Jewish Exponent back issues from March 2002:
The Jewish Kitchen: Fondues - Dip and Dunk
Mar 07, 2002; ... Hofman, Ethel G. Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 After a two-year stint in Basel, Switzerland, where we regularly dined on cheese fondue and a bottle of crisp Savignon Blanc, my husband and I felt we absolutely couldn't live without the classic dish of Switzerland. So ...
with a Bullet: Some kibbutzim specialize in poultry, some fruit; this one; ammo!
Mar 07, 2002; ... Levy, Faygie Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Tucked away just a few blocks from the Weitzmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, is a "hidden" tourist site with significant historical import. On the outside, Kibbutz Hill looks like an ordinary Israeli kibbutz. There are several ...
The Story of a Fowl Life
Mar 07, 2002; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 When I was young, we had a pet chicken. Not a little chick -- though, of course, that's how she began life with us -- but a full-sized mature chicken who spent her days on the grounds of our house in Philadelphia. Granted, we lived ...
From Israel, With Emotion
Mar 07, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Sometimes, the biggest bombs lobbed in war are those tossed by brother against brother in sibling skirmishes that detonate and destroy, the ammo provided by years of family familiarity. For those outside the nuclear family with a ...
Richard the Rabbi-Hearted
Mar 07, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 It takes a special gym buddy to tag along with Richard Lewis on a workout. After all, when the black-clad comedian is lifting weights, who's strong enough to help him take the world off his shoulders? But it's all working out ...
ARMS and the MENSCH
Mar 07, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 As harrowing as they are, have Holocaust films ghettoized the Jewish genocidal issue as a wailing wall of emotional embarrassment -- victimizing the images of Jews in perpetuity as spineless, spiritless saps weak in the face of ...
Like Manna From Heaven, Saudi's Prince Proffers a Ray of Hope
Mar 07, 2002; ... Kimche, David Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 On Feb. 14, 1971, a United Nations go-between named Gunnar Jarring delivered a message from the Egyptian government to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem that caused a flurry of excitement among its recipients. The message was ...
Disingenuous Diplomacy
Mar 07, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Washington this week, ostensibly to seek President Bush's help in facilitating peace in the Middle East. In particular, Mubarak has come to promote the much-talked-about peace initiative of Saudi ...
No Sanctuary for Terror
Mar 07, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Americans learned this past weekend that the fight against terrorism can be high. The ongoing U.S. military operations against Al Qaeda terrorists in eastern Afghanistan resulted in eight deaths of American servicemen. While the prayers of all ...
A Matter of Opinion: Unknown History, Unheroic Martyrs; Telling the story of some of Stalin's Jewish victims
Mar 07, 2002; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 You can see them at community events and Holocaust commemorations in some of America's larger urban centers. The faces are unmistakably Russian. And the medals that some of these aging veterans wear on their chests speak ...
A Century of Jewish Life: Zionism Got a Slow Start in Philly, Where Some Fought Against It
Mar 07, 2002; ... Tabak, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 This article is part of a series of 50 historical articles tracing the past century of Philadelphia Jewish life, from the founding of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to the present. The series, which is under the ...
The Dead Sea and Masada
Mar 07, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 How low can you go? In Israel, you can go to the lowest place on earth! The Dead Sea (Yam Hamelach) sits at 1,300 feet below sea level in a fault in the rocks that runs all the way to Africa. It is also the saltiest sea on earth. No fish or ...
It's All Politics
Mar 07, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Like Oil and Water To drill or not to drill? That is the question dividing the Jewish community as the Senate considers an energy policy for the nation and debates whether to allow companies to look for oil beneath the ...
Professor Gives the French First-Amendment Lesson
Mar 07, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 French philosopher Voltaire once said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." That sentiment is one of Temple University Law Professor Burton Caine's credos and so he has a hard time ...
