The emerging ethnic commercial district, akin to better-established Little Saigon in Westminster and Los Angeles\’ Koreatown, is further evidence of the county\’s evolution from suburbia into a more diverse, urban environment.
\”What we\’re trying to do is build a world that is a more decent place,\” Rabbi Allen Krause said in his book-lined office. \”I\’m doing what I can do. I don\’t know whether I\’m having an impact, but that doesn\’t mean I\’m going to stop trying.\”
When Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis asked a group of approximately 80 retirees in his Conservative congregation how many had a non-Jewish member in their family, almost every hand shot up.
To understand how Rabbi Morley Feinstein has re-energized University Synagogue, just peek in on his Friday night services, which have been attracting upwards of 125 people every week.
Persecution is something that religious groups have known elsewhere. Religious freedom has allowed them to flourish in the United States — religious freedom and tolerance.
We would always say that we were the ambassadors of love and happiness, causing people to smile as they passed by us, the chemistry almost touchable.
While Sharon Schatz Rosenthal\’s cover story notes that day schools are costly, it fails to address cost efficiency (\”Who Should Pay?\” Jan.31).
\”Intermarriage is a fact of Jewish life and it\’s time we opened our doors and made everyone welcome, not just Jews,\” said Monica Engel, who said that at her own synagogue that interfaith couples felt marginalized because of their ignorance of Jewish practices.
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