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Promoting Jewish Learning
Billed as \”Jewish Literacy: A Learned Community and a Community of Learners,\” CAJE 31 was a raw, messy, creative affair, with 20 sessions held every hour for five days on such wide-reaching topics as \”God Shopping,\” \”The Jews of Sing-Sing,\” \”Assessing Our Relationship to Israel\” and \”Jews as Global Citizens.\”
Artists Dream in a Golden Age
\”It\’s like a temple,\” the painter says of his artist\’s studio.
A lonely temple, that is.
\”I\’m the rabbi and congregation all in one,\” he says with a laugh.
School Risked Fiscal Peril for Its Students
Etz Jacob prides itself on accepting children who would not otherwise get a Jewish education. Rabbi Rubin Huttler of Congregation Etz Jacob founded the school in 1989 as a haven for new immigrants flooding into Los Angeles from Russia and Iran.
Wiesel’s Words of Hope for ‘Uprooted’
Wounds are plentiful in Eli Wiesel\’s \”The Time of the Uprooted,\” an absorbing novel that moves back and forth in time, from 1940s Hungary to New York at the end of the 20th century, shifting points of view, with emotional intensity packed into memories and stories.
Where Is Home? U.S. or Israel?
One, two, tree.\”
\”No, dad! It\’s one, two, thhhhreeee.\”
Growing up with Israeli parents in Los Angeles was often uncomfortable. I never felt completely at home
Dr. Freud at 150
Freud famously called dreams \”the royal road to knowledge of the unconscious.\” And his own dreams and their analysis revealed to him a whirl of conflicts around his Jewish identity.
Letters
The article in this week\’s Journal about Poland and the March of the Living was accurate, on target and, quite frankly, overdue (\”March of the Living Dead?\” April 21). For quite some time now I have been troubled by the misguided attempts of some in the Jewish community to exploit our people\’s tragedy for the purpose of giving young Jews a renewed sense of identity.
Nefesh Immigrants Cite Smoother Aliyah
When Fairfax resident Yasmine Noury boarded an El Al flight late last year, she joined the growing ranks of North American Jews who immigrated to Israel in 2005.
New Articles
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But When There’s a Real Genocide, They’re Silent
Sonoma State University President Retires
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