Looking for a Few Good Hosts
Mar 07, 2002; ... Weisberg, Ruth Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 It looked like a yard sale of epic proportions. Jane Stimmler of Bryn Mawr brought a handcrafted American Raggedy Ann doll. Fred Gomberg of Lawrenceville, N.J., toted a small, round, portable night light. And Judy Lundy of ...
Students Pound M.K. With Their Take on War
Mar 07, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Introducing Israeli Knesset member and deputy speaker Naomi Chazan late last month at the University of Pennsylvania, Walter Licht said he was glad she was able to follow Palestinian Authority member Hanan Ashrawi, who spoke at ...
Leader: Saudi Plan Has 'Small Chance'
Mar 07, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 The head of a leading American Jewish organization suggested last week that a recent Saudi Arabian "peace proposal" offered a faint hope for optimism in the Middle East. "The chances are pretty good it will go nowhere, but there is ...
Agency Creates Program to Assist Middle-Class Families
Mar 07, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Yelena Fridman's American dream turned into a nightmare last summer when her husband suffered his third heart attack. Simon Fridman, 45, was out of the hospital and back to work as a computer-programming instructor in a month, but ...
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Gefilte Fish
Mar 21, 2002; ... Rosenberg, Lorna Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 What's the reputation of gefilte fish? A non-Jewish co-worker of mine thinks it looks like brains in a jar. Well, it is brown (a negative particularly on Passover, when everything seems to be brown), it comes in a slimy gel, ...
The Jewish Kitchen: Ashkenazic Meets Sephardic
Mar 21, 2002; ... Hofman, Ethel G. Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 This year, Jews all over the world will celebrate the first Passover seder on the evening of March 27. The eight-day holiday commemorates the liberation of the Jews under the leadership of Moses from Egyptian bondage more than ...
'Promises' of a Golden Sunday for Goldberg
Mar 21, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 Is the promising premise of "Promises" implausible? The Oscar-nominated documentary -- written, produced and directed by Justine Shapiro and B.Z. Goldberg, with co-direction and editing by Carlos Bolado -- is cut from the same cloth as ...
'Children Underground': Above the Crowds
Mar 21, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 It is the most heart-wrenching of street theater. And, ultimately, it is theater of the absurd. "Children Underground" underscores the vagaries of life for vagrant waifs in Bucharest, where a subway station provides for their subsistent ...
Trading on Tradition: Check Out Chicken Fricassee
Mar 14, 2002; ... Drachman, Linda Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 There are many ways to prepare chicken, and a fricassee is a favorite. Many of our beloved traditional dishes originated from humble beginnings. Fricassees were made with giblets, necks, gizzards, hearts and wings, but no liver ....
Single Servings: Feta; A Cheese With a Little Gusto
Mar 14, 2002; ... Drachman, Linda Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Feta cheese is something that you either really love or can't stand. It might have something to do with the assertive characteristics of the cheese itself. Feta is tangy and salty, and traditionally made from goat's or sheep's milk ....
Mealtime Express: How to Do Spring Simply
Mar 14, 2002; ... Webb, Robyn R. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 The rites of spring are nearly upon us: Wool coats get put away, the gardening gloves come out of hibernation and cooking fare begins to get lighter. We crave less heavy foods, and want to spend less time preparing dishes and more ...
New Season, New Habits
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Spring is the perfect time to rev up your energy and jump-start your exercise and diet routines. The holiday of Passover nee not cause a bump in your diet either. Try the succulent Mediterranean Roast Chicken at your seder as an alternative ...
BREAK BREAD at Brunch
Mar 14, 2002; ... Hofman, Ethel G. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Brunch the winter blahs away! And do it at home, where you can sit as long as you want and can host as many people as you want. Think food, fun, family and friends. With all the convenience items in the supermarket, the meal ...
Listen Up: So Good at 'Slo-Mo'
Mar 14, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Philadelphia musician Mike Brenner is going places, and contrary to his nom de musique, seems to be on the fast track. The multitalented, multitasking Brenner calls his solo project "Slo-Mo." Dressed in white from head to toe, ...
