Mark Weinstein can barely contain his excitement. Standing on the roof of a historic downtown building in the heart of the Fashion District, the boyish-looking developer points to a group of surrounding structures, his voice rising with excitement.
Here\’s a tip to non-Jewish travelers looking for a low-cost vacation cruise. Pick your cruise dates to include the Jewish High Holidays in September or October, because then the ships offer their deepest discounts to fill the empty berths left by the noticeable absence of Jewish passengers.
If you own a diamond, you can be 80 percent sure it\’s been to Antwerp, Belgium, at some point in its life. Perhaps it was graded there in the heart of ancient Europe — or ground, polished, valued, bought or sold there.
Aaron Sorkin has opened his mind to Jewish culture. It\’s evidenced in the recent Yiddish-language opener of the Dec. 11 Christmas episode of the "The West Wing," with a 1950s scene of three men in topcoats — who belonged to the Jewish mob.
Nationally, the big question is whether Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) can parlay his strong performance on the 2000 campaign trail into primary wins if he runs for the presidency in 2004. Locally, the big question is this: corned beef or pastrami?
I have never written a letter to the editor, but I feel motivated to break 30 years of silence because I was publicly humiliated by a former friend, Marshall Grossman (\”A \’Final\’ Decision Courts Trouble,\” Dec. 13). He called me \”jealous\” and a \”failure.\”
Everybody\’s good at something. The trick is to discover what it is.
Until now, the Israeli election campaign has seemed like a formality: The only question seemed to be how large a majority Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon would win when the ballots were counted.
Two child murders in Israel pushed all else off the Israeli news. The intifada, next month\’s elections, the souring economy and soaring poverty levels, all were forgotten by a country obsessed with the almost simultaneous disappearance of two girls in Jerusalem — one Jewish, the other Arab.
Sometimes, they say, hope shines brightest in the darkest hours.
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