Boy Do We Need Teshuvah Now!
Jonathan Kellerman
October 6, 2005
When I was a small boy — 6 or 7 — I became acutely aware that being a Jew made me a member of a tiny minority.
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Like Some ‘Guilt’ With Your Chick Lit?
Susan Josephs
September 8, 2005
\”The Modern Jewish Girl\’s Guide to Guilt\” edited by Ruth Andrew Ellenson (Dutton, $24.95).
When Ruth Andrew Ellenson achieved the writer\’s milestone of selling her first book, her father responded in classic Jewish parental fashion.
\”He was thrilled and said, \’Honey, that\’s wonderful.\’ Then there was a long pause,\” Ellenson recalled. \”And he said, \’I guess this means I have to wait longer for grandchildren.\’\”
As the editor of the newly released \”The Modern Jewish Girl\’s Guide to Guilt,\” Ellenson now has both the professional and personal credentials to speak on behalf of any Jewish woman who struggles with the notion of \”letting my people down. I\’ve always been interested in what\’s complicated about being Jewish and how you balance the different parts of life,\” said the 31-year-old freelance journalist. \”Jewish women have been given opportunities they never had before. We live in a time of choice and so there are myriad new ways to feel guilty.\”
Got Closure?
Teresa Strasser
October 2, 2003
Moses begged God\’s forgiveness for 40 days and 40 nights, Kobe Bryant\’s going on at least that long plus a $4 million sorry ring. We all have our ways of expressing remorse, but what are we buying with our flowers, phone calls and fine jewelry? Maybe the more observant among us are trying to be \”inscribed in the book of life,\” to obey strict talmudic laws, but people like me, we just want to feel okay about ourselves. We\’d like our names erased from the Book of Guilt.
Signs of Thaw Seen in Israel-Europe Ties
Leslie Susser
July 17, 2003
After years of mutual distrust and periodic acrimony, there are signs of a thaw in relations between Israel and Europe.
Guilt and Responsibility
Yoram Ben Ze
August 14, 1997
Since the barbarous July 30 bombings that claimed the lives of 13innocent Israelis, we have heard and read the following claim: Notonly was the atrocity predictable, but it was also a direct result ofIsrael\’s recent actions. I strongly take issue with this.
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