Apart from the 175 member families she served at Anchorage\’s Congregation Beth Sholom, Rabbi Johanna Hershenson found little other Jewish life. As the only non-Orthodox rabbi in Alaska, she became a long-distance consultant to lay synagogue leaders in even more isolated areas, such as Homer and Fairbanks.
From 1992 through the present, a remarkably consistent 50 percent of Jewish voters have called themselves Democrats, roughly one-third independents and 16-18 percent Republicans.
I was born into a world of one-size-fits-all lifestyles: either I\’d marry and have children or be a subject of gossip and humiliation.
Judith Aaronson is one of the many people who obtain federally approved drugs from online business brokers, but instead of cost as the motivating factor, it\’s idealism that moves her and other Jews around the country to turn to Israel for their drugs.
The Los Angeles bar mitzvah is a sitting duck. Wild tales of gross excess put fear, disgust and embarrassment into the heart of every Jewish parent I know.
Tricia called Jewish National Fund (JNF) to find out if she could plant a tree in Israel for each guest invited to Danielle\’s bat mitzvah. \”It turns out JNF has exactly such a program set up already,\” Tricia said.
Darren Star, the creator and executive producer of three of the last decade\’s most popular television phenomena — \”Beverly Hills, 90210,\” \”Melrose Place\” and the three time Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning HBO comedy series \”Sex and the City\” — is being honored Monday night with the Tisch Industry Leadership Award at the National Foundation for Jewish Culture\’s third annual Jewish Image Awards.
Just shy of 3 percent of California\’s population, Jews represent an estimated 5 percent of the state\’s registered voters. In a race that analysts predict will hinge on a minority of votes, a minority\’s voting bloc will be crucial.
Because of our history, American Jews have had reason to worry about anti-Semitism and scapegoating, but we have also worked to break down barrier after barrier in virtually every aspect of American life.
Today, we have the opportunity to break down perhaps the most important barrier: that a Jew cannot be elected president of the United States. And ironically, the skepticism on this issue comes not from non-Jews but from Jews.
Jeff Gabriel knows that when he arrives at the University of Colorado in Boulder this September, connecting to his Jewish roots won\’t be a priority.
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