August 9, 2001

Mixed Message

Julie Wiener August 9, 2001

Results of the two new studies are mixed enough that translating them into policy recommendations will not be easy.

Youth Seek Meaning Behind Ritual

Cindy Sher August 9, 2001

Jennifer Loeb\’s favorite part of her bat mitzvah last spring was chanting from the Torah.

A Nice Not-Jewish Boy

Naomi Pfefferman August 9, 2001

>"Everyone thinks I\’m Jewish," says actor Jason Biggs.

A Jewish Slice of ‘American Pie’

Naomi Pfefferman August 9, 2001

Adam Herz, 28, sets the record straight just before the Aug. 3 release of \”American Pie 2.\” He never got fresh with baked goods. He didn\’t make a pact with his high school buddies to lose his virginity before graduation (though lose his virginity he did). He never got caught watching a scrambled porn channel. His dad didn\’t try to educate him about sex with a copy of Jugs magazine.

A Boy and His Golem

Tom Tugend August 9, 2001

\”Snow in August\” is an offbeat TV movie, part gritty reality and part fantasy, at the center of which is the curious friendship between an Irish Catholic altar boy and a refugee rabbi in post-World War II Brooklyn.