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August 14, 2008

Eating Bambi, Zell again, Bergson, broken heart

\” . . . Isn\’t it time that every Jewish child take at least one course in Herzl? If he isn\’t the modern father of the Jewish People, who is? For without Herzl\’s many contributions, the Holocaust would have excluded any chance of a Jewish state in Israel . . .\”\n\n

Will new Jewish TV Channel (TJC) click with viewers?

The Jewish Channel (TJC), an ambitious enterprise that, depending on who\’s talking, is either the new Jewish HBO or the latest tawdry entry in a long series of failed attempts to create one

How to judge judges on judgment (election) day

\”Every election, I get calls from around 15 people asking my advice on how to vote in specific judicial races,\” said Wapner, whose son, Fred, is a current judge

The Great Awakening

The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will hold back-to-back public conversations this Saturday, Aug. 16, with the two presumptive presidential\ncandidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. The conversations, on the topic of \”Compassion and Leadership,\” will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on CNN

How to comfort and be comforted

Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) God tells Moses that although he\’s faithfully led His people through the desert these past 40 years, and although the Jews are now standing at the very border of the Holy Land, Moses himself will never be allowed entry, and will die and be buried outside of Israel.

Dear Condoleeza Rice:

Last Saturday, on the Jewish Sabbath, I was attending prayer services at one of the big synagogues in Los Angeles, Beth Jacob Congregation, when something unusual happened that made me think of writing you this letter.

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