Donor Pool Swim
Jessica Ravitz
April 29, 2004
Few days have haunted me like April 15, 2002. It was the day Time magazine screamed out from its cover that women cannot have it all.
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fear
No Half Love!
Adam Gilad
March 11, 2004
\”Love is a fine thing,\” the Yiddish saying goes, \”but love with noodles is even tastier.\”
Religions Hold Mix of Justice and Mercy
Reuven Firestone
January 1, 2004
Religion did not begin with compassion. The gods of the ancient Near East were not exactly epitomes of goodness.
In the flood story of the Gilgamesh Epic, the gods destroyed humanity not because they were reacting to unbridled violence and sin, as in the biblical (and quranic) versions, but because humans were making too much noise and disturbing them.
The ancient gods were worshipped but not out of love. They were worshipped out of fear.
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
November 20, 2003
Senior City of Los Angeles officials, visiting Israel under the auspices of the L.A. Jewish Federation, presented a proclamation from the L.A. City Council to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai praising Israel as a \”bedrock of stability, democracy and modernity with shared common values of pluralism and cultural diversity.\”
Teen Feared Kidnapped in Israel
Gaby Wenig
September 11, 2003
Unlike disappearances in the United States, which are often a case of runaways or kidnapping by criminals, disappearances in Israel are often feared to be a case of terrorism.
Walk Your Dog
Rob Eshman
September 11, 2003
The question is not if we are we safe, but what can each of us do to be safer? The idea is to find the balance between alert and alarmed, between giving in to our fears (and to fear mongers) and giving up.
Interfaith Ties Bloom
Marc Ballon
June 26, 2003
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Sande Hart grew increasingly disgusted by disparaging remarks some of her friends — both Jewish and not — made about Muslims. The Koran, they said, preached killing Jews and other infidels; Islam was a hate-filled religion, with few redeeming qualities.
Home of the Free
Joseph Hanania
May 29, 2003
Anti-Semitism, I learned on a recent trip through France, is alive and pervasive. Nor, I discovered with some surprise, was the rabbi or those in charge of the synagogue overreacting.
‘Terrorist’ Helped Israeli Heal
Naomi Pfefferman
May 29, 2003
The straightforward but intensely personal piece stands out amid the flurry of third-person documentaries emerging on the Middle East crisis, including Ilan Ziv\’s 2002 suicide bombing expose, \”Human Weapon,\” and Oliver Stone\’s \”Persona Non Grata\”.
Lieberman Candidacy Spotlights Fear Factor
Steve Berman
May 22, 2003
It is instructive to look at two prominent Jewish columnists for The New York Times, William Safire and Tom Friedman, to realize that one can be Jewish and of two different minds. Here are two very Jewishly committed men with two very different views of the world and of the Middle East. Neither one represents a monolith that some of the \”Lieberman-scared\” Jews fear exists.
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