May 9, 2008

Books: Former CIA analyst details failures in agency actions

Roberto Loiederman May 9, 2008

\”Failure of Intelligence, The Decline and Fall of the CIA\” by Melvin A. Goodman (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008).

Balancing the seen and unseen is a juggling act

Naomi Pfefferman May 9, 2008

In the defining moment of Sara Felder\’s performance piece, \”Out of Sight\” — about a mother and daughter who clash over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — she juggles machetes while precariously balancing on a rola bola.

Teenagers reveal why this service is different from all other services

Jeff Bernhardt May 9, 2008

Since the recent holiday of Passover was one of asking questions and thinking about transitioning from one state of being to another, it is an appropriate time to think of the bar and bat mitzvah in a similar context. These four questions — or more accurately one question and four answers — can be recited by 13-year-olds, but their explanations are particularly relevant for all of us.

Books: It’s mom vs. daughter in Weiner’s latest novel

Danielle Berrin May 9, 2008

What bestselling author Jennifer Weiner remembers most about her bat mitzvah is her hair.

\”It was really unfortunate hair, really tragic — like short and feathered and awful,\” said Weiner, author of \”In Her Shoes,\” which was adapted as a 2005 film starring Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette.