Sadness and Joy Mix on Mitzvah Day
Julie Brown
February 6, 2003
It was supposed to have been a happy day. Strangely enough, it was.
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Briefs
Community Briefs
February 6, 2003
Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton (pictured with Tsion Ben David of the Israel Ministry of Tourism) placed a prayer in the Western
Wall of the Old City during a recent visit to Israel.
Moments of Silence
Rob Eshman
February 6, 2003
There were a lot of moments of silence this week. There was the one early Saturday morning when you first heard the news of the space shuttle Columbia\’s disappearance.
Light From Sorrow
Irene Brown
February 6, 2003
As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth\’s gravity and rocket away into space.
Beth Sholom’s New Siddur
Journal Staff
December 5, 2002
To address the needs of congregants not fully comfortable with Hebrew liturgy, Rabbi Shelton J. Donnell, along with a group of lay leaders, spent eight years developing a new siddur.
The Lure of Extremism
David A. Lehrer
November 14, 2002
For a man who was rational, and with whom one could discuss cause and effect and the logic of doing things one way (the non-inflammatory way) as opposed to another, it always amazed me how he would invariably choose the wrong path.
Show Me the Way
Rabbi Naomi Levy
September 12, 2002
Not long ago, a friend of mine called me and said, "Naomi, I need your help.
Something to Talk About
Andrea Adelson
September 5, 2002
Their subjects will range from anti-Semitism to baseball\’s Ted Williams, from the messianic era to Disney\’s \”The Lion King.\”
Blowing the Shofar Is a Blast
Jane Ulman
September 5, 2002
"Go away!" Gabe, 15, yells at his two younger brothers, having been rudely awakened by a blast of the shofar.
Sing a New Song
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 13, 2001
Craig Taubman remembers a time not too long ago when he and other popular Jewish musicians were branded as destroyers of Jewish culture.
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