Every April 15, we are reminded that many of the things we hold dear literally don\’t come cheap. Democracy demands its pound of flesh, or its 30 percent, and on Tax Day the bill comes due.
According to a new study, however, most American Jews not only don\’t know it\’s Hebrew but aren\’t even familiar with the term tikkun olam.
Modern Orthodoxy should take up this challenge: to broaden the attractiveness of tradition.
It is a truth nearly universally acknowledged in Israel and the United States that we offered the Palestinians peace, and they chose bloodshed. More Jews and Arabs are killed almost daily. Clearly this situation is untenable. How to end it?
It\’s been far too long since I\’ve consulted the Good Book. And by that I mean Strunk and White\’s \”The Elements of Style.\” I\’ve gone renegade and now I\’m paying the price. Shut-ins all over this town are taking time out from entering sweepstakes and filing coupons alpha-numerically to inform me of my shortcomings.
What is left of Pesach after all the matzah is gone? Where do we go from here? What are we supposed to do now?
Ephraim Kishon had come to Los Angeles in 1964, when his initial filmmaking effort, \”Sallah,\” became the first Israeli movie to be nominated for an Oscar as best foreign-language film.
\”During the last seven to eight years, American Jews thought that Israel\’s worst problems were over and turned their attention to domestic communal problems,\” said Kenneth Jacobson, director of international affairs for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
British actor Ben Kingsley has played a number of Jewish characters with such authenticity that questions frequently pop up about his possible Jewish background.
People insist that there\’s no such thing as a free lunch. But HaShalom, a small Sephardic Orthodox congregation in the Pico-Robertson area, is offering local public school children exactly that. When students in grades K-8 arrive at HaShalom at the end of their secular school day, they enjoy a hot meal, courtesy of Haifa Restaurant. And along with the food, they receive, absolutely free, classes in Hebrew and Jewish tradition.
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