Happy Chanukah!
Abby Gilad
December 6, 2001
Happy Chanukah! It\’s time for presents, gelt, latkes and sufganiyot (doughnuts).
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December 6, 2001
Federation Lay-Offs Total 30
Michael Aushenker
December 6, 2001
The streamlining continues at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the city\’s biggest nonprofit outreach organization. A total of 30 positions were cut; 20 union and 10 nonunion. In the past month, buzz among Federation employees was that anywhere from 30 to 40 positions would be cut from all three local Federation outlets.
Arafat’s Lack of Leadership
James Prince
December 6, 2001
The recent resurgence in anti-Israel terror brings the issue of international support for Yasser Arafat\’s Palestinian Authority to the fore.
Bombers and the Martyr Syndrome
Eric Silver
December 6, 2001
Palestinian suicide bombers killed a total of 28 bus passengers and young people in a four-day orgy of blood and vengeance that stretched from Haifa and Hadera in the North to Jerusalem in the South.
YULA Alumna Injured in Blast
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 6, 2001
Tuesday morning prayers at the girls school of Yeshiva High School of Los Angeles (YULA) took a little longer than usual this week.
One Last Chance
David Landau
December 6, 2001
Yasser Arafat faces what may be his final chance to draw back from the brink of all-out war.
Moments of Truth
James D. Besser
December 6, 2001
On Sunday, with crews still collecting body parts and shredded flesh after three horrific explosions in Israel, Secretary of State Colin Powell said it is the \”moment of truth\” for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Sunday Mourning
Rabbi Daniel Gordis
December 6, 2001
It had been quiet for a while. Shootings every day, of course, and a couple of people killed every week, but nothing "major."
The Wounded Have Names
Rob Eshman
December 6, 2001
Last Saturday night, someone told me 85 people had been killed by a suicide bomber in Haifa. I ran to the computer to check cnn.com, and for an instant was relieved to discover the death toll was in fact 15.
What’s so Jewish about Harry Potter?
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2001
Last month, we asked our young Journal readers to answer that question. Since we got so many great essays, we decided to publish sections from some of them. And Congratulations to the winners of our drawing!
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