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FORUM Readers React Jewish sororities and fraternities reinforce false standards based o n economic and social privilege ... it is essentially an apartheid approach, sanctioning a culture of...
...The Kebhe's yicbus (genealogy) is alleged to trace back to R. Judah Loew of Prague (the Maharal miPrague...
...Diane Troderman Longmeadow, Mass...
...But here's some good news for Abramowitz—it's not only possible for Americans to help in this process without dictating, it's actually happening...
...Leading Off...
...Perhaps she is not inclined to see Israel as a Jewish homeland...
...The writers are members of the Project Kesher board...
...This was on Friday, Sept...
...The listing includes sites that you cite as "unabashedly biased" and "billed as a 'resource for countering myth, distortion and spin from the Israeli war machine.'" While you state the value of reading other opinions, it is hard to justify the inclusion of materials that espouse hate and justify murder...
...Gloria L. Charnes Oak Park, III...
...Bertram H. Rothschild Aurora, Colo...
...He may wish to change the name of his farm to something other than Eretz HaChaim because that is the name of the large cemetery near Bet Shemesh, purchased by Agudath Israel of America...
...Rita Kashner Scarsdale, N.Y...
...Jewish Frats Perpetuating Elitist Culture Your thought-provoking article questioning the need for Jewish fraternities and sororities revived memories not totally forgotten...
...MOMENT regrets the error...
...And even if R. Loew did trace back to R. Loew the Elder, the epitaph inscription of R. Loew the Elder is also suspect...
...Does Breger think that Arafat would keep his word about anything...
...If only Sharon had not stopped Moshe Katzav from addressing the Palestinian Legislative Council then, perhaps, that truly would have suggested that they would declare a buana (a religious peace...
...It's essentially an apartheid approach, sanctioning a culture of elitism and exclusion of others, and it represents a radical departure from revered Jewish mandates and values...
...The fellow needs a leader and Sharon has failed him miserably...
...And Furthermore...
...There are instances of discrimination among some employers in Israel as there are in all countries...
...Lasdy, the column makes no reference to the benefits of Arabs living in a democratic country with the freedoms they enjoy (even the freedom to voice their loyalty to its enemies...
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...Get Your Facts Right Letty Cottin Pogrebin's bias is apparent in her column, which is replete with errors, half-truths and unfounded accusations ("Singled Out," February 2002...
...As Israelis, we would be pleased if he would establish his farm here, in the land of Israel, instead of in the golah (exile...
...Yes, Sharon is the culprit—and poor Arafat just can't manage to find peace by himself...
...Started in 1987, there are now more than 3,000 women in 110 Project Kesher groups in the FSU...
...Pogrebin's sweeping statement that "Israeli Arabs are underrepresented in higher education and most industries" disregards all the variables and causal factors...
...Even facts are presented in such a manner that the reader will draw a false conclusion— that Israel does, in fact, "single out" Israeli Arabs for discrimination...
...Religion and Middle East Peace Opening Dialogue I agree with Marshall Breger when he says that in order to move forward on the path to peace, the Jewish community must open a dialogue with the Islamic community ("How Religion Can Promote Middle East Peace," April 2002...
...Even if this is true, the tradition that R. Loew was a greatgrandson of R. Judah Loew, the elder of Prague, has been shown by genealogical scholars to be false...
...Alison Munln Pittsburgh The Lesson of a Comic Strip Breger clearly thinks that Sharon, and only Sharon, is responsible for destroying any possibility of religious peace...
...When I was a student at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, I was vehemendy opposed to establishing a fourth Jewish sorority on campus...
...There are proportionately fewer Arab girls than Jewish girls being sent to school by their parents...
...But there is a model of Jewish community-building and alliance-building that's at work there, growing as fast as we in the U.S...
...Will it be safe for them to live in the FSU as Jews...
...Multiple sources claim that his stone stated that he was "from the house of Yishai" [a descendant of King Davids father], while others say that the inscription read "from famous persons...
...The caption should have identified him as Rabbi Bent Melchior...
...Your subject "How the Palestinians See It" (April 2002) is an exception that I find disturbing...
...Ida and Joseph Schwarcz Arad, Israel There's N o Value in Reading about Hate I look forward to reading Web Wanderings since it provides an excellent source of information and occasional inspiration...
...One way to make that possible is to show the FSU Jewish community how to reach out to potential allies and build bridges with community leaders, forging local relationships that can buttress Jews when anti-Semitism threatens...
