The urgent telephone call came on Monday, Oct. 20, for Rabbi JohnRosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood. A crisis was brewing in Israel,said Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, head of the Association of Reform Zionistsof America.
For Friedman, the CyberPeace idea began in September 1993 with thehistoric White House handshake between Israeli Prime Minister YitzhakRabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. The Internet projectcrystallized after Friedman\’s own handshake with Rabin one morning inNovember 1994.
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.
The dominant stories of 5757 centered around ourcontinual war of words fought over religion, sex, politics andhistory
On Sept. 10, the day Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in Israel, the country became preoccupied with another event: the disappearance of Ya\’acov Schwartz.
Brad Sherman easily remembers what was the most enjoyable time hespent during his week-long visit to Israel. \”It was,\” he says, \”thehour I slept.\”
Sarra Levine and Rochelle Robins began sharing their dreams three years ago, during a long car ride from the Michigan Women\’s MusicFestival to Philadelphia.
\”I always knew I wanted to start a politically minded organization that was Jewish and focused on women,\” Robins says. \”I also wanted to create the school I sought but couldn\’t find.\”
Here we go again. For the third time in four years, Californians are about to be treated to another racially tinged slugfest, this time over bilingual education.
No Jewish cookbook of this year, or any year, for that matter, compares with Claudia Roden\’s \”The Book of Jewish Food\” (Knopf), but two new local additions to the genre have plenty of charms on their own.
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