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December 18, 2003

In the Eyes of the Beholder

Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin December 18, 2003

Part of my traditional upbringing as a yeshiva bocher was the belief that anything that took my attention away from a page of Talmud was bitul Torah — a waste of time. And while that may have been a good lesson for an easily distracted teenager, I have since discovered as an adult that there is so much Divine beauty in the world that we forfeit if we keep our noses exclusively inside our books.

Israel Philharmonic Strikes Teen Chord

Carin Davis December 18, 2003

Wearing Ug boots and draped wool scarves, a chatty clique of Milken Community High School girls slumped into their seats in a packed auditorium. About 600 had assembled to hear the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra\’s (IPO) KeyNote Brass Ensemble perform with the school\’s Chamber Ensemble and Concert Choir.

Stronger Relations

Gaby Wenig December 18, 2003

If Yeshiva University (YU) wants to be a vibrant presence in the United States, it has to create stronger relationships with the Modern Orthodox community, so said YU President Richard Joel during his keynote address at the Orthodox Union\’s (OU) 13th annual West Coast Torah Convention, which was held Dec. 11-15 in Los Angeles.

A One-Woman Picket Line

Tom Tugend December 18, 2003

The photo shows an African American woman on the picket line with striking supermarket workers, a portable microphone in one hand and the other holding a placard proclaiming in large letters, \”Jewish Labor Committee.\”\n\nThe woman is Cookie Lommel, and she is the new executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee\’s (JLC) Western region.\n\nThese days, Lommel can be found weekly picketing the Pavilions market in Sherman Oaks, bringing along doughnuts for the strikers.

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