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October 5, 2000
To Let Go, to Love, to Forgive
\”I have good news! My cancer is in remission.\” I\’ve called Elsie Schwartz to talk about the High Holy Days, but the news about her illness is an unexpected surprise and a huge relief. At 89, Elsie has taught me a great deal about life and about choosing to face death by living fully and fully loving.
Californians in the Kootenays.
In the interior of British Columbia, nestled amidst the Selkirk Mountains and straddling Kootenay Lake, is one of North America\’s most charming and picturesque towns.
Tradition, Tradition
This month, just a few weeks after the High Holy Days, Theodore Bikel will begin a national tour of the bittersweet musical, \”Fiddler on the Roof,\” reprising his role as Tevye the milkman. \”Everyone is a fiddler on the roof,\” he\’ll explain in his 1,600th performance of the part, \”trying to scratch out a simple tune without breaking his neck. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: Tradition!\”
A Protest at L.A.’s Israeli Consulate
Reacting to last weekend\’s rash of violence in Israel, a group of several hundred Palestinian sympathizers rallied together last Monday to demonstrate in front of the Wilshire Boulevard offices of the Consulate General of the State of Israel, Los Angeles.
The Oldest Diary
There is something otherworldly about the experience of a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. It is perhaps the preeminent spiritual-cultural paradox in all of Jewish life. When girls and boys focus so intensely on this personal lifecycle event, each possesses a transcendent, timeless and eternal quality.
Getting a Grip
I\’ve been going nuts this week preparing for Yom Kippur.
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