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Out of the Shadow

Marlene Adler Marks November 19, 1998

Life is strange. Death makes better material.

Endangered Species

Jewish Journal November 12, 1998

Pity the poor Jewish Republicans. This was supposed to be their year, the election that was sure to put them on the map at last as a serious force, both in the Republican Party and in the Jewish community.

No Earthquake, but Tremors for the GOP

James D November 5, 1998

Two months ago, most pundits were predicting that the White House sex scandal would trigger a Republican earthquake at the polls. But Tuesday\’s electoral tremors mostly rattled a GOP leadership that made Bill Clinton\’s moral lapses a top issue despite polls suggesting voters were tired of the controversy and opposed to impeachment.

Director Under ‘Siege’

Naomi Pfefferman November 5, 1998

Ed Zwick, the director of \”Glory\” and \”Courage Under Fire,\” is finding himself under siege. Critics are charging that his new film, \”The Siege,\” in which the government incarcerates Arab Americans after Middle Eastern terrorists detonate bombs in New York City, dangerously stereotypes Arab and Moslem Americans.

Politics

Wendy J. Madnick October 29, 1998

The mud being slung in the San Fernando Valley\’s most closely watched congressional race has a distinctive blue-and-white tinge. Their positions on issues from abortion to Social Security having failed to ignite much interest, the candidates for the 24th District seat have instead turned to scuffling over Israel.

Revisionist ‘History’

Naomi Pfefferman October 29, 1998

Tony Kaye\’s \”American History X\” was supposed to establish him as \”the greatest living filmmaker,\” he told The Jewish Journal. Instead, the movie, a drama about the redemption of a neo-Nazi (Edward Norton), was \”raped\” by New Line Cinema; by \”narcissistic, dilettante\” Norton, who destroyed \”X\” in the editing room; and by the Directors Guild, which refused to allow Kaye his pseudonym-of-choice in the credits, Humpty Dumpty.

Politics

James D October 22, 1998

Asked to discuss the accomplishments of the 105th Congress, which erupted last week in a frenzy of last-minute wheeling and dealing as lawmakers tried to avert another politically costly government shutdown, Rep. Ben Cardin\’s response was succinct. \”It will be a very brief conversation,\” said the Maryland Democrat, a senior member of the Jewish delegation in the House.

All Rise

Marlene Adler Marks October 22, 1998

Maybe Stanley Mosk isn\’t worried, but I am. Amid one of the most chaotic elections in recent history, when scandals in Washington and daily meetings at the Wye Plantation seem to influence how Californians might respond to local issues like the gubernatorial race and Indian gaming rights, I was summoned last weekend for coffee and blintzes at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club with the state\’s Senior Associate Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk.

Back To School

Beverly Gray August 27, 1998

As Labor Day fast approaches, colleges around the country are welcoming the class of 2002. Some of the wide-eyed freshmen now struggling with books, bedding, and brand-new computer hookups are the products of a Jewish day-school education.

The Editor’s Corner

Jewish Journal July 9, 1998

Reading about the Federation-sponsored 1997 Jewish Population Survey in last week\’s Journal, I realized once again just how much charts and graphs and statistical surveys resemble novels.

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