Same-Sex Marriage Poses Key Questions
Sandy Frank
July 8, 2004
I can\’t prove that allowing same-sex marriage would be bad for society.
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Balance Paramount to UPN Head Ostroff
Soriya Daniels
June 24, 2004
Dawn Ostroff, who in addition to being a religiously observant wife and mother, has worked her way up to a glamorous, powerful and exciting position: president of entertainment at UPN. Offering insight into the art of balancing home and work life and achieving one\’s professional dreams, she reminds us that it\’s never too late.
Peace, Love and Tikkun Olam
Naomi Pfefferman
April 29, 2004
Back in the social-action heyday of the 1960s, tikkun olam was everyone\’s favorite mitzvah.
Vocational Service Gains Career Center
Marc Ballon
April 29, 2004
To Vivian Seigel, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) is a living, breathing entity that must grow with the times or risk irrelevance.
Big Brother Lurks in Higher Education Bill
J. Shawn Landres
March 25, 2004
Leaving aside the question of whether it is the government\’s role to ensure ideological balance in academic settings, the bill unquestionably is a well-intentioned response to a serious problem.
Bill Seeks to Cure Health-Care Plague
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl
March 11, 2004
Today we are beset with a series of health-care plagues, each seeming worse than the one before. The number of Californians without health-care insurance coverage hovers between 6 million and 7 million people — that\’s about one in five of us. About 85 percent of those people are working in jobs where health care is not provided. Nationwide, health-care costs are the second largest cause of personal bankruptcy.
Michael and Bob
Karen Alexander
March 11, 2004
As I watched our friends pin pale purple orchids to each other\’s lapels, sadness and outrage mingled with the happy excitement I had been feeling all afternoon. This was a bold, historic time in San Francisco and hundreds of city employees and volunteers were working themselves weary to make it happen.
Bias Hits Rabbis on Mommy Track
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
September 25, 2003
Today, the 377 women in Reform\’s Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) constitute about 20 percent of Reform rabbis — closer to 25 percent when retired and inactive rabbis aren\’t counted — up from about 10 percent in 1991. Currently, there are 246 Reconstructionist rabbis, 45 percent of whom are women.
Israel’s Year of Strength
Yuval Rotem
September 25, 2003
There are many ways to reflect on the year past and the year to come.
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