A Play About Koby Mandell
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008Koby Mandell would have turned 21 last week, and probably would be finishing his service in the Israeli army. Instead, slain at 13, with a friend, in a cave near their home in...
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by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Houston — In a schoolroom of Congregation Emanu-El, a Reform rabbi is leading a seminar on patrilineal descent. Down the hall, a discussion on Jewish mysticism is taking...
View ArticleFinancial Questions For Olmert’s Charity
by Larry Cohler-Esses Editor At Large With some 53,000 residents in the state’s rural north-central flatlands, Monroe, La., is not the kind of town that would normally expect to play host to the...
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Steve Lipman Staff Writer Houston — In a schoolroom of Congregation Emanu-El, a Reform rabbi is leading a seminar on patrilineal descent. Down the hall, a discussion on Jewish mysticism is taking...
View ArticleIdentity Crisis, Times Two
George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week For the filmmaker and the subject of ‘Off and Running,’ adolescence means self-evaluation.Adolescence is a miserably difficult time. That’s about the time...
View ArticleIdentity Crisis, Times Two
by George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week Adolescence is a miserably difficult time. That’s about the time that Nicole Opper decided that she was going to be Jewish. That’s about the time that...
View ArticleU. of Calif. Addresses Campus Hate, Some Draw Line on Oren Case
Sue Fishkoff JTA SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) -- The University of California Board of Regents addressed the recent spate of hate violence and racist vandalism at its campuses by announcing a series of...
View ArticleThe Business of Being Jewish
Amy Spiro Editorial Intern With lessons in marketing strategies and discussions about Israel, BBYO’s Manhattan summer internship program combines career skills and Judaism.They could have been sitting...
View Article'Son of Hamas' to be Granted U.S. Asylum
(JTA) -- The United States has dropped deportation proceedings against the son of a Hamas founder who served as a spy for Israel's Shin Bet security service.Mosab Hassan Yousef will be granted asylum...
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