Optimistic? Yep.
Rob Eshman
July 19, 2006
The most remarkable aspect of the war Israel is fighting now in Lebanon is not who Israel\’s enemy is, but who its friends are.
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July 19, 2006
‘Talk to You Soon’
Dara Lehon
July 19, 2006
A short time ago, in a galaxy all too familiar, a smart, adorable guy I\’d been chatting with for months faded — like one too many others — into oblivion. The red flags were raised from day one.
Power of Vows
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
July 19, 2006
Our ancestors understood that when we make a vow, promising to give something to God, or take an oath regarding our own actions, this was the highest and most serious endeavor, as the power of speech is what separates us most critically from the animal world. \”Baruch She\’amar V\’hayah Ha\’olam, God spoke and the world came into being.\”
Far From Home
Amy Klein
July 19, 2006
Amotz Zakai is vice president of production and manager at Echo Lake Productions, an independent film company that has produced films like \”Tsotsi\” and \”Water.\” Needless to say, Zakai is very busy right now. But when the 33-year-old Israeli American dual citizen heard about the fighting in Israel, he immediately called his army commander to see if he should return to Israel to serve.
Tisha B’Av Dilemma: Day of Solemnity or Celebration?
Jane Ulman
July 19, 2006
\”There\’s a challenge for Reform Jews around the observance of Tisha B\’Av, and communities make all kinds of choices,\” said Rabbi Sue Ann Wasserman, the Union for Reform Judaism\’s director of worship, music and religious living.
‘Sex and the City’ Workout
Julie M. Brown
July 19, 2006
I joined my first gym while in college. My friends and I signed up for a three-month trial together, intending to rid ourselves of the proverbial freshman 10 — the end result of late-night doughnut runs.
War Is Not the Answer
Rachel Ben-Dor
July 19, 2006
Most of my life, my family and I lived with the sounds of the bombs, first from Syria, and then from Lebanon, as Israel reacted to keep peace in the presence of unstable Palestinian factions that had moved there after being ejected from Jordan.
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