Congress OKs bill barring military chaplains from mentioning Jesus in official prayers
Jewish Journal
October 5, 2006
Briefs courtesy of Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
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Advice and Reality Face a Moment of Truth in Israel
Susan Freudenheim
July 13, 2006
My first instinct in any new city is to mingle. I like to walk the streets, stop into ordinary shops — grocery stores and electronic shops, not just the Judaica stores or Dead Sea skin care outlets for tourists. I like to take public transportation.
Visit to Ethiopia Changes His Life
Marc Ballon
May 25, 2006
\”John has given real leadership to the issue of Ethiopian Jewry,\” said Barry Shrage, president of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, who earlier this year went to Ethiopia with Fishel and 100 American Jewish federation members. \”He\’s always been the first one to speak up and stir the conscience of the federation movement.\”
We Must Treat Others With Kindness
Rabbi David Wolpe
May 18, 2006
The Haggadah tells us \”you were strangers in the land of Egypt.\” Here is the interesting thing — because we were strangers, we are supposed to learn not how the Israelites should have acted, but — how the Egyptians should have acted. We are supposed to learn how not to oppress others. Don\’t treat others the way we were treated.
Life More Ordinary
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
April 27, 2006
In this week\’s double Torah portion, Tazria-Metzorah (Leviticus 13, in particular), God instructs Moses and Aaron on the role of priests when people take ill.
Throw a Party With a Purpose
Sharon Duke Estroff
April 13, 2006
It\’s not that glitz, glamour and secular themes at b\’nai mitzvah are inherently problematic, like in the soon-to-be-released one-upsmanship film, \”Keeping Up With the Steins,\” but when they\’re inadequately balanced with Jewish values we can be left with an empty shell of a party that undermines the entire point of these meaningful milestones.
PASSOVER: Try to Avoid Asking the Fifth Question
Rabbi Stewart L. Vogel
April 6, 2006
While there are only four questions posed in the haggadah, most seders struggle with the unasked fifth question, \”When are we going to eat?\” It is asked, not only by hungry children, but also by adults who feel disconnected to the rituals of their ancestors.
Center’s Studies Aid Care for Frail Elderly
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
March 9, 2006
Weight-loss prevention is one of the principal areas of investigation at the Borun Center, a joint venture between JHA and UCLA\’s David Geffen School of Medicine. Housed on the JHA campus in Reseda, the center was established in 1989 to identify and test nonmedical measures that could improve daily care and quality of life for nursing home residents.
Home Pampering Easy as 1, 2, Ahhhhh
Beth Gilbert
February 16, 2006
No one deserves a spa experience more than you do. Just picture it — warm tubs scented with essential oils, invigorating body scrubs, refreshing botanical blend face masks smoothed on in soothing circular massaging motions and misty showers with luscious gels.
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