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Conservatives Focus on Intermarrieds

Sue Fishkoff June 1, 2006

Stephen Lachter didn\’t know what to expect when a friend dragged him to a men\’s club meeting at his Conservative synagogue five years ago.

\”My father was in a men\’s club, and to me, it was guys sitting around playing pinochle and volunteer ushering,\” he admitted.

Lachter was surprised to see \”interesting people having serious discussions,\” and he \”fell into a session on kiruv,\” or outreach, to intermarried families. \”I said to myself, this is something shuls need to be talking about.\”

Shlub to Hero: Film Sketches Gehry Life

Morris Newman May 18, 2006

Gehry\’s creative solution — his psychoanalytic victory — was to embrace the delight of free-form design, while making sure that his buildings met the needs of his clients. His freedom in designing what appear to be purely sculptural objects that subsequently win rapturous praise must make him the envy of all architects who secretly wish they could find such willing clients.

Sondheim Knows How to Book ‘Em

Robert David Jaffee February 16, 2006

Harry Sondheim, a retired criminal prosecutor for the L.A. County D.A.\’s office, was traveling in Holland when he simply noticed an artifact that appealed to him. \”They had a museum, Der Weg, which means the Weighing House. They had an artist named Bicart. I bought some postcards with depictions of Jewish ceremonies on them. You can\’t buy those postcards any longer.\”

Europe’s Jews Caught in Cartoon Furor

JTA Staff February 16, 2006

As frequent targets of anti-Semitic cartoons — many of them in the Arab press — Jews on one hand sympathized with the Muslim outrage over depictions of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, which is considered by Muslims to be blasphemous.

But Jews joined many others in expressing shock at the level of violence the controversy sparked.

Letters

Jewish Journal January 5, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Punk Princesses: Jews With Attitude

George Robinson December 8, 2005

There were always Jews in punk, even before there was punk.

\”It really begins with Lenny Bruce,\” says Steven Beeber, whose new book \”The Heebie Jeebies at CBGBs: A Secret History of Jewish Punk,\” will be published next year by A Capella Books. \”Bruce sort of epitomizes the attitude, the whole smart-ass, clever truth-telling.\”

In fact, the punk attitude is also a Jewish attitude that begins with the midrash, in which Abram smashes all but one of his father\’s household idols and blames the sole survivor for the wreckage.

After the Ashes

Rabbi Elazar Muskin March 24, 2005

Natan Sharansky\’s attitude is as old as the Bible. This week\’s Torah portion began with a description of the olah, the obligatory burnt offering that was brought twice a day — morning and afternoon — to the Holy Temple.

Our Future Lies Rooted in Ourselves

Nona Farahnik October 21, 2004

The last time my name appeared in The Jewish Journal, I had just been dubbed the \”Milken Idol\” for winning a public-speaking contest with what The Journal termed a \”stirring pro-Israel speech\” that called for \”Zionist solidarity.\”

The Mickey Rule

Sam Shmikler September 2, 2004

There seems to be an unwritten rule that states: \”If you are going through a convulsive experience, you ought to be open to those with equally or more compelling issues.\” Whatever happened to: \”Put your own mask on first, then, tighten the straps before you try to assist others\”?

Jewish + Humor = ‘Jumor’

Stefanee Freedman September 2, 2004

\”\’Jumor\’ is a look into our own culture through our elderly community,\” Aaron Krinsky said. \”The more homes we visited, the more we realized we were interested in the stories itself, not the comics who told them.\”

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