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September 21, 2000
Red-Carpet Treatment
It\’s after Labor Day, which means kids are back to school, the football season has kicked off and the presidential race is heating up.
Working Through the Golden Years
Seniors are fast becoming the largest segment of our population.
All of the Above for President
How is it, I wonder, that simply because some political hack manages to capture his party\’s nomination, millions of people will suddenly regard him with the awe usually reserved for those who can raise the dead?
Reaching Out
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein is talking about kabbalistic teachings with such passion that he pitches forward in his chair, but just as quickly settles back. His arms are a flurry of activity, and he continuously grabs the black kippah that keeps threatening to slip from his head.
Freedom for Lori Berenson
Franklin Roosevelt\’s remark that Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo \”may be an SOB, but he\’s our SOB\” is a reminder that defending universal human rights may be a good American party line, but it is somewhat tainted by the support given to loathsome regimes in Chile, Guatemala and South Africa. It\’s Lori Berenson\’s singular achievement that she has unwittingly injected Peru\’s Alberto Fujimori into that mix.Fujimori had crushed the Shining Path terrorists (not to be confused with Tupac Amaru) and destroyed the Peruvian drug trade. Yet his government has been sharply criticized by human rights organizations as well as by the State Department.
When Mr. Perfect Isn’t Jewish
Lydia has dated Mark for three months and characterizes their relationship as \”still being in that blissful, lovey-dovey phase.\” There\’s only one problem. He\’s not Jewish.
Challenging Content
Hollywood may be taking a drubbing lately for its content and marketing practices, but if you ask Mark Honig, the industry has no one to blame but itself.
Congregational Directory
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