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January 8, 2004

Rabbi Holds Services at Saddam’s Palace

Gaby Wenig January 8, 2004

If you\’re looking for one of the world\’s newest centers for Judaism, then look no further than at a perverse example of garish excess seen in the past year: one of Saddam Hussein\’s palaces. Comedian Al Franken lit Chanukah candles in the palace in an illuminative snub of the dictator, who proudly displayed large painting of Scud missiles hitting Israel and gold chairs bearing inscriptions that crow about \”victory over the Zionist entity.\”

Athletes Sport Skills in Chile

Carin Davis January 8, 2004

Did you hear the one about the Jewish linebacker? If you did, don\’t tell it to Jed Margolis, executive director of Macabbi USA/Sports for Israel. \”The joke is always that there are no good Jewish athletes, but that\’s not true, especially in Southern California,\” Margolis said. \”Some of our Southern California Maccabi athletes are the best in their sport.\”

From Dec. 24, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004, 57 of those California athletes participated in the 10th annual Pan American Maccabi Games in Santiago, Chile. According to Macabbi USA, more than 2,000 Jewish athletes from 20 countries were participating, making the event larger than the Winter Olympics.

Young, Hip, Heeb

Rachel Pomerance January 8, 2004

\”Heeb is a special subset of the genus Jew,\” explained Joshua Neuman, 31, the new editor-in-chief and only paid staffer of Heeb magazine, a hipper-than-thou take on modern Jewish identity. With its gritty irony, the nearly 2-year-old magazine taps into a young Jewish generation that thirsts for Judaism but rejects its standard trappings.

Your Letters

Jewish Journal January 8, 2004

Letters to the Editor, Point of View in response to Articles.

For the Kids

Abby Gilad January 8, 2004

For the Kids, fun facts and information for kids.

The Circuit

Gaby Wenig January 8, 2004

The Circuit, information on events around los angeles.

Sharon Cool on Assad Peace Offer

Leslie Susser January 8, 2004

Once upon a time, a Syrian president calling for peace talks would have been met by Israeli leaders rolling out the red carpet.

But Bashar Assad\’s recent overtures toward Israel, first made in an interview with The New York Times, have failed to excite Israeli decision-makers.

The chief of Israel\’s military intelligence branch, Maj. Gen. Aharon Farkash Ze\’evi, says Assad is serious and should be put to the test, but Prime Minister Ariel Sharon doubts the Syrian leader\’s sincerity and questions whether giving up the strategic Golan Heights in return for peace with Syria is as much in Israel\’s interest as it once was.

Settlers Struggle to Hold Biblical Israel

Dina Kraft January 8, 2004

Migron, the largest and most established of the 100 or so illegal Jewish outposts set up across the West Bank, is on the front lines of a looming showdown between the settler movement and the Israeli government. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recently pledged to dismantle such settlements in accordance with the U.S.-led \”road map\” peace plan.

Dems Plan to Win Back Jewish Votes

Ron Kampeas, JTA January 8, 2004

Worried by signs of President Bush\’s soaring popularity among Jews, Democrats launched a coordinated campaign 18 months ago to win back Jewish votes.

Pacific Has a Lock on Her Taste for Lox

Rob Byers January 8, 2004

It was an odd after-school snack for a West Virginia farm kid (Tara), I\’ll admit. My big sister and I, tired and famished after an hour on the school bus, would hike up the driveway, throw down our book bags and settle in with a plate of saltines and smoked salmon — really good, wild Pacific smoked salmon. The kind you pay primo prices for at specialty shops.

But we got it for free. My mom had cousins who\’d gone out to the Pacific Northwest to seek their fortune and wound up running their own salmon-smoking business. Every year, they\’d ship us pounds of the stuff.

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