Time to get real on campus
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2016
What a new school year this is turning out to be.
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September 16, 2016
Edmund D. Edelman: Great man passing
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2016
Toward the end of the film “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) has just lost his case defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who had been unjustly accused of raping a white girl.
Hebrew Word of the Week: mitslalah
Yona Sabar
September 16, 2016
In hot sharav/Hamsin, scorching summer days in Israel, people are desperate to find a shady outdoor spot. So the municipalities have been providing mitslalot “public shaded areas.”
Poem: A line of children running
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2016
They have been at it long enough\nto be spaced out all around a city block,
Bikel’s heart resonated in story and song
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2016
On his passing, Theodore Bikel (1924-2015) was eulogized as a singer, an actor, a labor organizer, a human rights advocate and a humanitarian.
Israeli troops kill 3rd assailant on a day with several attacks
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2016
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed a soldier in Hebron — one of several attacks reported on Friday.
A range of free High Holy Days services
Kylie Ora Lobell
September 16, 2016
Rosh Hashanah, which means “Head of the Year,” is observed this year from nightfall on Oct. 2 to nightfall on Oct. 4. On the Hebrew calendar, it occurs on the first and second days in the month of Tishrei. This Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the new year of 5777.
A personal, transparent look at gender and identity
Jonathan Kirsch
September 16, 2016
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Susan Faludi is best known for her landmark books “Backlash” and “Stiffed,” both of which are penetrating investigations of the role of gender in American life.
Calendar: September 16-22
Amanda Epstein
September 16, 2016
Andrea Mezvinsky, named “America’s Funniest Mom” on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” is a stand-up comedian and actress whose new solo play, “Sawed in Half,” asks the question: What happens when one woman’s competing roles of wife, mother, lover and performer collide?
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