'Harrison's Flowers': An Actor's Growth; David Strathairn camera-ready as Jewish photojournalist
Mar 14, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 In "Harrison's Flowers," bombs burst the bliss binding Sarah Lloyd to her husband, Harrison, a Pulitzer Prizewinning photojournalist whose body has not been recovered after he was sent to Croatia and was reportedly killed. But ...
Speaking Volumes: 'Summer in Baden-Baden'
Mar 14, 2002; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 A man -- a physician, a scientist -- is on a train making its way to Leningrad through the dead of a Soviet winter. He spends all of his time during the trip reading a single work, the Reminiscences of Fyodor Dostoevsky's second ...
In Matters of Counterterror, Israel and Egypt Are Peas in a Pod
Mar 14, 2002; ... Schanzer, Jonathan Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 In his press conference with President George W. Bush last week, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stressed the need "to bring about an end to the cycle of violence and the other hostile actions and to ensure the early resumption ...
Israelis Still Wandering in the National Desert
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Passover is the formative event in Jewish religious memory. With the Exodus, the 12 Israelite tribes become one Jewish people. The Passover seder is in part designed to awaken a Jew's national consciousness. From the traditional Haggadah's ...
Powell's Criticism Smacks of Hypocrisy
Mar 14, 2002; ... Klein, Morton Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Secretary of State Colin Powell's outrageous accusation that Israel's policy is to "see how many Palestinians can be killed" was no off-the-cuff remark. It was included in a prepared statement, and it was part of the ...
Proselytizing Presbyterians
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Most of those Jews who pass by a Messianic storefront on Philadelphia's Chestnut Street probably assume that the site is the headquarters for just another obscure "Jews for Jesus" group that seeks Jewish converts for a Christian sect. In ...
No Sympathy for Arafat
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 American policy on terrorism is firm: Terrorists deserve no reward for their outrages. Instead, they must be confronted and defeated. But that wasn't the message the Bush administration sent to Palestinian terrorists last week. Statements ...
A Matter of Opinion: No Shortage of Stupidity; Israel's ideologues have run smack out of ideas
Mar 14, 2002; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 When in doubt, pray. That's the answer from Israel's haredi Orthodox Council of Torah Sages. That august body of rabbis has in the past been responsible for a lot of the impetus for legislation that has helped widen the rift ...
A Century of Jewish Life: Matzah Companies Go Head to Head Over Pitch for Products
Mar 14, 2002; ... Tabak, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 This article is part of a series of 50 historical articles tracing the past century of Philadelphia Jewish life, from the founding of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to the present. The series, which is under the ...
Despite War, Technion Students Focus on Work
Mar 14, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 They were about to start the salad course in the next room, but Shimon Gepstein, a biology professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, was in no hurry to get up. Sitting in the lobby of the Cedarbrook Hill Country ...
The Passover Story
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 This year, the first seder is on Wednesday night, March 27. The second seder is on Thursday, March 28. Long ago, the Children of Israel lived in the land of Egypt. Pharoah, the ruler of Egypt, was afraid that they were becoming too strong, so ...
Judge Rules: 'Thou Shalt Take Thy Decalogue Down!'
Mar 14, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 A federal judge in Philadelphia has ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments plaque from the exterior of the Chester County courthouse. In a 26-page decision released last week, Judge Stewart Dalzell described the plaque -- ...
It's All Politics
Mar 14, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 No Defense Back when the World Trade Center towers stood tall in New York and the majority of the world was not focused on terrorism, U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.) introduced a resolution in the House supporting Israel's right ...
'Jewboy' as Catharsis, Even as It Fails to Stir Ire
Mar 14, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Cary Leibowitz's 1976 Bar Mitzvah experience was a bit traumatic. Self-conscious even for a pubescent boy, he had to showcase himself when he stepped onto the bimah in Trumbull, Conn., and he had to do so in a ...
