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Julie Gruenbaum Fax
February 19, 1998
There was noquestion: Of the three rabbis sitting up on the dais at UCLA Hillel,Rabbi Shlomo Riskin had the toughest sell.
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Chabad Wins this Round
Jewish Journal
December 4, 1997
The latest round in the decade-long battle over whether Chabad can display a large Chanukah menorah in Beverly Hills has been decided.
The Dirty Little Secret of the Pluralism Debate
Jewish Journal
October 23, 1997
Israel does not actually prevent Conservative or Reform rabbis from convertingnon-Jews to Judaism. It simply doesn\’t recognize those conversions –not for citizenship, not for marriage, not even burial near one\’sfamily.
21 Years Ago: L.A.’s Own Zionist Conference
Ruth Stroud
September 4, 1997
To many American Jews in their 20s, 30s and 40s, Zionism, the ancient dream of a Jewish homeland that spawned a political movement and the birth of Israel almost 50 years ago, is little more than a footnote in a Sunday-school textbook.
Strains in the Relationship
Tom Tugend
August 21, 1997
The reluctance of the popular comedian and others to lend their talents to the event reflect the growing strains between large segments of the American Jewish community and Israel, centered on the legitimacy and treatment of non-Orthodox Jews in Israel.
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