All the Children
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
October 7, 2004
On the eve of Simchat Torah, many synagogues auction the three major honors of the day, with proceeds benefiting the synagogue or other Jewish institutions.
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October 7, 2004
Final Phase
Rob Eshman
October 7, 2004
There are three phases to every election, Los Angeles City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa recently told me: there\’s the primary, there\’s the runoff and then there\’s the home stretch.
The 99-Cent Solution
Mark Miller
October 7, 2004
Dating a woman in Los Angeles can be an expensive proposition. But must it be one?
Kerry Offers Hope for Israel
Dahlia Scheindlin
October 7, 2004
Many American Jews and Israeli Americans seem impressed by George W. Bush\’s putative support for Israel.
Terror Fight Garners Bush Israel Support
Kory Bardash
October 7, 2004
Last month, a 77-year-old American woman living in Haifa called me and asked how she could register to vote in the American elections.
Claim to Gaza
Morton A. Klein
October 7, 2004
In the debate over a possible Israeli withdrawal from Gaza — 80 percent of which was already surrendered by Israel in 1994 according to the Gaza-Jericho First policy — little has been said about Gaza\’s Jewish roots.
Home for the Holidays
Howard Nemetz
October 7, 2004
My son attends Hebrew day school. At least, I think he attends it. It\’s October and he hasn\’t been there for a full five-day week yet.
A Single Thread Links Generations
Bonnie Vorspan
October 7, 2004
Becoming a grandparent is a very exciting event.
Heeb Teens Get Zine of Their Own
Joe Berkofsky
October 7, 2004
For years, young Jews have voted with their feet after their bar or bat mitzvahs, with about half of those in non-Orthodox synagogues\’ religious schools leaving before the 12th-grade confirmation.
Preserving Yiddish One Book at a Time
Sandee Brawarsky
October 7, 2004
Aaron Lansky is the Yiddish Indiana Jones. The founder and president of the National Jewish Book Center, Lansky has been an intrepid archaeologist and adventurer in his decades-long effort to find and save Yiddish books around the world before they are destroyed or lost forever.
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