Educational Experience
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2000
By the time Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) ends his campaign for vice president, the American public will be well educated in the practice of Judaism.
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August 17, 2000
They Like Joe
Jewish Journal Staff
August 17, 2000
A spring-like giddiness overcame Jewish L.A. Monday morning when news broke that Vice President Al Gore, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, had picked Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) to be his running mate. \”You\’re kidding, right?\” was the inevitable first reaction. Could Joseph Isador Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah Freilich Lieberman, really be standing beside Al and Tipper?
With Power Comes Responsibility
Gene Lichtenstein
August 17, 2000
From a Jewish perspective, this past week in Los Angeles was a tremendous success. Among other things, it tended to confirm the influential role of the Jewish community in L.A. From the parties that President Clinton attended to the panelists at the Shadow Convention who derided and dogged the very proceedings at Staples Center, Jewish organizations and activists were dominant figures.
Tiles on the Isle
Adam Wills
August 17, 2000
In 1927, William Wrigley Jr. prompted the Santa Catalina Island Company to invest in the creation of the Catalina Tile Factory after discovering clay deposits on the island. While the operation lasted only 10 years, it turned out tiles and decorative ware that were cherished by collectors.In 1997, 60 years after the factory closed its doors, Cynthia Seider brought back the art of tile painting to Avalon for a cause that she cherishes.
What a Week
Tom Tugend
August 17, 2000
The official agenda of the Democratic Party may be to nominate Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman, but the real business all week seemed to be to party from morn til morn, raise zillions of dollars and tell the Jews what wonderful folks they are.
Dissenting Opinions
Eric Roth
August 17, 2000
Congressional leaders, activists and religious leaders invoked biblical notions of justice to spotlight the need to bring about campaign reform, reduce poverty and end the \”failed war on drugs.\” Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) warned the packed Shadow Convention 2000 audience in downtown Los Angeles that the Democratic and Republican con-ventions are \”the worst display of money and corruption in American history.\”
Country Roads, Take Me Home
Teresa Strasser
August 17, 2000
Something quite unexpected has happened to my musical taste. I\’ve gone country.
Thank Goodness for the Basics
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
August 17, 2000
Dr. Norman Lamm, the president of New York\’s Yeshiva University, once told me of a professor he knows in Israel who does not consider himself an observant Jew but who insists that his children maintain one halachic practice at home: \”Birkat HaMazon\” (the grace after meals). Lamm explained this peculiarity as the professor\’s belief that the Torah\’s commandment that we should give thanks for our food is an ethic that every child should be taught, so that at every meal they will never forget to appreciate the food on the table.
DNC Protest Puts Jewish Values First
Ruth Andrew Ellenson
August 17, 2000
On the first day of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, a small group of Jewish men and women used the occasion to raise their voices in protest against what they saw as the growing economic divide in this country and the increasingly centrist policies of the Democratic Party.
Thoughts on the Lieberman Selection.
Rabbi Dov Fischer
August 17, 2000
As a centrist observant Jew working in the secular professions, I am particularly struck by Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore\’s selection of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman as his vice-presidential running mate for the November 2000 elections.
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