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Principal for a Day, Lesson for a Lifetime

Sarah Price Brown March 24, 2005

It\’s a lot more than Kenn Phillips could have bargained for when he accepted this gig as principal. Lucky for him, he doesn\’t have to come back tomorrow.

That\’s because Phillips isn\’t the real principal, but merely principal for a day. Phillips is among more than 200 professionals who arranged to shadow principals as part of a Los Angeles Unified School District effort to create alliances between businesses and schools.

New Allegations of Forged Hahn Support

Idan Ivri March 17, 2005

A growing number of Jewish community members are saying that Hahn\’s re-election campaign falsely claimed them as endorsers in that ad.

What’s Next for Shalhevet?

Julie Gruenbaum Fax February 3, 2005

Despite its fair share of controversy and assaults on its reputation, the school Jerry Friedman founded 13 years ago has established itself as an innovative, liberal Modern Orthodox high school with high academic standards, where kids for the most part really love the school.

Justice or Character Assassination?

Andrea Adelson July 1, 2004

The painful case reveals the vulnerability of clergy to character assassination as well as the difficulty for lay people in challenging a religious entity that keeps its decisions secret.

Dr. Laura Loses Her Religion

Lisa Keys August 21, 2003

Of her conversion to Judaism, Laura Schlessinger said, \”I felt that I was putting out a tremendous amount toward that mission, that end, and not feeling return, not feeling connected, not feeling that inspired. Trust me, I\’ve talked to rabbis, I\’ve read, I\’ve prayed, I\’ve agonized and I came to this place anyway — which is not exactly back to the beginning, but more in that direction than not.\”

Humanist Approach a Must in Medicine

Dr. Arnold P. Gold April 24, 2003

Research examining the attitudes of 3,500 entering medical students from across the nation concluded that most were indeed empathetic and humanistic when they began their studies. Clearly, some time during medical school and the end of the residency experience, many caring young doctors change. Why do some students maintain a humanistic orientation while others lose it?

Man as Creator

Nancy Sokoler Steiner November 28, 2002

A woman who had taken fertility treatments became pregnant only to learn that she was carrying four embryos.

Ethics and Ironies

Rabbi Avi Shafran November 14, 2002

In our sex-saturated — and in fact, as a result, sexist — society, men and women eschewing handshakes to avoid any semblance of misplaced sexuality might seem a bit much to many.

Fair Weight

Rabbi Daniel Bouskila May 3, 2001

Honesty, morality and ethical behavior — these are the calling cards of Leviticus, and they are the centerpieces of Jewish behavior and identity. Amongst the mitzvot enumerated in Leviticus 19 (known by some scholars as the \”Holiness Code\”) are respect for parents, charity for the poor, prohibitions against stealing and lying, a reminder to pay an employee\’s wages on time, the moral obligation not to take advantage of the deaf or blind, honesty and fairness in justice, prohibitions against holding grudges or exacting revenge, and the famous mitzvah to \”love your neighbor as yourself.\”

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