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December 18, 2003
Revenge, Religion Converge in France
\”The Statement\” opens in 1944 with a black-and-white montage of a young French officer in the pro-Nazi Vichy militia signaling a firing squad to execute seven Jews.\n\nMore than four decades later, having been sheltered by the Catholic Church in the meantime, the officer, Pierre Brossard, is on the run after a reluctant French government finally charges him with crimes against humanity.
Think Global, Cook Local
Clarissa Hyman\’s new cookbook, \”The Jewish Kitchen,\” is alive with miracles — stories of Jewish life and war-torn Jewish communities, bringing with them their glorious history, rich culture and a cuisine passed through the generations, itself a story of miraculous survival.
Courageous Women and Cheese Latkes
My 10-year-old daughter came home from school sad, her shoulders carrying the kind of weight that breaks a mother\’s heart. She faced a tough dilemma: friends who were no longer true friends, demanding her to compromise who she is or be alone. It\’s the kind of challenge we all meet many times in life, in different disguises. The fear of being alone versus the self-destruction of changing who you are so as not to be alone; the challenge of the mere one of us against the seeming might of the many of them; the overwhelming feeling of odds stacked against you, of being quietly different from the louder group but choosing anyway, to believe in yourself.
Saddam’s Fate Carries Messages
When the news broke that Saddam Hussein was captured, there was an uproar of joy here. Like many Israelis, I was glued to the TV screen, watching L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator for Iraq, announcing proudly: \”Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!\”
What a great moment for the free world.
What Made Saddam Run?
What was the driving force behind Saddam Hussein\’s behavior? Was it his Arabness? His Islam? Or just generic cruelty?
Desperate Days of ‘House’ Director
The day before he discovered the novel \”House of Sand and Fog\” in 2001, Vadim Perelman asked his chauffeur to drive him to a slum in suburban Rome. Perelman, a successful commercial director, was in Italy on an AT&T shoot. But he wanted to return to the tenement that had been his home when he arrived from Kiev with his mother in 1977.
Have We Lost Respect for Each Other?
From my own experience and from the reports in The Jewish Journal, it is evident that it has become more and more difficult to plan for a dialogue between fellow Jews on the subject of Israel — much easier to organize a discussion between Christian and Jewish leadership or even between Islamic and Jewish representatives.
Hair Club for Jews
Hi. My name is Carin and I have a Jewfro.
Heeb hair. A Moses mop. A latke lid. I\’m down with my fun girl curls, but I can\’t say the same for the men I meet. My big hair is the Mason-Dixon Line of my L.A. dating life. Some men love the untamed, wild, bed-head look of my natural waves. But many men prefer I play it straight.
Chanukah Rights
Growing up, I was one of the few children that did not receive Chanukah presents. My family gave gelt, the money that children traditionally receive on the holiday while gambling over the game of dreidel, the spinning top.
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