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Addressing Anxieties

Beverly Gray January 18, 2001

Each November, Valley Beth Shalom holds a meeting at which its youth director urges parents to send their teenagers on a summer trip to Israel. In 1999, more than 100 families attended. This past November, there were only eight. The low turnout appears to reflect parental anxiety over safety issues in the Middle East. Lisa Kaplan, who heads The Jewish Federation\’s Israel Experience Program office, explains that \”in times of peace, the students make the decision. In difficult times, the parents make the decision.\”

The Conversation

Marlene Adler Marks January 4, 2001

We were too late for the early bird special at the Swiss Chalet restaurant in Delray Beach, Fla., but there was a line anyway for the roast chicken that is widely acclaimed as being almost as good as my mother\’s.

Sibling Rivalry

Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben December 14, 2000

I have three sisters, two older and one younger. My youngest sister, Debbie, was born when I was 8 years old. In the months leading up to her birth, I remember clearly the anxiety I felt over the possibility that it might turn out to be a boy and I might end up with a brother.

Human Sacrifice

Rob Eshman December 14, 2000

\nThe government of Israel has wisely chosen to cooperate with a U.S.-led international commission that began investigating Israeli-Palestinian violence this week. Led by former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, the commission hopes its work will reduce the violence in the region and lead the parties back to the negotiating table.

Sibling Rivalry

Ronnie Friedland November 23, 2000

It\’s a cautionary tale for parents, and one whose message will resonate with children: the new DreamWorks telling of the biblical tale of Joseph in the animated direct-to-video film \”Joseph: King of Dreams.\”In a style similar to that of \”The Prince of Egypt,\” which told the story of Moses, \”Joseph: King of Dreams\” imagines the childhood of Joseph and illustrates the dangers of favoring one child and the extremes to which sibling rivalry can lead. Animated by their jealousy, Joseph\’s brothers sell their preferred brother to Egyptian slave traders. It\’s an act they come to regret.

Where the Heart Is

Teresa Strasser November 16, 2000

They say you can never go home again.
Well, you can. Only you might find yourself staying at a Travelodge, driving a rented Ford Contour and staking out your childhood home like some noir private eye just trying to catch a glimpse of the Johnny-come-latelys that are now living in your house.

Spellbound

Naomi Pfefferman November 9, 2000

\”I was in all of one spelling bee in my life,\” confides Myla Goldberg, the author of \”Bee Season,\” who\’ll read from her stunning debut novel at the Jewish Book Festival this week. The overachiever was in the fourth grade, and she smugly expected to win – until she was asked to spell \”tomorrow,\” her Achilles-heel word. She spelled it \”tomarrow.\”

Majoring in Courage

David Evanier November 2, 2000

These are tense days for the Los Angeles parents of Jewish students studying at Israeli universities and yeshivas. Their sons and daughters are among some 4,000 Americans studying in Israel this year in a wide range of programs. Major universities, yeshivas, kibbutzim, the Israel Defense Force are just a few of the institutions that offer American students programs in Israel. According to the Israel Aliyah Center, there are l00 students from Los Angeles currently studying in Israel.

Reviving a Public School

Beverly Gray December 2, 1999

Four years ago, when Robyn Ritter Simon\’s eldest son was ready to start kindergarten, she looked at her local public school and found it lacking. It was not that Canfield Elementary School fell short academically. The Simons live in a West Los Angeles neighborhood that is heavily Jewish and her son would have been one of the few white children — and perhaps the only Jewish child — in his class.

Love and Marriage

Rabbi Steven Z. Leder April 22, 1999

The midrash says that poverty is the worst of all afflictions. But I think it\’s something else — loneliness.

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