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May 5, 2005

Beyond Holy

Reb Mimi Feigelson May 5, 2005

There are many questions that I want to ask God face to face. Some clustered in theology, others in theodicy. Some have to do with His/Her sense of humor (often biting and dry, although quite creative). Some question evil, pain and suffering. At times I simply want to check in to make sure that at the end of the day God is doing OK. Then there are those moments when I want to squint my eyes in dismay and ask, “What exactly were you thinking when you said…?”

Jesus Who?

Rob Eshman May 5, 2005

Between the time that college ended and life began, I lived in San Francisco. My confusion must have shown on my face plain as day, because wherever I went, missionaries approached me and asked whether I had a personal relationship with Jesus.

Change of Heart

Seth Menachem May 5, 2005

It was only last October when I penned the column, \”No Rush,\” for this paper, arguing against marriage.

It’s Time to Heal Workers’ Comp

Jill Stewart May 5, 2005

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reformed California\’s disastrous workers\’ comp system in 2004, I was bothered by the effort expended by Sacramento\’s elected Democrats to fight reform in order to protect their lawyer allies who were gaming the badly broken system.

Although the Democrats controlled the state legislature and governorship for five years, they adopted only tepid reform under Gov. Gray Davis, aimed largely at reducing doctor and drug costs — not the main causes of the worst workers\’ comp crisis in America.

Good Wishes From Latter-Day Friends

Mark Paredes May 5, 2005

In 1841 Orson Hyde, a Christian apostle traveling in the Middle East, knelt in humble prayer on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem. At a time when only 10,000 Jews lived in Palestine, the church leader dedicated the land \”for the gathering together of Judah\’s scattered remnants, for the building up of Jerusalem again … let the land become abundantly fruitful when possessed by its rightful heirs … raise up Jerusalem as its capital, and constitute her people a distinct nation and government.\”

My New Mother

Ellie Kahn, Oral Historian May 5, 2005

My mother has become a serene and content old woman.

The changes, probably due to both her dementia and medications, have created an unexpected-and quite wonderful — new chapter in our relationship.

Reunion Doc Strikes Political Chord

Tom Tugend May 5, 2005

When Danae Elon, daughter of famed Israeli journalist and author Amos Elon, was 6 months old, a Palestinian Muslim knocked on the door of her home in East Jerusalem and asked for a job.\n\nHe was hired on the spot and for the next 20 years, Musa Obeidallah was Danae\’s nanny, caretaker, confidant and second father.

Jerusalem Becomes Queen of ‘Kingdom’

Naomi Pfefferman May 5, 2005

In 1986, Oscar-nominated production designer Arthur Max (\”Gladiator\”) visited Jerusalem in the midst of the intifada.\n\n\”People told me not to go almost everywhere, but I went everywhere,\” said Max, who is Jewish. \”Of course, some of the Old City was closed off for security reasons, but I went to the Western Wall and into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. And I stood on top of the Jaffa Gate and I looked out over what to me always had been a name, and suddenly I felt connected to my heritage, a close connection to all the Jewish history I had studied as a bar mitzvah.\n\nMax drew on those feelings to recreate medieval Jerusalem for \”Kingdom of Heaven,\” in which the protagonists also journey to Jerusalem to connect to their religious roots. The Ridley Scott film revolves around a crusader (Orlando Bloom) swept up in the 12th-century battle between Christian King Balian and Muslim leader Saladin.

Foer’s Voice Comes in ‘Loud’ and Clear

Mark Oppenheimer May 5, 2005

One of the pleasures of reading \”Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,\” Jonathan Safran Foer\’s absorbing new novel, is that the experience helped me understand why I was so incapable of enjoying Foer\’s first book, the into-30-languages-translated, into-major-motion-picture-being-made \”Everything Is Illuminated\” — or why (to take the blame off myself) that last book, published in 2002, was so ill suited to being enjoyed by me. I\’m even thinking of making a peace offering to \”Everything Is Illuminated,\” trying to reach some sort of détente, maybe seeing if we\’d prefer each other\’s company the second time around.

Spectator – ‘The Nanny’ Robs the Cradle

Keren Engelberg May 5, 2005

May/December romances are in. Just ask Hollywood. But we\’re not talking Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. There\’s absolutely nothing new about older actors dating younger actresses (can you say Bogie and Bacall?) Nope, it\’s the older woman/younger man scenario that\’s making headlines, specifically the relationship between Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher.

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