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December 29, 2005

Special Report

Howard Blume December 29, 2005

KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, INDIA — The bright, clear morning of Dec. 26, 2004, would forever change S. Desingu\’s life.

The first monster wave rose from the Sea of Bengal without warning at 8 a.m. — silently, massively.

For the Indian fishermen at sea, the startling energy pulse bumped harmlessly under their boats, passing in an instant. The wave started to rise ominously in the shallows.

Onshore, the 36-year-old Desingu glanced up to see a 30-foot liquid wall surging in as tall as the tops of the soaring coconut palms. The fishing craft along the shore rolled end over end, tossed as easily as playthings in a bathtub.

Mourning Abed

Glenn Yago December 29, 2005

Earlier this month, three California Jews — all of us strong supporters of Israel — established a scholarship fund to honor a Palestinian patriot. He was murdered in the terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, in November, since which time we\’ve been joined by many other prominent members of the local Jewish community. A lot of people have asked me why I was one of the founders. Here\’s why.

Transplant Recipient Will Parade Success

Nancy Sokoler Steiner December 29, 2005

Like many native Angelenos, Ilene Feder has never been to the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena. However, the Studio City resident not only will be attending the New Year\’s day festivities on Monday, Jan. 2, for the 118th Rose Parade, but will have a vantage point few get to experience: She\’ll be riding on a float.

Hearing Loss Helps Writer Find Voice

Nancy Sokoler Steiner December 29, 2005

Michael Chorost climbs the flight of stairs to a room filled with metal file cabinets. He\’s never been to this place before, but he\’s greeted like a long lost relative. A smiling woman hands him what he has come to see: file No. 27392.
Hearing Loss Helps Writer Find Voice

Taking Winter Break on Jewish Time

Jennifer Garmaise December 29, 2005

The current schedule was adopted by Orthodox schools in the last two decades, when the Orthodox community made a collective decision to follow a halachic ruling by the great contemporary sage, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, according to Rabbi Avrohom Stulberger, dean of Valley Torah High School in Valley Village and president of the Bureau of Jewish Education\’s Yeshiva Principal\’s Council.

Dear God…

Helen Schary Motro December 29, 2005

A few days ago an AP news photo featured a plain white box labeled, \”Letters to God.\” A rabbi was taking them out one by one and placing them into the cracks of Jerusalem\’s Western Wall. The unopened letters joined the other messages, prayers and communications crammed into the interstices between Wall\’s stones by visitors great and small — from children who have just learned to write to one from Pope John Paul II himself. When the Israel postal service sorters come upon a letter addressed to the Almighty, they direct it to a special pile for delivery at the Wall in Jerusalem.

Who Are You?

Rabbi Perry Netter December 29, 2005

Even in the best of families, relationships are enormously complicated. Some of the stories rabbis hear, all too frequently, of families in crisis are excruciatingly painful: parents who disown their children because of radical disappointment with the life choices their children have made; siblings who refuse to be in the same room with each other because their anger is irreconcilable; courts clogged with family members fighting over contested wills, and so forth. The possibilities for family chaos are almost endless. When things go wrong, they often go very wrong.

The Slop Sink

Rob Eshman December 29, 2005

At the heart of the tenement kitchen was the slop sink, a metal basin maybe a foot shorter than a standard bathtub, but a few inches deeper. Here the woman of the house washed vegetables and clothes, and on occasion herself and her children.

11:59 and No Plan

Dara Lehon December 29, 2005

It\’s almost 2006, and I\’m almost proud of myself. Almost. I\’ve accomplished most of my 2005 New Year\’s resolutions: Been a devoted daughter/aunt/sister/friend, got a new job, got into grad school and bought a new, sumptuously soft forest green couch, complete with a plush, inviting ottoman.

Menorah on the Mountain

Bill Slott December 29, 2005

Kibbutz Ketura, in the south of Israel, is a small, quiet agricultural settlement, with a rich tradition of community celebration.

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