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values
Is beauty a Jewish value?
When we talk about Jewish values, we usually refer to things like justice, compassion, generosity, humility, honesty, faith, wisdom and so on. We rarely talk about beauty.
Time to come down from ‘The Hills’
Hollywood is not heaven. People give up their lives to move to Hollywood and try to make it big, and 99 percent of them fail.
The fault lies in our stars — stars like Bernie Madoff
\” . . . Some people might think that you would never find a Jewish symbol on The Journal cover on a Jewish holiday, but they would be wrong . . . \”
GOP platform offers strong support for Israel, veers right domestically
The Republican Party platform endorses positions at odds with those of most Jewish voters — but not when it comes to Israel.
First Impressions
Then I asked Çakirözer, from Turkey, what he liked best about America. He said it was something he had never seen in his country, and never seen in all the countries to which he\’d traveled. Yet it was something that said a lot about the core values of a rich and prosperous nation.
Teens should follow in footsteps of volunteerism
While many children of bar mitzvah age are unable to grasp all that their newfound responsibilities entail, each one recognizes the occasion as an important turning point in their lives as Jews.
Heroes and Villains
We all instinctively identify and label the heroes and villains in our lives, and Judaism supports the need for iconic heroes.