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April 18, 2008
Paving the path to dialogue
First came an \”Open Letter From Muslims to Jews,\” signed by dozens of leading Muslim scholars and intellectuals in the West, calling for \”Peace, Dialogue and Understanding Between Muslims and Jews.\”
Celebrating Israel’s 60th, Skirball Style
There are many ways to celebrate Israel\’s 60th anniversary, and the Skirball Cultural Center is leading with its strength by offering a series of wide-ranging programs of art shows, music, film and lectures.
E-mail charging anti-Semitism takes toll on Rev. Lee
\”My entire reputation has been damaged,\” the Rev. Eric P. Lee said Monday, little more than a week after Jewish philanthropist Daphna Ziman sent an irate e-mail calling him an anti-Semite to her friends and members of the media
New group for school and shul rabbis addresses shared issues
A new group of Orthodox day school principals and pulpit rabbis on Los Angeles\’ Westside began meeting a few months ago to work through issues that overlap the classroom and the synagogue.
Anti-Semitism charge colors liquor license fight in City of San Fernando
Real estate developer Sev Aszkenazy recently settled a lawsuit with the city of San Fernando over a liquor permit he was denied for a planned steak house. He said the denial was due, in part, to anti-Semitic bias.
Chai Lifeline helps families facing life-threatening diseases
Last August, Lori Paulsen\’s 4-year-old son, Aaron, was diagnosed with Wilms\’ tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer. Soon afterward, a friend offered to call Chai Lifeline on her behalf.
Humanistic Judaism Society ponders growth question
In the 1960s, when \”God is dead\” debates were fashionable on college campuses, graffiti scrawled on a Harvard dorm wall proclaimed, \”God isn\’t dead. He just doesn\’t want to get involved.\”
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