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DOWN PAYMENT: An Israeli F-16 was downed, but the price was worth it
Shmuel Rosner
February 14, 2018
TRUTH DECAY: Should you believe a study that documents the fast erosion of Americans’ belief in documented studies?
Shmuel Rosner
February 7, 2018
Politics, poverty and prosperity
Jewish Journal
September 27, 2012
“With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated; and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute laws for the indigent, and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of everyone to the last moment. … No one who has attended to the breeding of domestic animals will ever doubt that this must be highly injurious to the race of man.”
‘The Ariela Foundation’: A family in grief chooses life
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 19, 2012
In July, Ivonne Goldberg was at the park with her 3-year-old son, Mikey, and with Nofar Mekonen, a sunny 14-year-old girl visiting from Israel. Nofar was chatting on and on about her trip to Los Angeles, her family, her school.
High Holy Days: In the rabbis’ words
JewishJournal.com
September 12, 2012
This year, we return to the wisdom offered by our rabbis during the High Holy Days in years past. What follows are excerpts from some exceptional sermons and High Holy Days writings; many more voices could have been included, of course, but we hope this will inspire you to revisit your own synagogues’ archives.
Growing the fruits of peace in El Salvador
Jewish Journal
July 5, 2012
Don Israel speaks no English, and I speak almost no Spanish. But I understood him well enough to realize that, as I began to plant one of the mango trees that would be placed in his field that day, he obviously thought I was doing it wrong.
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