Rabbi Naomi Levy has been hearing people speak variations of this phrase for years. Whether she met them at Nashuva, the Westside spiritual community she founded in 2004, at one of her many speaking engagements or just somewhere in her travels, Levy kept finding people who seemed to be enduring the day-to-day, waiting for something to happen so that their lives could begin.
Given that Christians and Jews are expected to serve on the board of Park51, which will be welcoming to people of all faiths; given also that among the center’s most fervent supporters are its potential Christian neighbors, we are at a loss to understand why support for Park51 would be read as a sign of “hostility” to Christianity or any other religion (“A Question for ‘Progressive’ Jews Who Support the Ground Zero Mosque,” Sept. 10). To the contrary, we are not motivated by hostility, but by loyalty. We are loyal to the American principles of mutual respect and religious freedom. As Jews, we are certainly concerned when those principles come under attack as we believe they have, because of the anti-Muslim hatred inflamed by this controversy.
The Paley Center for Media recalled America’s Jewish mother during the Aug. 24 event “Groundbreaker: Remembering Gertrude Berg.” Credited with creating the sitcom “The Goldbergs”— both on radio and television — Berg was also the first recipient of an Emmy for lead actress in a comedy series. Between presenting an early episode of “The Goldbergs” and selected clips from Aviva Kempner’s documentary “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg,” producer Gary David Goldberg (“Family Ties,” “Brooklyn Bridge”) led a discussion on Berg’s legacy, with Kempner, author Glenn D. Smith Jr. (“Something on My Own: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting 1929-1956”), director Arthur Hiller and actress Charlotte Rae.
Rabbi Elliot Dorff speaks at Loyola Marymount University’s opening reception for “Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race,” a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Through photos, documents, objects and historic film footage, “Deadly Medicine” examines how Nazi leadership, in collaboration with medical professionals, used science to legitimize persecution, murder and, ultimately, genocide. The exhibition is hosted in conjunction with the School of Education’s Southern California Teacher Forum on Holocaust Education. Sun, 2-4 p.m. (opening reception). Through Nov. 24. Free. Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.- 8 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, L.A. (310) 338-5234. library.lmu.edu.
Actor Jon Voight called Time magazine\’s Sept. 13 cover story anti-Semitic.
Rocket attacks on southern Israel from Gaza have increased dramatically following the opening of peace talks in the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas discussed \”tough issues\” at their meeting in Jerusalem, George Mitchell said.
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