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Reflections on a Tragedy

Maryann J. Gray July 15, 2004

For thousands of years, communities have wrestled with the question of how to treat accidental killers. The Book of Numbers (consistent with a shorter passage in Exodus) tells us that God instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to establish six cities of refuge to which accidental killers could flee. The accidental killer was to be protected from the wrath of the victim\’s family — the \”blood avenger\” — so long as he remained within the city of refuge. Only when the high priest of the city died could the killer return home.

Commitment’s Price

Judy Gruen July 8, 2004

These days, many women complain about the epidemic of males who run in terror from the thought of a committed relationship.

Can’t ‘Handel’ the Heat?

Naomi Pfefferman July 8, 2004

\”\’Fahrenheit 9/11,\’ what a piece of garbage,\” says radio host Bill Handel.

The Circuit

Andrea Adelson July 1, 2004

Circuit

A Mitzvah Is Its Arab-Israeli Enmity Vanishes at Hospital

Andrea Adelson July 1, 2004

To avoid being branded as a collaborator, most Palestinians would not admit to accepting aid from Israel. Samera bravely told her story to A-Sinara, the largest Arabic-language newspaper in the region. Her experience \”was diametrically opposed to everything she\’d been told,\” Larry Rich said.

Two Women Rabbis Will Fill Pulpits

Andrea Adelson July 1, 2004

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.