‘Trembling’ Truth
Ivor Davis
February 14, 2002
For filmmaker Sandi Simcha DuBowski, \”Trembling Before G-d\” isn\’t just a documentary, it\’s a revolutionary movement.
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Waiter, Hold the Knishes
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
December 13, 2001
A group of 27 influential Charedi rabbis will soon issue a takhana, or rarely issued formal guideline, setting strict limits on the number of people who are to be invited to an Orthodox wedding, the number of musicians hired to play, and even the type and amount of food that is to be served.
High Time
Diane Arieff
November 8, 2001
For the past three years, in meetings that often go toward midnight, a handful of local parents, educators and community leaders have been coming together to plan Los Angeles\’ next non-Orthodox Jewish high school.
Now it has come to pass. Late last month, the Core Group, as the parents call themselves, announced the September 2002 opening of the New Community Jewish High School in the West Valley.
Ten Commandments for Modern Orthodoxy
Moshe Kaveh
April 12, 2001
Modern Orthodoxy should take up this challenge: to broaden the attractiveness of tradition.
From Baptist to Beshert
Judy Gruen
April 5, 2001
Growing up in Mississippi, the granddaughter of devout Baptist sharecroppers, Delores Gray came from what she calls \”a praying background.\”
Flawed Methodology
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
September 14, 2000
You don\’t have to be a rocket scientist to see why the Orthodox were seriously undercounted.
Saturday, November 25
Jewish Journal
November 25, 1999
Rabbi Steven Greenberg usually kept quiet through the gay jokes. After all, he had been in the closet in the Orthodox community for 20 years, so he was used to smiling through the ridicule, through tirades about same-sex marriage.
Modern, Orthodox and Scared
Jewish Journal
February 18, 1999
The placard near the escalator of New York\’s Grand Hyatt Hotel directed seekers up to the ballroom level for the founding convention of Edah, the fledgling voice of Orthodox liberalism.
A Cinematic Look at Israel
Diane Arieff
December 3, 1998
The Israeli Film Festival, now in it\’s 15th year, has, in many ways, come of age — in subject matter, directorial style and sensibility.
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