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Vol. 029 Issue 006 (December 1 2004)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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From the Editor
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FROM THE EDITOR Jews for Jesus. They occasionally appear at intersections and public events to flag us down and hand out flyers. Most of the time I barely notice. These encounters are just...
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Contributors
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CONTRIBUTORS Michael Barach ("Undercover at Avo-dat Yisrael") is working towards an MFA in poetry at the University of California at Irvine. Julia M. Klein ("Yiddish Belongs To Those Who Love It")...
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Perspectives
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PERSPECTIVE HERSHEL SHANKS Is King David any more real than King Arthur? Biblical archaeology may know the answer. Digging For Zion As a group, Jews are not very interested in biblical...
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Jewish teachings should be the foundation of Israeli society-and law
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SINGER, SUZANNE F.
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PERSPECTIVE SUZANNE F. SINGER A Jewish framework should be able to address every need within Israeli society. Testing Ground A CROWING ROOSTER IN A PLAY YARD and a curious granddaughter...
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Each immigrant is a trail-blazing pioneer deserving of honor.
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Klagsbrun, Francine
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FRANCINE KLAGSBRUN Running through my father's memoir is his ever-growing love for America, in spite of the hardships he faced. Immigrant Heroes My father came to America from Russia in 1911,...
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Non-Orthodox, Torah-based Judaism is the only choice.
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PRAGER, DENNIS
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DENNIS PRAGER Without faith, Judaism is not a religion; it is a man-based social system Article of Faith I began my last column in this way: "If you are not Orthodox and believe in the...
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Forum
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FORUM "I'd like Dennis Prager to explain to my grandchildren why they would be better off being shifted from foster home to foster home than living in the secure, loving environment they have known...
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FIFTY 5EVEN SIXTY FIVE A JEWISH YEAR Calendar ? November 201 21 The juned festival of .Jewish Artisans showcases Judaea from 30 contemporary artists. Temote Isauh. West Los Angeles. CA...
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Closer to the Bone
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Frankel, Rebecca
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O L A M THE JEWISH WORLD Closer to the Bone REBECCA FRANKEL The floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the Kennedy Center's balcony are dark, the night sky having flushed completely black....
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Under My Wig; My Fling with the Snood; My Hat, My Mitzvah
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SCHREIBER, LEAH LAX. DORA ROSE FOX, LYNNE
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Under My Wig LEAH LAX On the morning after my Hasidic wedding I stood in front of the mirror in our hotel room looking at the unfamiliar figure in the glass. She was wearing a short, brown wig....
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Gallery
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GALLERY A Bene Israel Jew from India, Stona Benjamin remembers the imagery of her childhood synagogue: "the oil lamps, the velvet-and-sitver-covered Torahs, a chair left vacant for the prophet...
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Behold Their God: On the Road with Jews for Jesus
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Behold their God: O N T HE R O A D WITH Jews for Jesus BY JESSICA RAVITZ Odds are you've seen them around. They hold forth on street corners, passing out colorful flyers and talking to...
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Making Good Again: Germans Take Up the Torch of Jewish Culture
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ROTHENBERG, JENNIE
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MAKING GOOD AGAIN GERMAN TAKE UP THE TORCH OF JEWISH CULTURE JENNIE ROTHENBERG THE GERMANIA-JUDAICA LIBRARY in Cologne is where I first meet Monika Wehner, surrounded by books with titles...
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What's the Big Idea?
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RAVIV, SHAUN
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"NOTHING HAPPENS UNLESS FIRST A DREAM" CARL SANDBURG What's the BIG ID EA? They build and rebuild, invent and reinvent, educate and reeducate. They are do-gooders on a grand scale who have...
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After Talking, What?
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SOLWITZ, SHARON
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MOMENT KARMA SHORT FICTION CONTEST 2004 1 ST PLACE WINNER SHARON SOLWITZ After Talking, What? October in Chicago, when tenants move to new apartments where they think they'll be happier....
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The Great Escape
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Chabon, Michael
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REVIEWS The Great Escape The Ffna/ Solution: A Stoiy of Detection By Michael Chabon New York: Fourtti Estate, 131 pp. $16.95 DOUGLAS GORNEY A Jewish boy who doesn't speak. A kidnapped...
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Modern Tragedy
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Ross, Dennis
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Modern Tragedy The Missing Peace By Dennis Ross New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 840 pp. $35 MORTON I. TEICHER This is a melancholy account of how the actions and decisions of flawed...
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Back from Oblivion
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Stahl, Nanette
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Back from Oblivion Sholem Asch Reconsidered Edited by Nanette Stahl Bienecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Press, 2004 303 pp $30. JACK ...
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Spice Box
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SPICE BOX In search of the all powerful server I'm sorry, the web page you have requested is questioning its faith. SUBMITTED BY EAHRY A KAREN LIEBEHMAN FROM MEDUON. Wl Redefining the kosher...
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