Wolpe Leading Pick for Seminary Spot
Amy Klein
November 24, 2005
The position of JTS chancellor is widely viewed as the head of the entire Conservative movement, as well as the leader of its flagship institution.
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November 24, 2005
Growing Girls Whole
Rabbi Zoë Klein
November 24, 2005
Less than a 100 years ago, the average age of menarche for American girls was almost 16. Today, 12 is considered late. Theories for such early onset range from the amount of growth hormones injected into the food we eat to the amount of electrical light we absorb. Regardless, it creates a dangerous duality in girls which I often see when working with a bat mitzvah.
Thanks for Everything
Rob Eshman
November 24, 2005
At Chanukah we celebrate the miraculous rededication of the Second Temple by Judah Maccabee. In so doing the festival\’s complex historical background fades to backstory. The part we more typically overlook is that the Maccabean revolt was not just a struggle versus Antiochus, an anti-Jewish ruler, but against a larger group of Jews who wanted to be more Greek and less Jewish.
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Dated
Amy Klein
November 24, 2005
I met Dan a few weeks ago at an awesome party downtown. It was held on the entire floor of an industrial building on Spring Street, where a dozen or so artists were showing their work — mostly photographs and paintings but with a couple of jewelry and clothing designers interspersed. The lighting and the ceilings were low in a way that made everyone look more scintillating than they might in a retro basement bar in Santa Monica. Of course, it could have been the flutes of wine or the chocolate truffles. Or could it really have been Dan?
Interfaith Dialogue Can Bring Change
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
November 24, 2005
Institutions change. Change is not spontaneous, easy or automatic. It requires face-to-face encounters and a determination to dialogue. As Martin Buber famously put it, \”All real life is meeting.\” Absent dialogue, the vacuum creates disinformation and resentment.
ADL Stokes Fear as Ploy to Raise Funds
David Klinghoffer
November 24, 2005
Devoted to fighting anti-Jewish bigotry, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is America\’s most influential Jewish group. So what are we to make of the weird air of unreality in the ADL\’s public statements about Christians?
Christian Right is Wrong — and Dangerous
Abraham H. Foxman
November 24, 2005
Make no mistake: We are facing an emerging Christian Right leadership that intends to \”Christianize\” all aspects of American life, from the halls of government to the libraries, to the movies, to recording studios, to the playing fields and locker rooms of professional, collegiate and amateur sports, from the military to \”SpongeBob SquarePants.\”
The Lost Words
Esther Hecht
November 24, 2005
Perhaps what\’s at issue is my own life: I\’m a word person. For more than 20 years I\’ve made my living by writing and editing. Getting the words right is what I labor to achieve, all day every day. It\’s a struggle that often leaves me in despair.
Why a Novel?
Alan Zweibel
November 24, 2005
Writing is said to be a lonely business, solitary in the task to fill up so many empty pages. And before I decided to try my hand at writing my autobiographical novel, \”The Other Shulman,\” I\’ll confess I had fears about such an undertaking.
Revelation Led Rice to Pen Jesus Novel
Naomi Pfefferman
November 24, 2005
Although Rice\’s hero is meant to be every inch the Jesus of the Gospels (she says she\’s proselytizing), she views her book as a kind of antidote to Mel Gibson\’s \”The Passion of the Christ.\” She appreciated Gibson\’s film for its felicity to Catholic doctrine but disliked its portrayal of Jews.
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