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September 11, 2003

For Love of the Dance

Naomi Pfefferman September 11, 2003

If it seems unlikely that a nice Jewish girl would become a flamenco dancer, consider her early role models. Or Nili Azulay\’s Syrian-born grandmother, Nona, defied her parents to wed the man she loved, then refused to remarry after he died several years later. Azulay\’s mother, Chaya, became one of Israel\’s first female barristers; her father died when she was a small child. \”The sadness of not having a father was tempered by growing up with these strong, independent women,\” she said.

Reflections on an Impossible Age

Rabbi Laura Geller September 11, 2003

Thirteen is a difficult age. I know this as a parent, and I also know it as a rabbi who interacts with lots of 13-year-olds. I know this as well as a student of Torah. And now I know it as a moviegoer.

The Synagogue Makes the Woman

Joyce Kidd September 11, 2003

When Muriel Zollman decided to study beginning Hebrew with Rabbi Sally Olins at Temple B\’nai Hayim in Sherman Oaks a couple of years ago, it was only so she could follow the prayers during services like everyone else in her family.

My Mikvah Lady

Toby Klein Greenwald September 11, 2003

For the 27 years of my married life, I measured all the mikvah ladies I met by Rachel. It was unfair competition. Had Agnon known her, he would have written a story about her, like he did about Tehila. But, of course, he couldn\’t have known her like we, the women, did.

Our Heroes and Theirs

Jonathan Medved September 11, 2003

Last night\’s terror struck close to home. The boom of the blast at Cafe Hillel on Emek Refaim shook the windows of our house and left no doubt that we were hit again — this time in our own neighborhood. Our son, Yossi, was on the phone with his brother, Momo, asking when he would be back so they could watch another DVD episode of \”24,\” the addictive series about terrorism. Momo was crossing Emek Refaim, which is two blocks from our house, and they both heard the blast. Momo, 16, a trained paramedic with Magen David Adom, took out his plastic gloves, which he keeps in his school backpack, and began to run the block to the cafe to help with the injured. Yossi ran out the door with my wife, Jane, to go get Momo. (For more on the bombing, see page 24.)

A New Model for Jewish Identity

Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard September 11, 2003

Economically and socially successful insiders, Jews are part of a pluralist society in which the primary factor determining ethnic and religious identity is individual choice. We need a new, more helpful descriptive model that recognizes the vital role that personal decisions play in Jewish American identity construction.

How the Other Half Lives

Naomi Pfefferman September 11, 2003

Call it \”Trading Places.\” In Shakir Yusif Farsakh\’s surreal \”Convergence,\” an Israeli commander and a Palestinian suicide bomb squad leader dream about the pain their acts inflict.

Walk Your Dog

Rob Eshman September 11, 2003

The question is not if we are we safe, but what can each of us do to be safer? The idea is to find the balance between alert and alarmed, between giving in to our fears (and to fear mongers) and giving up.

Blessings Over Curses

Rabbi Debra Orenstein September 11, 2003

This week\’s Torah portion presents the blessings and curses that follow from observance or defiance of the law. Some people understand this as a rigid system of reward and punishment. Keep the covenant, and all will be well; violate it, and you will suffer.

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