The Ground Floor
Rob Eshman
December 12, 2002
A lot of the problems and promise of Los Angeles Jewish life were on display last Tuesday evening in Bob and Marcia Gold\’s living room.
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December 12, 2002
Who I Really Am
Teresa Strasser
December 12, 2002
Here\’s the scenario: I travel for work almost 20 days a month. It\’s lonely out there on the road, one long Bob Seger song. Dating is almost impossible, but I\’ve met a guy who seems to fit the suit.
Serah’s Legend
Rabbi Laura Geller
December 12, 2002
For many of us, this season is marked by being with families and sharing our family stories. In the Torah cycle it is the time of the year that we read the powerful story of a family of brothers, a story about forgiveness and reconciliation. Buried in this story about brothers is a one-line mystery about a sister.
After Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, he sends wagons to bring his father, Jacob, to Egypt so Joseph can take care of him. The text tells us: \”Then Jacob and all his offspring came to Egypt. He brought with him his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and his granddaughters — all his offspring. And these are the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his descendants, who came to Egypt\” (Genesis 46:6-7). What follows is a very long list of men mostly, except for Jacob\’s daughter, Dinah, and one granddaughter: \”And the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and their sister Serah\” (Genesis 46:17).
Severe Financial Crisis Hits Metivta
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
December 12, 2002
Metivta, A Center for Contemplative Judaism, went into emergency survival mode late last month after the board discovered the organization was out of funds.
\”The board is looking intensely at our budget and trying to pare down costs to the absolute minimum to give us a chance to survive for the next couple of months, while our board and community determine what is Metivta\’s future, where we will go and what is our restated mission,\” said Lyle Poncher, Metivta board chairman.
Metivta is an organization dedicated to seeking spirituality in the Jewish tradition through meditation, text study and spiritual practices.
Jewish Groups Stay Silent on Union Vote
Mike Levy
December 12, 2002
A showdown between Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and hundreds of its registered nurses over unionizaton will come to head after three days of balloting ending Friday, Dec. 13.
The hospital has strongly opposed the registered nurses push to be represented by the California Nurses Association (CNA) which represents 45,000 nurses at 150 hospitals in the state. According to observers, upwards of half of the 1,500 registered nurses eligible to take part in the vote may side with the hospital. Both sides have assailed each other in the days leading up to the vote.
The nurses have accused the medical center of illegal activities, while the hospital has said the nurses\’ actions have disrupted patient care.
A ‘Final’ Decision Courts Trouble
Gaby Wenig
December 12, 2002
A religious court ruled in favor of Chabad of California late last month, awarding it ownership of Marina del Rey properties contested by the Living Judaism Center (LJC), but the ruling has only exacerbated the battle between the two organizations.
The crux of the highly charged dispute centers on which of two rulings — one backing Chabad of California and the other in favor of LJC — is the final one that should be recognized under halacha.
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December 12, 2002
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Bridging the Gap
Michael Berenbaum
December 12, 2002
The announcement that Richard Joel has been named as president of Yeshiva University (YU) is an important and salutary development in American Jewish life. Joel is a gifted leader, able spokesman and prolific fundraiser. He has been able to establish the national Hillel organization which he heads as a \”big tent\” for American Jews — one that embraces unaffiliated and under-affiliated Jews at a vital stage in their lives (college), while also serving the most committed Jews who enter its buildings to eat, study, pray and socialize with other Jews.
Back to Center for YU?
Gary Rosenblatt
December 12, 2002
Will Richard Joel — elected Dec. 5 as Yeshiva University\’s (YU) new president — redirect the flagship institution of modern Orthodoxy from its rightward move of the past several decades back toward the center?
That\’s a question being asked in the halls of YU and throughout the community at the culmination of a long and difficult search process for a successor to Dr. Norman Lamm, who has guided the institution since 1976.
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