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April 25, 2008
Black-Jewish Passover not about blame
I am disturbed, not by the content, but by the direction, of the entire discussion regarding the relationship between blacks and Jews, and particularly by the discussion about comments supposedly made at a recent awards ceremony here in Los Angeles.
The dreadful ‘D’ words
Divorce, dissolution, divestment: These are words that spell the end of a relationship and of what might have been — through time and patience — a meaningful and inspiring marriage.
L.A. Jewish girl joins the African Jewish matzah dance
My Pesach preparation, like that of so many Americans, usually involves walking to my local supermarket and loading a cart full of Manischewitz products…
N.J. man accused of spying for Israel
The arrest this week of a retired a New Jersey man on charges of transmitting classified information to Israel two decades ago shows how the Jonathan Pollard spy case continues to haunt the U.S.-Israel relationship.
Truth in Storytelling
It\’s too bad, but I didn\’t know from Pesach until rabbinic school at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.
Debra Winger explores Jewish/Arab day schools
Students at the Hand in Hand Max Rayne Bilingual School in Jerusalem didn\’t know they were meeting a celebrity. They weren\’t born when the films \”Officer and a Gentleman\” and \”Terms of Endearment\” garnered Debra Winger her Oscar nominations.
Sinai Temple puts its food where its ‘moral diet’ is
Farmer Phil McGrath had just made his inaugural delivery of 25 boxes of fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables to Sinai Temple, where organizers of the synagogue\’s new CSA (community supported agriculture) venture stood admiring and even sampling the boxes\’ contents.
Volunteer network aids Holocaust funds program
A network of volunteers from many of the nation\’s leading law firms, recruited through a Los Angeles initiative, is helping to write what appears to be the last chapter in the long and contentious history of reparations to Holocaust victims.
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