Hindu Jews
Rob Eshman
May 31, 2001
\”Hindus should not look like Muslims, for their own protection, so that they are not bothered by the religious police,\” a Taliban spokesman told The Washington Post.
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May 31, 2001
Feast and Help Yourself
Dennis Gura
May 31, 2001
\”Finding Each Other in Judaism: Meditations on the Rites of Passage From Birth to Immortality\” by Harold M. Schulweis. (UAHC Press, $12.95)
\”Finding Each Other in Judaism\” distills decades of those quiet, private moments when a curious, wounded or concerned congregant asks the rabbi: \”What do I do now?\”
Uniting Community
Rabbi Stewart L. Vogel
May 31, 2001
As the Jewish community gathers for the Valley Jewish Festival, we must ask ourselves whether there is, in fact, a Los Angeles Jewish community to speak of. If we define community as \”a group of people defined by a geographical area,\” then we can refer to the Jewish community of Los Angeles as such. But if we wish to imply that a community is \”a cohesive yet diverse group bound together as one,\” then I do not believe that Los Angeles fulfills this qualification.
New Stamp on Service
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
May 31, 2001
Late last summer at Adat Ari El, when work was going on in earnest to craft the new One Shabbat Morning service, Rabbi Moshe Rothblum recalled feeling some resentment at having to drop his High Holiday preparations to attend a One Shabbat Morning meeting.
Valley Jewish Festival Goes Green
Wendy J. Madnick
May 31, 2001
If anyone knows how to have fun, it\’s singer/songwriter Craig Taubman. Known to thousands of kids and former kids for tunes such as \”Shabababat Shalom\” and the \”Chanukah Rap,\” Taubman, the musical force behind Sinai Temple\’s popular Friday Night Live and Adat Ari El\’s One Saturday Morning services, is about to bring his special brand of ruach (spirit) to the Valley Jewish community\’s biggest event of the year.
Hidden Stacks
Sheldon Teitelbaum
May 31, 2001
Read any good Hebrew books lately?
If you live in the Valley — we\’ll assume you read Hebrew — you\’ll most likely have picked up the latest Ram Oren techno-thriller or Naomi Ragen frummie-potboiler at the recently opened Steimatzky bookstore on Ventura Boulevard near Corbin.
Exodus: A Sephardic Response
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
May 31, 2001
As a Sephardic Jew representing a heritage of tolerance, intellectual honesty and tradition, my perspective on the recent \”Exodus controversy\” — which is not rooted in anger, name-calling or popular \”marketplace theologies\” which have characterized certain responses in this city — is that of the classical Sephardic Bible commentators, whose method has been described as \”the persistent demand for logic.\”
Muslim-Jewish Discord Debated
Tom Tugend
May 31, 2001
\nTwo of the keenest American academic minds on the politics of the Middle East — one Jewish, the other Arab — debated the present and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Monday evening, and reached agreement on at least three points.
Israeli President to Visit Southland
Tom Tugend
May 31, 2001
\nPresident Moshe Katzav, Israel\’s eighth head of state, will visit Los Angeles June 4-6 and meet with community leaders, civic officials, and members of the local Iranian Jewish community.
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