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October 26, 2000

The Contender

Wendy J. Madnick October 26, 2000

It is three weeks before Election Day. Doctor and candidate Sid Gold sits in a booth at Jerry\’s Famous Deli in Woodland Hills and orders a large breakfast. He looks like he could use refueling. The 57-year-old father of four is running a difficult campaign against Rep. Howard \”Buck\” McKeon for the 25th Congressional District, and already on this Sunday morning he has been up walking precincts in North Hills and Sepulveda.

A Time to Mull

Rabbi Dov Fischer October 26, 2000

So it turns out that the Arabs of Judea and Samaria really hate the guts out of us Jews.

Balancing Acts

David Landau October 26, 2000

Prime Minister Ehud Barak and opposition leader Ariel Sharon are trying to get their respective parties to join a national unity government before the Knesset begins its winter session Monday.

Hoop Dreams Do Come True

Michael Aushenker October 26, 2000

Rabbi Gabriel Elias vividly remembers his frustration as a teenager not being able to participate in intramural sports because games fell on Shabbat.

Facing Vouchers

Yaakov Arnold October 26, 2000

Along with choosing the next leader of the free world, come Nov. 7, when Californians enter the polling booth, they will be asked to decide what many believe will be the fate of public education in this state.

Facing Truths

David N. Myers October 26, 2000

Having just learned that a cousin serving in the Israel Defense Forces was wounded in action, I find it painful, but necessary to speak out. The latest convulsions of violence have pushed Israelis and Palestinians closer to the brink of mutual destruction. Meanwhile, in the United States supporters of each side feel compelled to present their respective positions as just and moral. The bitter truth in this conflict is that there are no singular or exclusive moral truths.

The Novice

Amanda Hesser October 26, 2000

It is called Pilates, and I had been hearing about it for some time but dismissed it as a faddish \’90s workout. It fit the mold perfectly: It had the requisite exotic name (pronounced puh-LAH-tees), you had to go to a gym to do it, and celebrities hailed it as a miracle workout that managed, with perfect \’90s perversity, to give shapely women the bodies of 12-year-old boys.

Jewish Law and RU-486

Francesca Lunzer Kritz October 26, 2000

How do Jews and how does Judaism view the recent approval of Mifeprex, a drug combination that can replace surgical abortion in many women?

Healthy Future

Nancy Sokoler Steiner October 26, 2000

Smiling at the memory of being asked to serve as chairman of the board of City of Hope, Jack Suzar confides, \”They caught me in one of the weakest points of my life.\”

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