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November 8, 2001

A Portion of Parshat Haye Sarah

Abby Gilad November 8, 2001

Abraham had two sons: Yitzchak and Yishmael. Yitzchak was Sarah\’s son, and Yishmael was Hagar\’s son. Yitzchak would become the ancestor of the Israelites, and Ishmael would be the father of the Arab nations. Sarah sent Hagar and Yishmael away when the half-brothers were still boys. They did not see each other again until their father died. In this parsha, we are told that the brothers come together again at last in order to bury their father at the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. In their sadness over their father\’s death, they are willing to stop being enemies and share their sorrow together.

Rabbi Eliezer Shach, Religious Giant, Dies

Wiener November 8, 2001

\”We won\’t be seeing his likes again\” is the kind of elegaic hyperbole one so often hears at funerals and reads in obituaries. Rarely is it a literal truth.

In the case of Rabbi Eliezer Menachem Shach, who died early last Friday and was buried the same day in Bnei Brak — his age estimated at anywhere from 103 to 108 — the statement is indeed fact.

Just the Right Size

Mike Levy November 8, 2001

This is a heartwarming story about a kidney.

The kidney in question belongs to Mike Jones. It used to belong to Patricia Abdullah.

Jones and Abdullah have very little, apparently, in common. Jones is an African American man. Abdullah is a female descendant of the Hawaiian royal family. Jones is Christian. Abdullah is Muslim. Jones lives in the city. Abdullah lives in the Valley.

They\’re a perfect match. Sometimes you just have to stay positive. O-positive.

Holocaust Wins at the Emmys

Tom Tugend November 8, 2001

Three television dramas with Holocaust themes won top honors in their categories at Sunday night\’s 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, proving once again the lasting impact of the Nazi horror in our popular culture.\n\n\”Anne Frank\” on ABC was named best miniseries for its powerful, four-hour long exploration of Anne\’s life, from her happy school days, through her two years in hiding during which she wrote her famous diary, and her final days at Bergen-Belsen.\n\n\”Conspiracy,\” a dramatic reenactment of the 1942 Wansee Conference, which drew up the blueprint for the Nazi extermination of European Jewry, won two awards for HBO: one for actor Kenneth Branagh, who portrayed SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, and the other for Loring Mandel, who wrote the script.\n\nBrian Cox, in the role of Field Marshall Hermann Goering, won supporting actor honors for the TNT miniseries \”Nuremberg,\” a dramatization of the 1945-46 trial of top Nazi war criminals.\n\n

The Jewish Side of…

Tom Tugend November 8, 2001

There was no red carpet or Hollywood glitz, but the first Jewish Image Awards, honoring outstanding work reflecting Jewish heritage in film and television, proved a lot shorter and funnier than the more celebrated Oscar ceremonies.\n\nVeteran director Arthur Hiller (\”Love Story,\” \”Plaza Suite,\” \”The Man in the Glass Booth\”) received the Tisch Lifetime Achievement Award. It was presented by the multitalented Carl Reiner, who spent most of the introduction pointing out why Hiller didn\’t deserve the award.\n\n

A Tough Match

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom November 8, 2001

Our parasha includes a description of possibly the first shidduch (arranged marriage) in history. With the death of his beloved Sarah, Abraham turns his attention to the future and sends his servant back to \”the old country\” Haran to find a wife for Isaac. The mission with which he charges the servant is clear:

Uncle Mom

J. D. Smith November 8, 2001

Have you ever wanted to be a Soccer Mom? If you\’re not one, it looks like a pretty good gig from the outside: Leisurely lunches with the girls and shopping trips to the mall. Do a couple of errands, get the kids off to their after-school amusements, then pick up some take-out for dinner, and you\’re done. All you need is a car, a cell phone and a charge card, no experience necessary. If you\’re lucky, you\’ve got a housekeeper to do the heavy lifting, and you never so much as break a nail on the job.

Vengeance: It’s Part of Justice

Joshua Micah Marshall November 8, 2001

Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon touched off a brief war of words with the United States when he warned the West — and particularly America — not to forget the lessons of Munich 1939, when Europe\’s democracies appeased Hitler by sacrificing Czechoslovakia. But there\’s more than one \”Munich\” etched on the pages of history. And the one that occurred 33 years later may provide more apt guidance for our struggle against terrorism today.

Business Wins in N.Y.

Adam Dickter November 8, 2001

During New York\’s mayoral campaign, Michael Bloomberg caused a minor ruckus when he seemed to advocate school prayer.

In an off-the-cuff remark, he said that reciting the Lord\’s prayer in public school hadn\’t been a bad experience for him as a Jewish child.

But Bloomberg, who won the mayoral election Tuesday in an upset victory over Democrat Mark Green, later said school prayer was unconstitutional.

Jewish Identity Crisis

Julie Wiener November 8, 2001

A new study reporting decreased identification with Judaism and rising intermarriage rates is generating concern, but not shock, in the Jewish community.

Instead, many leaders see the new findings, released last week, as a continuation of trends reported in the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey. Rather than viewing the study as a call to radically change course, most see it as a signal to step up existing efforts to strengthen Jewish continuity.

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