In A Moment
IN A MOMENT Only in Israel are Reform and Conservative Jews discriminated against because of their beliefs and practices, writes Ina Friedman in "Reform and Conservative in Israel Fight for...
...Even so, these religious movements have begun to make headway in Israeli society by opening schools, synagogues and community centers, initiating social action programs and challenging the status quo that leaves the Orthodox in charge...
...Leonard Bernstein disobeyed his father and became one of the greatest American composers and conductors...
...IN A MOMENT Only in Israel are Reform and Conservative Jews discriminated against because of their beliefs and practices, writes Ina Friedman in "Reform and Conservative in Israel Fight for Status," page 46...
...Funny contributions to this work are being sought...
...Edmond Weiss, in "Lenny the Klezmer," (page 40) takes us backstage to introduce us to the Jewish composer in Bernstein...
...He is the co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor and The Big Book of New American Humor, and is currently working on The Gantse Megillah, a Purim companion for the Jewish Publication Society...
...Michael Hoffman gives a comprehensive view in "More Jews in Congress—Does It Make A Difference...
...In "Summertime and the Living is Jewish," (page 56) Jessica Davidson introduces voices of former campers who speak about how links are forged at camps that lead, years later, to Jewish weddings and Jewish leadership roles...
...And what Jewish values will shape their outlook as the 103rd Congress convenes...
...Waldoks, c/o MOMENT...
...page 32...
...Consider a Jewish summer camp...
...With a minyan in the Senate and 33 Jews in the House, American Jewish history is being made...
...A business and technical communications consultant, he is the author of One Hundred Writing Remedies and many magazine articles...
...Why are they running for office...
...It's time for Purim to take center stage in the consciousness of American Jewry, writes Moshe Waldoks in "The Purim Manifesto of the People's Popular Purim Party," page 28...
...Looking for the Jewish experience that works, one that has a good shot at having a lifelong positive influence on your child...
...The correspondent of the Dutch daily Trouw, she is also syndicated in several American Jewish weeklies...
...Michael Hoffman is a Washington, D.C.-based free-lance writer and political consultant with Campaign Performance Group, a Democratic consulting firm...
...What does it mean...
...Moshe Waldoks lectures and entertains widely on Jewish humor and the Jewish spirit...
...How did his Jewish upbringing influence weiss his career and music...
...Why are Jews being elected in record numbers...
...A graduate of Yeshiva University High School, Columbia College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she is currently a part-time law student at Georgetown University...
...Ina Friedman, a graduate of Queens College and Columbia University, is a journalist, editor and translator who has been living in Israel since 1968...
...Send your best Purim shpeil or toyre to Dr...
...Edmond Weiss, a musician, writer, lecturer and producer, is writing a book, God Is A Figure of Speech, and is an active member of Congregation M'kor Shalom in Cherry Hill, New Jersey...
...Providing a step-by-step guide to celebrating this intoxicating Jewish holiday, Waldoks takes the mask off of Purim to find deeper meaning in its power to redeem...
...Jessica Davidson, associate editor for the Council for Excellence in Government, is a free-lance writer whose articles have appeared in Gannett newspapers, the National Journal and Congress Monthly, the magazine of the American Jewish Congress...
...Married to Beverly Weiss, an actress, he describes himself as "an active and observant Reform Jew" who uses music to teach about Jewish life...
...A former editor-in-chief of Genesis, the Jewish student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Hoffman graduated from there with a degree in history...
Vol. 18 • February 1993 • No. 1
