Hello, Israel Calling
Journal Staff
March 4, 2004
Marc Miller\’s fundraising goal is to surpass last year\’s record $2.25 million Federation campaign by 10 percent.
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March 4, 2004
Support Pledged on Marking Historic Ruling
Journal Staff
March 4, 2004
In 1947, a group of parents led by Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez of Westminster fought to end California\’s segregation of its Latino school children. Their suit came to the attention of the state\’s governor at the time, Earl Warren, who went on to hear the Brown case as chief justice of the nation\’s highest court.
Misused by Gibson, Instructor Charges
Howard Kaplan
March 4, 2004
I have friends and parents of friends with numbers on their arms. The guy who taught me Spanish was a Holocaust survivor. He worked in a concentration camp in France. Yes of course. Atrocities happened. War is horrible. The Second World War killed tens of millions of people. Some of them were Jews in concentration camps.
Shlock Rock ‘n’ Roll
Naomi Pfefferman
March 4, 2004
If spoof dj Dr. Demento hosted a Purim show, he\’d have to spotlight the Jewish band Shlock Rock. Shlock \’n\’ roll includes clever parodies of pop hits like "I Don\’t Get No Humentashen (based on the Stones\’ "Satisfaction") and "Achashverosh" (think Falco\’s "Rock Me Amadeus").
Did You Hear the One About Haman?
Naomi Pfefferman
March 4, 2004
\”Purim is bizarre,\” said comedian Joel Chasnoff. Or at least the customs are a little weird. Consider the way Jews celebrate the demise of Haman, the bad guy: \”We eat him,\” Chasnoff said. \”Actually we eat a pastry that\’s named after his ears, and the natural implication is that the filling inside is some sort of fruity earwax.\”
The Need for Reality
Bill Boyarsky
March 4, 2004
I set out to write about the presidential election, but I changed my mind when I ran into Eric Gordon, the director of Workmen\’s Circle.
Viva Vashti
Jane Ulman
March 4, 2004
Indeed, to appropriate a popular bumper sticker, if you\’re not outraged by Vashti\’s bad rap, you\’re not paying attention.
Keeping Jews in the Flock
Loolwa Khazzoom
March 4, 2004
We\’re told repeatedly that intermarriage is the death knell of the Jewish people, but let\’s face it: Jews have been intermarrying since the beginning of our tribe 4,000 years ago. Marrying "out" is precisely how we got Jews with looks covering the gamut from blonde hair and blue eyes to black skin and nappy hair. It\’s also one of the reasons that Hitler hated us: We were at it again, blending with the local race, destroying its ethnic purity.
How Do We Pass on Our Jewishness?
Susannah Heschel
March 4, 2004
All of us struggle with the problem of how to transmit our commitment to Judaism to the next generation. There are all sorts of suggestions — but no solutions. How do we reproduce ourselves Jewishly?
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