Ancient synagogue uncovered in Jordan Valley
Jewish Journal
September 22, 2010
A 1,500-year-old Samaritan synagogue was uncovered in the Jordan Valley.
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September 22, 2010
L.A. donors play role in Israeli settlement
Jonah Lowenfeld
September 22, 2010
The city of Ariel is home to 19,000 Israelis, a university center of 12,000 students and a growing industrial park with 27 factories employing thousands of workers. The city’s backers describe Ariel as beautiful, diverse, peaceful. One repeat American visitor said, “It’s like driving into some San Diego suburb.”
A rabbi’s tale of anguish and hope
Jonathan Kirsch
September 22, 2010
Some books inspire and instruct, some tell a compelling tale, and some open a window into the innermost workings of the author’s heart and soul. Over the years, I have read and reviewed a great many books that have captured one or another of these qualities. Only rarely, however, have I encountered a book that embodies all three.
Panel on politics from the pulpit
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 22, 2010
As election season nears, the Reform movement is helping its rabbis navigate the fraught landscape of politics and the pulpit.
Joyce Brandman: Ensuring a legacy of giving
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 22, 2010
Aside from a small silk flower arrangement on the coffee table, everything in Joyce Brandman’s office belonged to her husband. The high-gloss oversized desk flanked by angular, low-slung black leather chairs. The African masks, the stuffed bulldog that bares its teeth when you pull its chain. The painting of a diner in Walnut Ridge, Ark., where Saul Brandman was stationed during his years in the military.
Claremont’s first muslim faculty member knows power of interfaith dialogue
Danielle Berrin
September 22, 2010
Last June, the scholar Najeeba Syeed-Miller was the only Muslim member of a Los Angeles Board of Rabbis interfaith delegation to Israel. For her, the most remarkable moment of the trip occurred at the Jerusalem hotel where they stayed, when one morning, an Arab Muslim man on the hotel’s cleaning staff opened the door to her room.
Op-Ed: ‘Value-added’ teacher ratings add little value
Bill Boyarsky
September 22, 2010
The teacher evaluations recently posted on the Los AngelesTimes Web site deserve acareful but skeptical reading.
Select the perfect scent for your wedding day
Jewish Journal
September 22, 2010
Perfume can allure or it can overpower. But on your wedding day, your perfume should be as perfect as the rest of the day.
Funding the wrong programs
Jewish Journal
September 22, 2010
Los Angeles is a wonderful city. As a native, I have a love for the climate, the landscape, the diversity of peoples — all of which make for a dynamic and interesting place to live and raise a family.
Saying Kaddish
Jewish Journal
September 22, 2010
After services the other day, I asked a fellow mourner how much longer he had to say Kaddish. “Wednesday,” he replied, with a smile a mile wide. He then called out to another mourner, asking him the same question and was told “Friday.” The two of them shared a moment of unabashed glee. For each of them, freedom was but a week away. I stood beside them, jealousy running through my veins like a prisoner who has longer to serve, and walked away, my head down.\n
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