By Patricia Lutkowitz “If you will it, it is no dream.” — Theodor Herzl From the time of my first visit to Israel 10 years ago, I have dreamed of meeting my Israeli counterparts, seeing firsthand how medicine in general and radiology in particular are practiced in Israel. Last month, I was able
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By Mark S. Freedman Let us suppose for a second that your neighbor two doors down the block (we’ll call him Mr. Doe) announces to everyone at the community pool that he doesn’t like you (we’ll call you Mr. Goldberg), doesn’t think you should live in the neighborhood in your small and modest home
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Colleges playing catch-up on Israel By Wayne L. Firestone WASHINGTON (JTA) — Just as college students were finishing their winter exams, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg selected a partnership of The Technion Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University to build a campus on Roosevelt Island that will become a global center for technological
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By Amy-Jill Levine In June of 2010, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs convened national Jewish community leaders to draft a statement on civility, a statement now signed by hundreds of leaders including Irwin Venick (chair of Nashville’s Community Relations Committee) and Avi Poster (the former chair). The statement notes: Our Sages saw the
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Federation missions spark new insights, friendships
By Jill Jacobs NEW YORK (JTA) — In contemporary Jewish discourse, the worlds of the synagogue and the worlds of service and advocacy sit far apart. The former is a place of introspection, of prayer and of relationship with God. The latter is a place of action and engagement in the world. Many of us
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By Dasee Berkowitz In the words of Elton John, why is it that “sorry seems to be the hardest word?” With a sense of schadenfreude, we take sport in watching our political leaders and celebrities fall from their pedestals and lie in their attempt to cover up the scandal du jour. We relish TV shows
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Here are some ways you can help your children have a meaningful Yom Kippur by teaching them disciplined, controlled behavior, as well as the meanings behind the rituals.
Don’t let Maimonides catch you napping on Rosh HaShanah. “Awake, awake, you slumberers from your sleep, inspect your actions and return”
After the Conversations
By Mark S. Freedman Last week our community concluded a vitally important project. From a broad swath of our Jewish community, in a process we called “Conversations about Com-munity and Israel,” there emerged a group of meticulously crafted consensus goals that address this subject, “What are your goals for the Jewish community when people
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