J.J. Goldberg\’s column on Israeli Finance MinisterNeeman\’s proposal to gradually phase out American economic aid toIsrael missed several key points, leading readers to draw skewedconclusions (\”Foreign Aid as Shell Game,\” Feb. 13).
After spending months moderating aweekly chat room in America Online\’s Jewish section, I finally foundEmes, someone I could really talk to.
The Westside Jewish Community Center, a recreation and education institution in Los Angeles for more than four decades, may be sold in the next few weeks to Shalhevet High School.
What do Jewish educators think about Jewish parents?
The first thing that struck me as President Clinton unveiled his $21.7 billion child-care proposal last week was that it was hardly noticed in our community at all. With the possible exception of increased child-care tax exemptions, the nation\’s first preschool package won\’t touch the Jewish community to any extent.\nLet the Christian Coalition insist that women still belong solely at home. Our own community resolved the problem early, and did it well.
Every year, the Milken Family Foundation gives public recognition and $10,000 each to education professionals \”who have made significant contributions to excellence in day schools affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education,\” according to the foundation.
Tired of spinning the same old dreidels, eating the same old latkes, singing the same old tired songs year after year on Chanukah? Well, the personal computer and the World Wide Web provide a fresh approach to the holiday, combining ancient traditions with new technologies.
Apples and honey, a spinning dreidel, a Red Sea parted — all thevivid highlights in the Jewish holiday cycle — get their due in thislively assemblage of poems, fables, stories, traditional songs andbrief forays into history and custom.
Mitzvot, acts of loving kindness or just plain charity:Whatever you call them, Jews are commanded to do more than simplypray for good things — they have to do good themselves in order tohelp repair what is wrong in the world.
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.
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