Choose Your Own Cruise Adventure
Jewish Journal
December 1, 2005
Cruising isn\’t what it used to be. And to the more than 10 million people who took to the high seas last year, that\’s a good thing.
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December 1, 2005
Music Exec Rocks Philanthropy World
Marc Ballon
December 1, 2005
Growing up, Richard Foos dreamed of becoming a social worker, a reflection of his bedrock belief in the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or healing the world. As a college student at USC in the early \’70s, he helped establish an organization called The Free Store, which gave residents of South Los Angeles free clothes, tableware, plates and other household items.
A ‘Promise’ to Help Jews Overseas
Rachel Pomerance
December 1, 2005
The thought of Klara Kogan, who exists on a paltry government pension, haunts Steven Schwager, executive vice president of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which provides relief and welfare to Jews abroad.
Conservative Jews Gather at Crossroads
Sue Fishkoff
December 1, 2005
How should Conservative Judaism cope with dwindling membership, growing intermarriage rates and society\’s increasing religious and political polarity, while remaining true to its base in halachah (Jewish law)?
Circuit
Norma Zager
December 1, 2005
events around town in Los angeles.
Shelley Gazin, artist and photojournalist, has been the recipient of four 2005 grants to further her photographic and video documentary study of California\’s Persian Jewish community.
The Swastika in My Binder
Elizabeth Chase
December 1, 2005
I am sitting in physiology class. The teacher assigns a lab report and I open my planner. I see something doodled on the page.
I have a swastika in my planner.
Pipes Bring More Than Water
Marit Pearlman Shapiro
December 1, 2005
We volunteered with the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), a nonprofit organization devoted to ending poverty by furthering sustainable development and promoting international human rights.
The New ‘King’ of KROQ
Gaby Friedman
December 1, 2005
The lyrics are from \”King Without a Crown\” by Matisyahu, the sensational Chasidic reggae artist whose CD, \”Live at Stubbs,\” is already No. 3 on the Billboard reggae charts. (\”King Without A Crown\” stands at No. 24 on Billboard\’s modern rock chart.)
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