reform Archives – Jewish Journal

Betty Neymark: Second Career From a Second Language

Jane Ulman December 28, 2006

Temple Israel Honors Its ‘Conscience’

Susan Freudenheim December 15, 2005

As clear-minded and direct today as she was in her youth, Nussbaum these days embodies the history of an era that is quickly slipping away. She is the widow of Rabbi Max Nussbaum, who led this same congregation from 1942 until his death in 1974.

Cantor Carries on Tennis Tradition

Tom Tugend September 29, 2005

Located at Beverly and Crescent Heights boulevards, Beth Israel was founded in 1899 as the first Orthodox congregation in Los Angeles, and was also known as the Olive Street Shul.

Listening to Needs

Wendy J. Madnick November 28, 2002

When kids from Sinai Temple celebrate Chanukah with the members of Temple Beth Solomon (TBS) in Tarzana on Friday night, Dec. 6, they\’ll notice that the service is slower and streamlined, but that the singing is performed with every bit as much gusto as a \”Friday Night Live\” service.

Reform Leader Angers Orthodox

Julie Wiener October 25, 2001

U.S. Orthodox Jewish leaders are outraged by an Israeli Reform leader\’s comments drawing comparisons between fervently Orthodox Jews and the Islamic fundamentalists who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Scars Fall on Alabama

Jewish Journal July 16, 1998

Close to half the Reform temples in Alabama are named \”Emanuel,\” which is Hebrew for \”God is with us.\” Jews all over the state are hoping it proves true this fall, when voters pick a governor.