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Education Adopting a More Accepting Attitude
Adolescence seems to have heightened Debra\’s fixation on herbiological origins. She asks probing questions about her birthparents. She wants to know whether her birth mother was Jewish, andwhether there are brothers and sisters somewhere. Such questions arepainful to the Rubins, who\’d rather not spell out all they know aboutthe sad, sordid circumstances of Debra\’s birth.
Maybe Stanley Mosk Isn’t Worried, But I Am
Mosk is California history with a heartbeat. He\’s the lone Democrat on the Court, its only liberal, and a living reminder of the greatest era in California legal history when our Court was the finest in the nation, a bellwether for individual liberties and establishing legal principles often followed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
This Week’s Burst of Mideast Diplomacy
With the May 4, 1999, deadline for the end of the Oslo process looming, the Clinton administration is now pushing hard for incremental agreements intended to buy more time for the faltering negotiations to get back on track.
Psychology at the U.J.
Sometimes we all need a good nudge before we do the right thing.
The Dirty Little Secret of the Pluralism Debate
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.
Tailor-Made
The offspring of aleft-leaning coalition of Jewish groups and spearheaded by theAmerican Jewish Congress, the commission has set out to examineconditions in Los Angeles\’ garment industry and suggest possibleactions for the Jewish community to follow.
New Articles
Sonoma State University President Retires
It’s Not a Fairy Tale
Alleged Paul Kessler Killer Will Stand Trial
So Many Holidays, So Little Time – A poem for Parsha Emor
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