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February 28, 2002

Cable Vision

J.D. Smith February 28, 2002

I\’m seeing someone. Let\’s call her Alison. We\’re dating. We\’re in that very gray area between being total strangers and celebrating our silver wedding anniversary. Three months into it and people are already asking when we\’re getting married. At this point, we\’re cautiously optimistic, still prefacing all our plans with the phrase: \”If you\’re still speaking with me,\” as in: \”If you\’re still speaking with me in two weeks, would you like to go to the theater on Thursday night?\”

If we\’re still speaking on Sunday at 9 p.m., you will generally find us parked in front of the television set watching \”Sex and the City.\”

A Hero

Rob Eshman February 28, 2002

As The Journal went to press last week, word came that terrorist kidnappers in Pakistan had brutally murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

A Portion of Parshat Ki Tisa

Abby Gilad February 28, 2002

Oh boy, do the Israelites slip up this week. They have just received the Ten Commandments, have heard God speak to them and have vowed to do all that God commands them, even if they do not fully understand why they must. Forty days later, they\’re dancing around a calf made of melted golden earrings and calling it a god! What happened?

Sacred Text

Marlene Adler Marks February 28, 2002

Samantha\’s bat mitzvah was seven years ago this weekend. Ki Tisa was her Torah portion. Since then, we\’ve reminisced about the party and the service, but never the point of it all — the sacred text.

Calling It Like It Is

Rabbi Daniel Gordis February 28, 2002

Not long ago, we were invited to friends for Shabbat lunch. They\’d recently moved into a new apartment, in more or less the same neighborhood, and over the course of conversation, someone asked them how they liked the new location. Our hostess, a refined and relatively private person, said that she liked the new location much better. She mentioned a number of reasons, following which she added that from the new apartment, they didn\’t hear as much of the shooting at Gilo during the night. \”And in the old place,\” she added as a kind of afterthought, \”I just couldn\’t stand making love to the sound of gunfire.\”

Security vs Civil Liberty

James D. Besser February 28, 2002

As the United States intensifies its war against terrorism at home and abroad, the Jewish community may be poised to serve as a bridge between the Bush administration and some of its critics in the civil liberties community.

Saudi Arabia Stirring

Eric Silver February 28, 2002

Last Sunday\’s cabinet decision to pull back the tanks from Yasser Arafat\’s Ramallah headquarters, but keep the Palestinian leader quarantined in that West Bank city, was a classic vindication of the former secretary of state\’s wit and wisdom.

Eulogies:Rosalind Glaser Peters

Herb Glaser February 28, 2002

Rosalind Glaser Peters died on Jan. 6, 2002, at the age of 91.

She was our \”Aishes Chayil,\” woman of valor, elegance, strength and dignity. The unparalled, articulate, beloved matriarch of our family.

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