The so-called ‘perfect date’
Amy Klein
November 30, 2006
The date was going really well. The conversation was flowing. We were practically finishing each other\’s sentences.
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November 30, 2006
Wary Olmert takes chance on Gaza cease-fire
Leslie Susser
November 30, 2006
Disappointed by cease-fires so often in the past, but casting an eye to a better future, Israelis greeted this week\’s cease-fire announcement in the Gaza Strip with a mixture of skepticism, fear and hope.
A night at the homeless shelter
Jackie Greenspan
November 30, 2006
545 San Pedro Street is an address I will never forget.
It is the Union Rescue Mission downtown, inhabited by homeless individuals that reside in their designated corners on Skid Row. My school, Milken Community High School, offered a community service experience for 21 students, and I found myself at the Union Rescue Mission.
Taking responsibility
Jonathan Shainberg
November 30, 2006
Social Justice seems to be the central theme that pervades just about any Jewish periodical. Open any issue of The Jewish Journal, for instance, and you will see all sorts of articles and editorials related to tikkun olam, acts of charity and kindness that help to repair or perfect the world.
The art of keeping a travel journal
Rolf Potts
November 30, 2006
I was going through some old boxes the other day when I found a beat up old notebook that contained a journal of my trip to the Philippines almost nine years ago.My travel journals haven\’t been quite so detailed in the years since I returned from the Philippines — mainly due to the professional demands of travel writing, which takes up most of my note-taking time on the road.Nevertheless, I believe that keeping a travel journal can be one of the most rewarding habits a person can keep on the road.
Burning Man’s hot Shabbat on the Playa
Scott Einbinder
November 30, 2006
Labor Day weekend, I went on a pilgrimage, with my girlfriend, Sue Ellen, to a vast, very dry, very dusty and, as it was the end of the summer, sizzling hot lake bed on the outskirts of Black Rock, Nev., approximately two hours northeast of Reno, to hang with some friends and meet new friends at the annual Burning Man festival.The festival is a celebration of counterculture, music, art, theater, theatrics and individual self-expression, where anything and everything goes, except commerce, which is not allowed.
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