A Rosh Hashanah miracle
2007-09-07
By Nechemia Meyers, Special to JTNews If last Rosh Hashanah you had asked the average Israeli whether Ehud Olmert would still be prime minister this Rosh Hashanah, the great majority would have said no. The less-than-successful Second Lebanese War, most people thought, would force him to leave the political arena. ButContinue Reading
Skipping services… again
2007-09-07
By Zack Kushner, other Zack Kushner Interfaithfamily.com Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur — the New Year and Day of Atonement respectively — form the apex of traditional Jewish observance. During these High Holidays, we are meant to start fresh and then repent for the mistakes of the previous year. This, youContinue Reading
Hive talkin’
2007-09-07
By Dan Pine, other “And he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.” (1 Samuel 14:27) For someone allergic to bees, Helene Glickfeld Marshall sure does love apis mellifera.Continue Reading
Sounds of the shofar
2007-09-07
By Ellie S. Grossman, Special to JTNews The memorable sound of the shofar is a highlight of Rosh Hashanah, especially for children who wait patiently through the songs and prayers of the service. As a young girl growing up in a Reform temple, the sharp, loud sound of the ancient ram’sContinue Reading
Prayers for women, by a woman
2007-09-07
By Amy Klein, other Hours of Devotion: Fanny Neuda’s Book of Prayers for Jewish Women Edited and Adapted into verse by Dinah Berland Schocken Books, $24 One day Dinah Berland was browsing in Sam Johnson’s Book Shop in Venice, Calif. and in the Judaica section tucked between the tomes she noticedContinue Reading
ADL recognizes Armenian killings as genocide
2007-08-24
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ADL recognizes Armenian killings as genocide
2007-08-24
By Ben Harris, JTA News & Features NEW YORK (JTA) — In a dramatic reversal, the Anti-Defamation League’s national director has issued a statement describing the massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians as “tantamount to genocide.” The ADL and its national director, Abraham Foxman, have faced mounting criticismContinue Reading
A time of rebirth
2007-08-24
By Paul Steinberg, JTA News & Features DALLAS (JTA) — Rosh Hashanah is a time of rebirth. However, this fall holiday brings a different sort of rebirth than springtime: after months of grueling heat and decay, the earth is refreshed with kernels of September green. In Israel, palm trees blossom withContinue Reading
First responders
2007-08-24
By Barbara Fraser, JTA News & Features LIMA, Peru (JTA) — A small storage area off the courtyard of Leon Pinelo School is piled high with boxes and bags, as staff and volunteers sort through stacks of canned milk and bottled water, huge sacks of rice and beans, diapers and otherContinue Reading
In no one’s interest
2007-08-24
By Ron Kampeas, JTA News & Features Ron Kampeas JTA News & Features WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rudolph Giuliani’s foreign policy is neither a blueprint nor a prescription, his top adviser on the matter says. It is an outline of how the former can-do New York City mayor does business. Charles Hill,Continue Reading
From recovery to renaissance
2007-08-24
By Gail Naron Chalew, JTA News & Features NEW ORLEANS (JTA) — The Jewish community of New Orleans has used the two years since Hurricane Katrina not only to recover from the devastation but also to plot the course for what it hopes will be a future renaissance. Key to thisContinue Reading