Dear Deborah
Deborah Berger
April 26, 2001
Eleven years ago my parents divorced after my father found out my mother had been having an affair for four years.
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April 26, 2001
Wolpe’s Defense
Charlotte Hildebrand
April 26, 2001
Many of Rabbi David Wolpe\’s congregants at Sinai Temple in Westwood took strong exception to a series of sermons he had delivered before and during Passover that examined the question of faith despite doubt and questioned the historical veracity of the Exodus.
Healing the Sick
Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh
April 26, 2001
Now we recognize that alcoholism, spousal abuse and AIDS (to name a few) are Jewish realities. We live with their presence in our lives. Whether it is a relative, co-worker or close friend who endures these trials, we have slowly begun to move from silent suffering to communal care.
A Normal Israel, in Agoura
Sheldon Teitelbaum
April 26, 2001
About two months ago, Dr. Mark Capritto, the tough-minded vice principal of Agoura High School, came face-to-face with one of Zionism\’s most unusual developments: a nice Jewish gang.
Identity Theft
Teresa Strasser
April 26, 2001
How did I find myself at the Beverly Hills Police Department, eating an apple and crying?
Peace and Processing
Stuart Schoffman
April 26, 2001
On a recent Tuesday even-ing, 24 hours before the arrival of Yom HaShoah, I attended a symposium in Jerusalem on a subject both intriguing and urgent: "To Acknowledge the Suffering of the \’Other\’: Religious Obligation, Psychological Challenge."
Bush Administration Feels Its Way
James D. Besser
April 26, 2001
If you had to pick a word to summarize the mood among American Jewish leaders as they watch the Bush administration deal with surging Israeli-Palestinian violence, it is this: uncertainty.
Straws in the Wind
Eric Silver
April 26, 2001
Israelis have learned the hard way not to invest too many hopes in Yasser Arafat. Yet this week, despite the suicide bombing in Kfar Saba, the booby-trapped car in Or Yehuda, the renewed sniping at the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo, straws are wafting in the diplomatic wind.
Coordinating Terrorism
Gil Sedan
April 26, 2001
As the United States and other Western powers try to reduce Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Iran moved this week to fan the flames.
Lieberman’s Next Story
Marlene Adler Marks
April 26, 2001
I thought I saw Arthur Goldberg the other night at USC. The late Supreme Court justice died in 1990, but his ghost surely hung over the Trojan campus Wednesday during Sen. Joseph Lieberman\’s speech at the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.
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