Dividing Lines
Rob Eshman
November 20, 2003
About two miles northwest of Bethlehem, Israel\’s much-discussed security fence comes to an end — not with a bang but with a whimper.
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An Experience Worth the Price of Admission
Eryn Brown
September 4, 2003
When it came time to talk about the high price of High Holiday tickets, The Jewish Journal thought there would be no better person to chat with than Ron Wolfson.
Israel Reconsiders Peace Policies
Leslie Susser
August 28, 2003
Israel launched a string of targeted strikes against terrorist leaders, warning that it would no longer distinguish between political and military echelons of any organization waging terror, including Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat\’s Fatah movement.
Positive Picture at University Goes Untold
Marc Dollinger
August 28, 2003
It has been a great year in Jewish studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU). The program enjoys surging enrollments.
The Right of Return Goes Both Ways
James D. Besser
July 3, 2003
Last week, a group called Justice for Jews from Arab Countries published a report documenting the human rights crisis facing Jews in that part of the world following the creation of Israel.
An Unorthodox View of Who’s Orthodox
David Suissa
June 19, 2003
I want to respond to my observant friends who have asked me to answer this question: What can they take from a Jew who doesn\’t believe the Torah is the word of God and who feels no need or obligation to follow His commandments? What can they take from that \”truth\”?
New Form of Anti-Semitism
Richard Allen Greene
June 19, 2003
Coming after conferences on anti-Semitism in New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna, the book, \”A New Anti-Semitism? Debating Judeophobia in 21st-Century Britain,\” is something of a symposium unto itself.
New Shot Fired in Media Bias War
Cathy Young
June 12, 2003
The latest book to charge into the battle of the media, \”What Liberal Media?: The Truth About \’Bias\’ and the News,\” by Nation columnist Eric Alterman, attempts to give ammunition to the liberal side.
Conejo Valley Hit by Growing Pains
Wendy J. Madnick
April 24, 2003
Rabbi Gary Johnson is overjoyed. There\’s no other way to describe it.
The Jews and Iraq
James D. Besser
February 13, 2003
Ask any rabbi or community relations professional; in Jewish communities across the nation, there is support for the Bush administration\’s Iraq policy laced with healthy doses of skepticism and outright opposition — the whole range of reactions of a worried nation.
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