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May 6, 2004
Europe Taking Action on Anti-Semitism
Just after delegates from 55 nations convened at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin on April 28 and 29 is an appropriate time to take stock of Europe\’s progress in addressing the re-emergence of anti-Semitism as a potent threat.
Almost Mother’s Day
I\’ve really done it now. A year ago I got engaged. I made good on that promise in late July, and we have been on a honeymoon ever since.
From Darkness to Light
Each morning and each evening, the people of the daily minyan gather to recite the obligatory prayers. It isn\’t exciting. The melodies aren\’t particularly uplifting. Sometimes there is a word of learning, but no sermon; none of the flourishes, trappings and trimmings of professional homiletics.
7 Days In Arts
Revolutionaries in the field of photography are celebrated in the Getty Museum\’s exhibition, \”Photographers of Genius,\” now on display, in honor of its 20 years of collecting photographic images.
Israeli Fest Crowd Feels the Heat
Brutal heat was the dominant feature of the May 2 Israel Independence Day Festival in Van Nuys, as 99-degree temperatures kept thousands indoors and away from the sprawling Woodley Park celebration.
Trader Joe’s Pulls Empire Chicken
The battle for the lucrative kosher consumer market took a strange twist last month. Shortly after the end of Passover, Jewish shoppers were shocked to find Trader Joe\’s markets had eliminated their selection of Empire kosher chicken, substituting instead the company\’s own organic, nonkosher chicken.
Civil Rights Goes Beyond Ethnic Lines
When the nation\’s largest and oldest Mexican American civil rights group selected a new leader recently, the committee that recruited her included the organization\’s chairman, a man who is neither a Mexican American nor an immigrant. Meet Joe Stern.
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