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January 16, 2003
A Conservative Challenge
Rabbi Benay Lappe had been out of the closet for years. She appeared on \”Oprah\” and taught at a gay synagogue in New York, her colleagues and students at Milken Community High School in Los Angeles knew — she even had a chapter included in an anthology titled \”Lesbian Rabbis\” (Rutgers University Press, 2001).
Jewish Silence on Tax Plan Deafening
Washington is buzzing about the Bush administration\’s huge new tax cut proposal, but the silence from Jewish groups is deafening — and revealing.
The Pros See Some Cons on Lieberman
Now that his kippah is officially in the presidential ring, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) is expected to win enthusiastic support from Jews across the country. But his formal announcement on Monday has also touched off a quiet undercurrent of concern that 2004 may not be as opportune a time for a breakthrough Jewish candidacy as 2000.
Scandal Could End Sharons Career
Even if he is reelected, the financial scandal dogging him could spell the end of Ariel Sharon\’s political career.
Business Thrives With Eye on Beauty
Shawn Tavakoli reads Women\’s Wear Daily, and he\’s not ashamed to admit it. He also reads Vogue, Mademoiselle and most other beauty magazines. It isn\’t pleasure reading he\’s doing. It\’s research.
New Mikvah Ain’t Your Bubbes Bath
Some say Fanit Panofsky was destined to build a mikvah. In her native Morocco, her great-grandmother operated a mikvah. So, too, did her grandmother.
Designer Fashions Hobby Into Business
When M.R.S President Molly Stern was growing up in Los Angeles and attending Yeshiva University of Los Angeles High School, she felt out of place. \”I fancied myself a tomboy, if you will,\” said the 30-year-old designer of the M.R.S label. \”And I never really felt comfortable with my body, being a curvy, short woman in Los Angeles.\”
Gay Halacha
Later this year, the Conservative movement\’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards will most likely reconsider the subject of homosexuality. As in the past, the extremes in these discussions are not listening to each other, and there\’s been no mention of an obvious problem with the proposals to make halacha more gay-inclusive. (Perhaps the problem just seems obvious to me because I move comfortably in both worlds, as a shomer mitzvot Jew who once identified as gay but now accepts the authority of halacha regarding human sexuality and has been \”openly celibate\” for more than a year.)
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