The Unexpected
Elyce Wakerman
September 26, 2002
It was Sept. 11, 2002, and there was no reason on earth to feel anything but somber.
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September 26, 2002
An Inch Late, a Dollar Short
Paul Franklin Stregevsky
September 26, 2002
\”Well?\” prompts my wife, gliding down the stairs in a black satin evening dress. I give her the elevator eye,
approving until my line of sight crosses her ankles to find … Payless flats.
One Day More
Rabbi Rami Shapiro
September 26, 2002
This week, we break the linear reading of Torah to honor the holy day of Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of assembly, a day added to the seven days of Sukkot.
The Self-Denying Prophecy
Lawrence H. Summers
September 26, 2002
This address was given Sept. 17, 2002, at morning prayers at Harvard University\’s Memorial Church in Cambridge, Mass.
Sukkot and Our Duty to Alleviate Poverty
Rabbi David Saperstein
September 26, 2002
This Friday marks the end of the celebration of Sukkot.
Nobody Likes Saddam
Rob Eshman
September 26, 2002
So do you think America should go to war with Iraq?
The Tramp Vs. The Dictator
Tom Tugend
September 26, 2002
In April 1889, two baby boys were born within four days of each other. One was Charles Chaplin, a Londoner. The other was a native of Braunau am Inn in Austria and was named Adolf Hitler.
7 Days In Arts
Jewish Journal
September 26, 2002
Actors with names like Jos and Johan fill the screen of the James Bridges Theater, as the Dutch Film Festival alights on UCLA\’s campus this weekend.
In Sickness and Health
Naomi Pfefferman
September 26, 2002
While bathing and dressing her disabled husband, Harlan, Mary Ann Nation often remembers her wedding day 32 years ago.
The Clergy of 1,000 ‘Faces’
Joe Berkofsky
September 26, 2002
It was 1962, and Marilyn Monroe had just died. So George Kalinsky did what he always did when something important happened — he visited a rabbi.
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