Am I Blind?
David Suissa
September 28, 2007
Does the American Jewish community take a \”myopic\” view of Israel? A local Jewish leader, known for his progressive views, believes that it does.
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September 28, 2007
Sukkahs are for sleeping
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
September 28, 2007
We were intent on doing what our Ashkenazi forebearers, who lived in inhospitably cold climates, could not do. We were intent on doing Sukkot the way the Talmud prescribes, meaning 24/7, including spending nights there.
Christmas in Sukkot?
Rabbi Stephen Julius Stein
September 28, 2007
Last year we moved into a home large enough to build the sukkah we\’ve been dreaming of for a long time.
Briefs: U.S. House approves Iran divestment; Olmert real estate deals probed; Barghouti seen leading
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September 28, 2007
US News Briefs on Middle East
Plenty of theater at the UN, but Iran nuclear issue still unresolved
Ben Harris
September 28, 2007
The high political theater surrounding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\’s visit to New York this week triggered plenty of protests, headlines and debates.
Olmert straddles line between hawks and doves
Leslie Susser
September 28, 2007
With the planned Middle East summit in Washington less than two months away, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is caught in an ideological battle between his party\’s doves and hawks.
On Second Thought
Joshua Metzger
September 28, 2007
This week, I will sit on my porch, gaze at the pergola and see in its place a bamboo mat. I will remind myself of the biblical commandment, \”in a sukkah you shall sit seven days.\”
In defense of Madonna
Lisa Frydman Barr
September 28, 2007
Many of those holier-than-thous who are bad-mouthing Madonna were once themselves on the wrong side of the tracks before they rediscovered Judaisim
Who’s afraid of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
Jesse Walker
September 28, 2007
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University the other day, he did not emerge with the \”propaganda victory\” that neocon pundit Bill Kristol assured us he would receive
Sukkahs become ‘Artful Dwellings’ in a holiday exhibit at the Skirball
Robert David Jaffee
September 28, 2007
Zimmerman\’s installation is one of three works from the Skirball\’s permanent collection on view in the exhibition \”Artful Dwellings: Sukkot at the Skirball.\” The other two are by artists Sam Erenberg and Therman Statom.
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