...FORUM Readers React Jewish sororities and fraternities reinforce false standards based o n economic and social privilege...
...It should also be noted that fewer Arab women choose to enter the work force (which is true within the entire Arab world) than their Jewish counterparts...
...Yes, he sent an emissary to seek a hudna, but for reasons unknown, he just couldn't find one...
...can keep up...
...If there is anything to be learned from the above Web sites, it is that we need to support organizations that combat hatred and anti-Semitism and others that seek accuracy and balance in reporting...
...These leaders are at the forefront of organizing progressive communities and staffing both Orthodox and Jewish-funded humanitarian programs...
...Lucy always promises to hold the bail so that Charlie can kick it, his moment of glory...
...Jem/ Miller Jersey City, N.J...
...Elie Zev Culver City, Calif...
...Yet, if we recall recent events in which longtime Arab employees murdered Jews, it becomes more difficult to condemn an employer's mistrust in hiring an Arab...
...Clarification In "Portraits of Rescue" (June 2002, p. 66) the subject of the photograph was misidentified as Rabbi Marcus Melchior...
...Perhaps if Breger had read the comics, he would have known better...
...Do you remember Charlie Brown and Lucy on the football field...
...Your criteria could have rationalized KKK or neo-Nazi groups...
...it is essentially an apartheid approach, sanctioning a culture of elitism a n d exclusion...
...Thinking that the fellow congregants in my synagogue likely also had not, I invited a leader from the local Islamic community to come to our Friday night service and speak to our members...
...Project Kesher, a nonprofit organization based in Evanston, 111., has been quietly building the largest Jewish women's organization in the FSU—not by dropping money and leaving town, but by grassroots organizing...
...Would she be willing to compare their benefits to those given to a Jew in an Arab country...
...Take a Look a t t h e Genealogy The conflict between J. Immanuel Schochet (pro-Messiah) and David Berger (anti-Messiah) can easily be laid to rest if only the historical and genealogical facts would be looked at ("In Jewish Tradition, a Messiah Can Return," April 2002...
...The Russia Problem A N e w Hope Yosef Abramowitz is absolutely right—if there is to be a Jewish renaissance in the Independent States of the former Soviet Union (FSU), it must first be safe to live there as a Jew ("The Russia Problem," April 2002...
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...He was warm and engaging...
...For example, we know there are cultural differences affecting education and employment of Arabs...
...Will the Messiah Return...
...Best o f L u c k . . . in Israel We wish Rabbi Chaim Adelman lots of luck in his farming project ("Farming by the Book," April 2002...
...The entire concept of endorsing the organization of Jewish sororities and fraternities reinforces false standards based on the barriers of economic and social privilege...
...He chanted from the Koran, discussed basic Islamic beliefs, discussed well-known misconceptions, and answered questions openly...
...He brought his wife and some friends along...
...Far from "warp[ing] the communal reality for Russian Jews," Project Kesher provides the tools and then tries to keep up as the women of the FSU build with breathtaking speed...
...My current beliefs are identical to my views more than a half century ago...
...Afterward, we discussed future projects including an invitation to the- Islamic Community Center on its outreach day and a youth event during Ramadan bringing together our religious school students...
...It was a very positive experience...
...And if the renaissance is to continue, it must come out of an indigenous Judaism...
...Last year, I discovered an article in our local paper about the area's sizable Islamic community...
...I hope that we have the courage to do so...
...It seems that Pogrebin feels any laws aimed at preserving the survival and identity of Israel as a Jewish State are discriminatory...
...Rosenstein Elizabeth, NJ...
...And, each time she snatches it away and poor Charlie falls on his keister, another moment of trauma...
...If only they had done so then, perhaps, Arafat would make good on his "sign[ing] on" to the notion, and then, perhaps, the other terrorist groups would agree...
...The Lubavitch claim that the Rebbe was of the House of David, through which the Messiah will descend, has been shown to be wrong by a number of scholars...
...7.1 agree with Breger that it is important that this process continue, now more than ever...
...I had never met a Muslim person...
...No one should be simple enough to believe that anti-Semitism in the FSU is dying of old age, or that we can let up on our watchfulness...
...What they are building are indigenous, pluralistic, egalitarian Jewish communities...
...The evening gave us all hope for the future and many in attendance requested further contact with our newfound Muslim friends...
Vol. 27 • August 2002 • No. 4
