‘Until The Genocide Stops’
by Doug Chandler Special To The Jewish Week "I’m really, really Jewish, and what’s happening in Darfur hurts me so, so much,” said Jessica Jacobs, a student at the Maimonides Jewish day school in...
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by George Robinson Special To The Jewish Week There were a thousand women, and they were on their feet, swaying to a klezmer beat. The place was the Michigan Womyn’s Festival, the most successful of...
View ArticleThe Architecture Of Hope
by Julia Goldman Staff Writer Thunderous applause greeted the first proposal for rebuilding the World Trade Center site unveiled last week by seven international design teams at the Winter Garden in...
View ArticleRabbi With A Pedigree
Gabrielle Birkner Staff Writer Joshua Boettiger may be the only rabbinic student who can trace his roots to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The 31-year-old is a great-grandson of Democrat Franklin Delano...
View ArticleRevival By The Sea
Gabrielle Birkner Staff Writer In 2000 Rabbi Shohama Wiener was invited to lead High Holy Days services at Kona Beth Shalom, a synagogue on the Big Island of Hawaii, where the congregation’s greeting...
View ArticlePassion At The Polls
Gabrielle Birkner Staff Writer Entering a Borough Park public school early Tuesday, David Tilis was emphatic about his pick for president.“I’m Jewish, so it has to be [George W.] Bush,” said Tilis,...
View ArticleA Veteran Klezmer Bassist Steps Out Front
George Robinson Special to the Jewish Week Jim Guttmann was there at the beginning.In 1980 he ran into Hankus Netsky, who was looking for a bass player for a new venture. Guttmann, a bassist, was...
View ArticleA Mountain Of Books
My daughters are hardly book-deprived. Thanks to two older cousins who supply us with a Strand’s worth of hand-me-downs, countless bookish relatives who keep Amazon.com busy around Chanukah and...
View ArticleIsrael: Celebration and Conflict
David Meyer Special to the Jewish Week Israel is 62 and on college campuses across the country that’s cause for celebration – and controversy.read more
View ArticleRainbow Flags Under The Chupah
Sharon Udasin Staff Writer In Connecticut, Jewish same-sex couples celebrate their newfound right to marry.Born in Guatemala and adopted by two American mothers, 9-year-old Ellie Cooper has grown...
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