Letters to the Editor
Jewish Journal
March 3, 2005
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March 3, 2005
A Daf a Day
Dr. Warren Klein
March 3, 2005
Growing up religious in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I didn\’t have much choice when it came to religious studies: it was full time till I was 18. I always felt it was being shoved down my throat.
So I stayed away from religious studies for about a decade — from college, through marriage, a year of service in Vietnam and three children.
During that time I stayed close to religion through observance, community and friends, but I avoided any formal religious study.
A Four-Part Fight
Jill Stewart
March 3, 2005
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is picking a fight with longtime powers in Sacramento instead of trying to be everybody\’s pal, raising a question of whether he can bring voters along with him who are torn by their desire for good government but angry over mounting partisanship.
Voters, according to a recent Mervin Field California Poll, are open to the governor\’s four reform ideas heading into a probable November special election, even though voters don\’t personally approve of Schwarzenegger as much as they once did.
Jewish Chaplain Need Faces Obstacles
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb
March 3, 2005
For more than two years, Norma Glickman led a mostly solitary vigil as she sat by her husband\’s bedside during his all too frequent hospitalizations.
It was not until the day he died, and only after he took his last breath, that a nurse finally asked her if she would like to meet with a Jewish chaplain.
Holocaust Denier Gets a Free Pass
Neal Sher
March 3, 2005
Despite the smiling images from Sharm el-Sheikh, the fact is that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has taken no demonstrable steps to dismantle and disarm the vast Palestinian terror networks, end the incitement or arrest terrorists. And although his rhetoric even after his election has been troublesome (calling for a \”big jihad,\” referring to Israel as the \”Zionist enemy,\” making it clear he will not use force against terrorists, and endorsing the policies of Yasser Arafat), the administration and Congress are falling over themselves to throw vast sums of money his way. President Bush has promised $350 million to Abbas, more than four times that given to Arafat by the Clinton administration.
Time to Wake Up
Rob Eshman
March 3, 2005
Ahmed Nassef didn\’t hug me, but I would have let him. I\’d heard of him, had read stories about him and had tried unsuccessfully to contact him several months ago.\n\nLast weekend, I was in Washington, D.C., to speak at a Hillel Conference, and guess whose name was also on the speakers\’ roster?\n\nWhen my talks were done, I went to his. The college students were already packed into the room, and I understood why.
Yeladim
Abby Gilad
March 3, 2005
Yeladim
This week\’s Torah portion, Vayakhel (meaning \”and he gathered\”), is about the community of Israelites building the Mishkan.
Why Not Pie?
A Shalhevet Response
Beatrice Levavi
March 3, 2005
What\’s Next for Shalhevet?\” by Julie Gruenbaum Fax appeared in these pages on Feb. 4. Reactions of Shalhevet
parents, faculty, students, alumni, administrators and, indeed, even its rivals, have ranged from rage and outrage to tears and dismay.
From the beginning of the article where Jerry Friedman, Shalhevet\’s founder and the owner of a Jaguar with \”vanity plates,\” \”kvells\” in a weekly school town hall meeting — Why does he kvell? What transpired in Town Hall to give him such pride? — and then leaves to \”nail\” a donation, the stage is set.
That Feeling
Reeva Hunter Mandelbaum
March 3, 2005
Sometimes we look across the table and recognize — as Plato describes — our \”own half.\” The one we know without knowing. And dinner becomes a date with destiny.
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