A Nation Says ‘Kaddish’
Wendy J. Madnick
September 12, 2002
Flags flew at half-staff. People on the street made a stronger-than-usual effort to meet each others\’ eyes, acknowledging the sadness of the day.
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Why Be Jewish?
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
September 5, 2002
What is the nature of the struggle for Jewish continuity? What is it that the Jewish community is trying to sustain, and why should we bother?
Needful Things
Rob Eshman
November 22, 2001
Thanksgiving even manages to unite the disparate members of the Jewish tribe. Orthodox or secular, eating soy Tofurkey or kosher birds, we almost all mark the most spiritual of our American holidays.
Forging Ahead
Beverly Gray
March 8, 2001
For the past 37 summers, the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles (BJE) has sent high school students to Israel through its pioneering L.A. Ulpan program.
Tikk-unity Across L.A.
Michael Aushenker
January 4, 2001
While many of us were doing the Chinese-food-and-a-movie thing, some Jews around town chose to take part in a different kind of Christmas tradition.
The Meanings of Rosh Hashanah Traditions
Robin Mordfin
September 7, 2000
Every year, amidst the cooking and the planning and the cleaning, we prepare for the many traditions associated with Rosh Hashanah. Each autumn we eat round challot, listen to the shofar and serve apples.
Magic Jews
Naomi Pfefferman
February 11, 1999
Steve Spill\’s father was one of the first managers of the Magic Castle. Not surprisingly, growing up around the Castle cast its spell on Spill, who went on to forge a 20-year career as a professional magician.
Ice Cream or Bread?
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
February 4, 1999
I remember the argument like it was yesterday. There I was, a 10-year-old kid growing up in a Reform congregation in Santa Monica, arguing with my best friend (another 10-year-old from the same synagogue) about the laws of kashrut for Pesach.
Homage for the Holidays
Jewish Journal
December 3, 1998
Don\’t call her the \”Jewel\” of Jewish preschool.
Sure, Pearl B. sings to the accompaniment of her acoustic six-string. And she does lean professionally on her gem-like first name. But that is where any similarity to the chirpy pop star ends.
Rosh Hashanah 5759
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
Back in the 1970s, Michael and Susan Strassfeld\’s \”The Jewish Catalog\” pioneered a kind of People\’s Guide to Judaism that felt comfortable and familiar to the Boomer generation.
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