The Tabach family left the settlement of Gadid last week, ahead of the Israeli withdrawal. Settlers who hadn\’t evacuated as of Monday were given 48-hours notice to leave, on threat of eviction.
Getting kids involved with giving isn\’t just for wealthy families. On the contrary, middle-class kids tend to have much more than they need — and can benefit from the values and insights they will get from charitable activities. It\’s up to parents to get them going, and to figure out the best structure for the entire family\’s charitable activities
A lot of people my age feel pressure from their families to get married, but I think my not being married is the only thing keeping my grandmother alive. Bebe often tells me she just wants to live long enough to see my wedding. I\’ll say \”I do\” and then she\’ll immediately keel over. It\’s a lot to bear.
Bebe likes to pretend she\’s open-minded and doesn\’t care if I date non-Jewish women. I should point out that I am technically Jewish — both my parents were born Jews. I never went to Hebrew school but we did celebrate Chanukah — until the year we couldn\’t find the menorah. Then that was that: Bring on Christmas!
A guy gets a Labrador and he can\’t wait to show him off to his neighbor. So when the neighbor comes over, the guy calls the dog into the house, bragging about how smart the little guy is. The dog quickly comes running and stands looking up at his master, tail wagging furiously, mouth open in classic Lab-smile position, eyes bright with anticipation. The guy points to the newspaper on the couch and commands: \”fetch!\”
Immediately, the dog sits down, the tail wagging stops, the doggie-smile disappears; he hangs his head, looks balefully up at his master and says in a whiny voice, \”Oh! My tail hurts from wagging so much. And that dog food you\’re feeding me tastes absolutely terrible. And it\’s so hot in here. And you\’re not giving me any treats. And I can\’t remember the last time you took me out for a walk….\”
The neighbor\’s jaw drops.
\”Ah,\” the dog owner explains, \”he\’s a little hard of hearing. He thought I said \’kvetch!\’\”
Shoshanim, a magazine for Jewish teenage girls, is celebrating its fifth year in publication with a newly designed Web site, new features and an upgraded layout.
On Sunday, April 17, hundreds of Holocaust survivors from around the world, along with their children and grandchildren, gathered on the site of the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen to observe the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.
Each year our congregation travels to a different corner of the Jewish world, and last Tisha B\’Av, the day commemorating persecutions and destructions that have befallen the Jewish people, we found ourselves in Berlin.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is picking a fight with longtime powers in Sacramento instead of trying to be everybody\’s pal, raising a question of whether he can bring voters along with him who are torn by their desire for good government but angry over mounting partisanship.
Voters, according to a recent Mervin Field California Poll, are open to the governor\’s four reform ideas heading into a probable November special election, even though voters don\’t personally approve of Schwarzenegger as much as they once did.
President Bush is declaring his hope for a Palestinian state loud and clear, and no wonder — it\’s almost the price of entry to the alliance with Europe that he urgently wants to revive.
The Orthodox Union\’s deaf outreach came to Long Beach for a Shabbaton gathering of the deaf and their families
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