Art of the Scalpel
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
November 14, 2002
Archie Granot is very careful and precise when making incisions with his scalpel — yet he knows he\’ll never be sued if he makes a mistake.
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November 14, 2002
The Joys of Rena
Keren Engelberg
November 14, 2002
Rena Sofer always seems to land ethnic roles. As the newest regular on NBC\’s \”Just Shoot Me,\” Sofer plays Vicki Costa, a hairdresser from Brooklyn, whose name is Greek, but whose ethnicity is undefined. It\’s reminiscent of her Emmy-award winning role of Lois Cerullo Ashton, the brassy Italian Brooklynite she played for five years on the soap opera \”General Hospital.\”
She\’s also known for playing journalist Rachel Rose, the stereotypically ideal Jewish woman who goes out with a Reform rabbi (Ben Stiller), in the 2000 film \”Keeping the Faith.\”
Everyone Likes ‘Pie’
Keren Engelberg
November 14, 2002
You could say actress Barbara Minkus has been studying for her current role her whole life. She\’s always been rather petite and has always loved to sing and perform.
Education Activists Face Off
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
November 14, 2002
Los Angeles Board of Education member David Tokofsky has always taken pride in being a Jewish representative in an area that was overwhelmingly Latino.
Terrors of the Resistance
Robert Sklar
November 14, 2002
The highly controversial French documentary film, \”Terrorists in Retirement,\” offers a striking revelation that, on reflection, should come as no surprise at all — Eastern European Jews played a prominent role in the most daring exploits of the World War II French resistance movement. This truth comes as a jolt only because French popular myth and official histories have so thoroughly suppressed it, considering it harmful to the nation\’s heritage to admit that stateless immigrants, facing deportation and almost certain death, fought harder for France\’s freedom than did many citizens who were content to collaborate with their German conquerors.
Musical Memory
Michele Goldman
November 14, 2002
Ever since I was a toddler, I knew that my grandmother, Lisa Jura Golabek Roberts, was a Holocaust survivor.
The Lure of Extremism
David A. Lehrer
November 14, 2002
For a man who was rational, and with whom one could discuss cause and effect and the logic of doing things one way (the non-inflammatory way) as opposed to another, it always amazed me how he would invariably choose the wrong path.
Spiritual Agoraphobia
Rabbi David Wolpe
November 14, 2002
In the late Middle Ages, some Jews first banned and then instigated the burning of the books of Maimonides, the greatest philosopher Judaism ever produced. The book burning of 1232 was one episode in a controversy that lasted for some two centuries. The fight was not over Maimonides as an individual, for all agreed he was a great scholar and a pious man, rather the dispute centered on his incorporating Greek learning into his philosophy. Maimonides revered Aristotle; he called him \”the philosopher.\” His opponents attacked him and the intellectual battle raged.
2040 Vision
Rob Eshman
November 14, 2002
This, too, shall pass.\n\nAnd when the current government crisis in Israel, the showdown with Iraq and the conflict with the Palestinians are history, professor Avishay Braverman wonders, whither Israel?\n\nHis answer: the Negev.\n\n\”All our focus is on what I call the theater of the immediate,\” Braverman said. \”I\’m concerned we ignore internal issues in Israel, as if all we have to do is solve our external problems and the Messiah will come.\”
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