Jelvis bridges rhythm ‘n’ Jews
Jay Firestone
December 7, 2007
Jelvis, the Jewish Elvis, will appear at Los Angeles\’ Genghis Cohen for the last night of the restaurant\’s Chanukah celebration.
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December 7, 2007
Survey says Reform rabbis don’t know what members want
Sue Fishkoff
December 7, 2007
Leaders of Reform synagogues don\’t quite get their members, according to a new study by the movement.
The study shows a marked disconnect between what the leaders think their members are looking for and what the members say they actually want.
The moment it dawned on me that being Jewish is important
Esther D. Kustanowitz
December 7, 2007
During the opening session for the Professional Leaders Project (PLP), a conference for young Jewish leaders, a man delivered inspirations via PowerPoint, asking us to consider the one \”moment\” that inspired us to connect to Jewish projects and commit to the Jewish professional world.
Annapolis is over — now it’s bargaining time
Leslie Susser
December 7, 2007
After the pomp and circumstance of Annapolis, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are gearing up for tough bargaining over the minutiae of a two-state settlement.
Not only will they have to agree on core issues like borders between Israel and a Palestinian state, but they\’ll also have to find common ground on a host of lesser concerns regulating relations between the two states, ranging from shared sewage systems to allocations on the electromagnetic spectrum.
New summit produces nothing new — as usual
Mona Eltahawy
December 7, 2007
Being in the region — I was in Cairo at the beginning of November, and I\’m writing this from Tel Aviv — it\’s easy to see why Annapolis produced nothing new: Both Arab and Israeli politics have failed to produce anything new for years now.
‘Two-state solution’ faces a hornets’ nest
Leonard Fein
December 7, 2007
That is why both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke as forcefully on behalf of a two-state solution as they did in Annapolis — as, not incidentally, did Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well. Now comes the hard part, the part so filled with trip wires. Already in Israel, the naysayers are shouting from the rooftops, and the admirable resolve that was on such vivid display in Annapolis seems to be receding. The stakes, this time around, are enormous: Failure to move responsibly toward a two-state agreement would likely consign the idea to the ash heap of history and ensure a future not less bloody than the past. That is a haunting specter; its implications should weigh heavily on the attitude of all those who hold Israel dear.
Cooking lessons
Gina Nahai
December 7, 2007
Reflections on cooking, life lessons and mothers and daughters.
Wandering minyan
David Suissa
December 7, 2007
Which brings me back to the good news: Here\’s an opportunity for The Federation to strengthen its relations with the Orthodox community, return a beloved minyan to a cherished location and help a local tradition survive. In other words, instead of thinking like an owner or a distant landlord, maybe The Federation can act like members of the Jewish family who are caretakers of property that rightfully belongs to all of us.
Burden of proof
Carin Davis
December 7, 2007
Where are they? I doubt I just overlooked a giant pool of eligible men. I always notice talent. Is there some underground society of bachelors who are just waiting to spontaneously surface? That\’s what my friend Ann and I think. It\’s the only explanation. Somewhere there must be a secret clubhouse where all these good guys are hiding, where all the other fish are swimming.
A moral dilemma — ‘No Country for Old Men’
Jason Berger
December 7, 2007
Movie review, \”No Country for Old Men\”
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