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September 16, 2004

Embrace the Day, Invite the ‘Stranger’

Edmund Case September 16, 2004

My earliest High Holiday memory goes back to about age 7. It was the night before Yom Kippur and my parents had gone off to the synagogue, leaving my 10-year-old brother and me with a babysitter. I forgot that I wasn\’t supposed to eat anything that night, went into the kitchen, got on a chair to get a banana from the top of the refrigerator, peeled it halfway down and put it into my mouth.

My brother shouted, \”You can\’t do that!\”

Will Gaza Pullout Bring Civil Strife?

Gil Sedan September 16, 2004

On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Israel\’s national discourse was dominated by talk of potential civil war, but few of those talking dared define the possible dimensions of such a conflict.

Would it mean confrontations between soldiers and civilians? Would it be limited to the extreme margins of the settler movement? Could it really present a threat to the very existence of the State of Israel, as Knesset member Yossi Sarid suggested?

Israel Distrusts Syria Peace Talks Proposal

Leslie Susser September 16, 2004

Under strong pressure from Washington to pull Syrian forces out of Lebanon and prevent cross-border terror against U.S. troops in neighboring Iraq, Syria\’s President Bashar Assad has again been talking about a readiness for peace with Israel.

Gerda Straus Mathan

Jewish Journal September 16, 2004

Gerda Straus Mathan, a well-respected, Berkeley-based photographer of Jewish and other subjects who studied with Ansel Adams and lived for a time in Southern California, died Aug. 10 following a long illness. She was 83.

Break Fast With Emmy

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer September 16, 2004

Brace yourself. This Sunday night, some angels, a spy, a cynic and a meddling mother-in-law are coming over to break the Fast of Gedaliah. You don\’t have to feed them, however. They\’re all part of the 56th annual Emmy Awards on Sept. 19, hosted this year by comedian Garry Shandling.

OU: ‘Kosher’ Thong Is Wrong

Adam Wills September 16, 2004

Some might have found the joke funny, but the Orthodox Union (OU) isn\’t laughing. In May, Castaic resident Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik started YidGear.com , an online T-shirt shop that features humorous Jewish slogans — some mellow, some crude. One of the more sexually provocative designs featured the well-known OU kosher symbol with the phrase \”Eat me — I\’m kosher,\” available on T-shirts, boxers and thongs.

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