October 19, 2007

Counting my bruchas

Fredricka R. Maister October 19, 2007

They say brakha, I say brucha in referring to BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, the strong predictors of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer found with unusual frequency in women of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Yes, \”brucha,\” the Hebrew for blessing. Initially, I was being facetious by giving a Jewish pronunciation to the \”Jewish gene\”; at age 56 I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and \”tumor humor\” helped me cope.

Setting out to look within

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater October 19, 2007

We have the chance, each and every week, to take the journey of Abraham, listen for the call of God and then find ways to answer that call.

Briefs: Olmert tells OU Jerusalem not negotiable; Temple Mount digging may cause problems

Jewish Journal October 19, 2007

News briefs.

Six activists illuminate ‘Darfur Now’ documentary

Robert David Jaffee October 19, 2007

While the Darfur crisis enters its fifth year, the American Jewish Committee and Warner Independent Pictures have taken a lead in raising awareness of and combating the genocide in the Western Sudan region, where an estimated 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced. For some time now, the AJC has had a national task force dedicated to Darfur, but in the past year and a half, members of the AJC\’s Los Angeles branch developed a film proposal that ultimately led to \”Darfur Now,\” a documentary from Warner Independent that follows the efforts of six people to resolve the humanitarian disaster. The film will be released in theaters on Nov. 2.