By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 19, 2008
By Danielle Berrin
Published on August 15, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 15, 2008
By Rabbi Michael Gotlieb
Published on August 13, 2008
"Brick walls are there for a reason," wrote the late Dr. Randy Pausch, author of the best-selling book, "The Last Lecture."
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 5, 2008
By David Benkof
Published on August 5, 2008
Since 2002, when I started becoming open about my personal religious choice to stop having sex with men, liberals on gay issues have repeatedly accused me of being a Jewish "ex-gay.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 3, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 19, 2008
By Avraham Burg
Published on May 15, 2008
It's impossible to augur the future of the Jewish people. It can only be summed up in two words: "I hope."
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 15, 2008
Earlier this spring, David Weiner, a 32-year-old social studies curriculum publisher from Los Angeles, went on an unlikely pairing of back-to-back missions to Israel.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 14, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 13, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 12, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 6, 2008
By Amy Klein
Published on May 4, 2008
Like other virtual learning and videoconferencing, Web Yeshiva students see and hear each other and the instructor in the virtual classroom.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 1, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 25, 2008
By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 24, 2008
Local Students Lobby at the Capitol
A group of University Synagogue religious school students paid a springtime visit to Washington, D.C., where they
Published on April 24, 2008
letters to the editor
Published on April 24, 2008
News Briefs
By Amy Klein
Published on April 24, 2008
When Perestroika came in 1985, anti-Jewish feeling in Russia became even more overt than it had been during the Soviet era.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 21, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 20, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 17, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 17, 2008
By Tom Tugend
Published on April 17, 2008
In the 1960s, when "God is dead" debates were fashionable on college campuses, graffiti scrawled on a Harvard dorm wall proclaimed, "God isn't dead. He just doesn't want to get involved."
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 17, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 16, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 15, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on April 14, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on February 19, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 28, 2008
By Alan Dershowitz
Published on January 24, 2008
While every Jew in the world (along with every other person) certainly has the right to express an opinion about how the Jerusalem issue should be resolved, the State of Israel alone should make that important decision, since it involves the security of the state and its people.
By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on January 24, 2008
It was a given that Benjy Rabin, 9, would spend part of his summers at Camp Ramah as soon as he was old enough. His father is a Ramah alum, and so are his older brother and sister.
By Sandee Brawarsky
Published on January 24, 2008
In "How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now" (Free Press, $35) -- which recently won the 2007 Jewish book of the year prize of the National Jewish Book Awards -- Kugel's interest is not only in what the text says, but in what a modern reader is to make of it.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 21, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 18, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 18, 2008
By Sue Fishkoff
Published on January 17, 2008
Bettina Kurowski is the chair of the 2008 fundraising campaign of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and active in her Conservative synagogue. She's also a grandmother of three young grandchildren. They give her great naches, or joy, she says, but she's also worried -- the children's father is not Jewish, the kids are being raised in an interfaith home and Kurowski, for all her Jewish involvement, is not sure what role she should play in passing on the Jewish heritage that is so dear to her.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 17, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 17, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 15, 2008
By Rabbi Haim Ovadia
Published on January 10, 2008
I am a Jew of Islam. Not an Arab Jew, mind you, since that term makes as much sense as Slavic or Baltic or Arian Jew, but a Jew of Islam. It is not only because in my family's veins runs the blood of people who lived in Iraq, Syria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey, nor because among my congregants there are natives of Bahrain and Indonesia.
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on January 10, 2008
My bat mitzvah was an unmitigated disaster.
I'd hoped the guests would be as taken as I was with my dress, first high heels and the orange and yellow petit fours at the Kiddush.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 10, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 10, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 7, 2008
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 26, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 20, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 19, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 14, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 14, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 14, 2007
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on December 13, 2007
In real life, Leo Goldberg doesn't dance and sing.
But at Camp Gilboa, where he's spent summers for the past 9 years, Leo Goldberg dances. And he sings. A lot -- and loudly.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 13, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 11, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 10, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 10, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 28, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
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By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 21, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 20, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 19, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 16, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 16, 2007
By David Suissa
Published on November 15, 2007
The author of "God's To-Do List," Dr. Ron Wolfson, is one of the shining lights of the Conservative movement, and thinks that a huge dose of simple, practical advice can transform Judaism's words of wisdom into action for everyday life.
By George Robinson
Published on November 15, 2007
In its own oddball way, "I'm Not There" is among the best pieces of music criticism I've seen or read on the subject of Bob Dylan. It is a jigsaw puzzle, with its various pieces scattered around the table by a deft, if quirky hand. It's a film that rewards close attention and deserves repeated viewings. The film's one significant omission is the place of Judaism in Dylan's life.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 9, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 8, 2007
By Amy Klein
Published on November 8, 2007
Briefs.
By Anita K. Kantrowitz
Published on November 8, 2007
The Jewish Journal invited writers who will be featured at Sunday's Festival of Books to answer the simple, essential question that every Jewish writer is often asked: "What Jewish sources -- ideas, writings, traditions -- inspire you, and how do they show up in your work?" The following show that there is no easy answer to what defines a Jewish author, but there is no question that there's much to draw upon within the faith.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 8, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 8, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 8, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 7, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 7, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 5, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 3, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 2, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 2, 2007
By Ariel Cohen
Published on November 1, 2007
This past summer, I stepped off the plane and felt my feet touch the ground of our homeland for the first time. I was home. For 12 days in Israel, my family and I explored the land, went to museums and had a chance to connect with our spirituality and Judaism.
By Elissa Strauss
Published on November 1, 2007
Despite the fact that Orman has not been associated with Judaism in any traditional sense for decades, this search for purpose continues to inform her work. She says she is still a spiritually inquisitive person and that she has never stopped contemplating the concept of God.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 1, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 29, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 25, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 23, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 23, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 22, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 21, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 21, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 19, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 19, 2007
By Amy Klein
Published on October 18, 2007
Scholars, clergy and seminarians gathered this week at the Luxe Hotel to discuss troubling passages and ideas in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and ways of understanding them in modern times, as part of "Troubling Traditions: Wrestling With Problem Passages," a conference co-sponsored by the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 18, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 18, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 17, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 17, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 16, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 15, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 15, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 12, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 12, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 11, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 10, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 9, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 8, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 7, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 5, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 5, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 4, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 4, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 3, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 3, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 2, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on October 2, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 29, 2007
By Lisa Frydman Barr
Published on September 27, 2007
Many of those holier-than-thous who are bad-mouthing Madonna were once themselves on the wrong side of the tracks before they rediscovered Judaisim
By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
Published on September 27, 2007
We were intent on doing what our Ashkenazi forebearers, who lived in inhospitably cold climates, could not do. We were intent on doing Sukkot the way the Talmud prescribes, meaning 24/7, including spending nights there.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2007
About 200 Latino evangelical Christians were guests for a Sukkot meal and Israeli flag ceremony hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Israeli consulate. The event was designed to strengthen relations between Jews and a specific segment of the Latino community -- evangelicals.
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2007
By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2007