s and pulled out an Edith Piaf album. \”I thought I would never fall in love again,\” says the chanteuse, now 38, who previously had spurned what she perceived as her father\’s \”old-fashioned\” music.\nBut while locked in her room with a broken heart, Bitton avidly listened as the late French icon sang of love and resilience. I thought, \’My God, she is talking about me,\’\” recalls the Moroccan-born Jew. \”And I knew I had found my voice.\”
All in the Family
Michael Aushenker
December 2, 1999
August\’s North Valley Jewish Community Center shooting is still on the minds of parents and educators.
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