Blood, and Nudity and Moloch (Oh, My) — A poem for Torah Portion Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
Rick Lupert
April 22, 2021
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Japanese corruption, greed are spilled in ‘Blood’
Jewish Journal
March 23, 2016
“Blood,” a new play currently at the Complex on Theatre Row in Hollywood, dramatizes an actual Japanese legal case that unfolded over many years and came to be known as the tainted blood scandal.
Calendar: March 4-10
Amanda Epstein
March 4, 2016
This high-energy Russian folk band mixes gypsy punk, klezmer and traditional Ukrainian tunes.
Jamming with the pros at Hamilton High
Merissa Nathan Gerson
June 15, 2007
Kenny G reads Hebrew, knows a thing or two about kabbalah and blows the shofar at shul annually. \”Because,\” he said, \”I am the only one who knows how.\”
Sacramento PBS TV affiliate won’t run anti-Semitism documentary
Joe Eskenazi
January 18, 2007
David Hosley thinks a scene in which a group of devious Jews slash the throat of a young boy in a ritual slaughter to cull his blood for Passover matzah is not the type of thing that should be shown on television. Yitzhak Santis thinks it\’s exactly what we should be seeing.
Laura’s Smile
David Suissa
December 28, 2006
Laura has never spoken a word, but she can coo, laugh, sigh and cry. At her best, she has taken steps with the help of a walker. She has a thin body with a smallish, sweet face framed by dark-brown hair. She gets 24-hour home care, with three rotating nurses monitoring her breathing and other vital signs.\n\nOh yeah, and she loves to smile.
There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on over Power Plate
Debbe Geiger
October 5, 2006
The Power Plate features a vibrating platform that oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. The Power Plate Web site lists dozens of college and professional sports teams as using vibration training in their regimens.
The Ultimate Enigma
Rabbi Steven Weil
July 6, 2006
There is logic to honoring one\’s parents. There is a rationale for not stealing or murdering. But for purification in a ruddy, bovine shower, why would God ask such a thing of us?
I\’ll be honest with you. I don\’t know. But neither did King Solomon, the wisest of men. It seems that this is part of the definition of a chok, that its raison d\’etre remains a mystery.
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