Spiritual Parenthood
Rabbi Gidon Shoshan
May 29, 2003
Why did God count the Jews in this protracted census? And why did the Torah bother to tell us about it?
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The Frozen Chosen
Rabbi Sheryl Nosan-Blank
May 22, 2003
Through many years of rabbinic traveling and teaching, I\’ve been blessed to serve congregations from Long Island to Maui and from Canada to Australia. I\’ve prayed in shuls from Transylvania to Argentina, and I\’ve discovered that in all the world Juneau\’s community is unique. The fusion of Alaskan life and Jewish tradition never ceases to amaze me.
Jews Embrace Life in the Conejo Valley
Peter Fehler
May 15, 2003
It took me 15 years of living on the Westside and in the San Fernando Valley to find what I was looking for — a Jewish lifestyle in Los Angeles fit for my family.
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?
A Pass-SOVA Tradition
Michael Aushenker
April 17, 2003
Helping the needy is what SOVA (Hebrew for \”eat and be satisfied\”) has been doing since 1983, when Santa Monica deli owner Hy Altman and wife, Zucky, created the nonprofit organization.
Anxiety and Hope
Tom Tugend
March 27, 2003
What was once a thriving and influential community of 130,000 Jews in the 1940s has been reduced to less than 50 people, and no one in Los Angeles has been able to contact them for some time.
Remember the Good
Rabbi Ron Shulman
March 13, 2003
Judaism\’s moral imagination describes that King Ahashuerus was not able to sleep because of all that was going on around him: Esther was involved with planning and preparing her next feast; Haman was busy building gallows; Mordecai was upset, praying and wearing sackcloth.
A Single Problem
Amy Klein
February 13, 2003
Look, I know you\’re busy. What with the spouse, the children, the job, the synagogue, the gym, the board meetings, the dinners —
it\’s hard to find a moment in your day, your week, your month, your life.
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.
Wellstone — One of the ‘Frozen Chosen’
James D. Besser
October 31, 2002
As Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) began campaigning for a third term, some pro-Israel activists tried to generate support for his opponent by whispering that the two-term incumbent was insufficiently supportive of Israel. But in almost every respect Wellstone, who died in the crash of his campaign plane in remote northern Minnesota last week en route to a funeral, was more representative of the Jewish political tradition than almost anyone else in political life.
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