Movie studios release very few historical or period films each year, much less a film like \”The Passion,\” which is in Aramaic and Latin with subtitles.
\”People always ask me, \’Are you still Jewish?\’ and I say, \’Of course,\’\” Nikki Schieler Ziering told The Journal over breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel. \”I fell in love with Judaism because it\’s all about family values and having good morals. It\’s something I made a commitment to and that I take seriously.\”
Too much driving and dreaming makes me practically a native here, I suppose. When I complained to my friend Stuart back East, he said: \”Slow down. Pull over. Take a class.\”
Ancient Greek democracy created the \”citizen.\” Renaissance Europe invented the \”gentleman.\” Colonial America produced the
\”frontiersman.\”
There are certain levels of \”Jewishness\” — and I am not talking about Reform vs. Orthodox.
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.
Eleven years ago my parents divorced after my father found out my mother had been having an affair for four years.
What a wonderful story on the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) (\”In Community We Trust,\” Feb. 16). Reading it reminds me of my own story.
First comes love, then comes marriage. But when baby makes three, an interfaith couple has to face hard decisions about their child\’s religious upbringing.
From the introduction of Davis\’ book \”Whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah is it Anyway?\” \”You know the joke about how the child is supposed to say \’Today I am a man\’?\” Sandra asks. \”Yes.\” I nod tentatively. \”Well, for me it\’s going to be \’Today I am a basket case!\’\” she says, eyes welling with tears.
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