Penn Wynne Zoning Battle Boils Down to Sentiment
Mar 14, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 It was clear at a zoning hearing last week that while opposition remains strong to Congregation Beth Hamedrosh of Overbrook Park's relocation into Penn Wynne, many in that community are ready to warmly welcome the ...
Church Under Fire for Backing Messianics
Mar 14, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 The Philadelphia Presbyteria approved an application in January to provide funding for a new church to be formed by a controversial local evangelical group. By voice vote at a monthly meeting, the regional body of the ...
Ex-Files
Mar 14, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Academy Award voters are reportedly thinking twice about their options this year amid charges that the brilliant, schizophrenic mathematician whose life is portrayed in "A Beautiful Mind" has been known to indulge in anti-Semitic ...
Hollywood Unraveled
Mar 14, 2002; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 The Paris Review interview began life nearly 50 years ago, with the first issue of the longtime literary quarterly, and has been a fixture ever since. Young readers, if they pay any attention to it at all, probably have little sense ...
An Elkins Park 'Believer' Keeps the Faith
Mar 14, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Henry Bean is a believer. He believes in himself, his family -- and a motion picture that has generated an unbelievable reaction. Bean's "The Believer," a bombshell of a film focusing on a Jewish skinhead's headlong fall ...
Constructing a Controversy: Exhibit toes a fine line between art and memory
Mar 14, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 Can the worst horrors in history provide a proper frame of reference for a modern-art exhibition? This is the question that has been heatedly debated for the past two months over "Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art," which opens March 17 ...
The Waters of Life: A new Conservative mikvah ripples on the Main Line
Mar 14, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-14-2002 A cushioned antique bench sits in the waiting area. A few towel racks are soon to be hung in the two shower rooms and the powder room. Down a short hallway, soft light bounces off the Jerusalem stone walls and floors, as well as the ...
AJCongress Enters the Fray in Kol Ami's Ongoing Zoning Battle
Mar 07, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Should they or shouldn't they? That was the question. The debate was heated last month as board members of the Pennsylvania Region of American Jewish Congress discussed whether to support Kol Ami's legal fight to establish a ...
Ex-Files
Mar 07, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Anybody who read the major daily newspapers this week is now well aware that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah has presented a "peace initiative," offering Israel "normalization" with its Arab neighbor in exchange for the Jewish state's ...
No Place Left to Hide
Mar 07, 2002; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 The Hudson Review, a long-established literary quarterly, has made it a rule of thumb to steer clear of politics. Literary politics may occasionally be part of the agenda, but even then, discussions are kept to a minimum. Rather, the ...
He Spouts Sprouts for the Long Term
Mar 07, 2002; ... Feldman, Steve Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Glatt-kosher beef or chicken entrees that can be stored at room temperature for more than two years. Nutritional bars that will stay fresh for five years. Whole grains, seeds and beans that could last forever. Dr. Joseph Morgan, ...
New at Hebrew School: 'Service Learning'
Mar 07, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-07-2002 Gabe Strauss never used to break a sweat during religious school. But ever since September, the 15-year-old member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park has been rolling up his sleeves and building homes with Habitat ...
'Kiss' of Success: One day she's a lesbian, the next she's not - is this the Jessica Stein way?
Mar 21, 2002; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 Calling "Kissing Jessica Stein" a tongue-in-cheek comedy is not giving it mere lip service. This Yiddishe twist on "Annie Hall" -- with "La-de-dah" now more an "Oy, oy, oy" -- focuses on an adorably addled young Jewish cutie ...
Speaking Volumes: Only the Blessings
Mar 21, 2002; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 Jewish Lights Publishing has managed in its brief lifetime -- a mere decade or so -- to carve out a distinctive niche for itself in the world of Jewish books. The company, based in Woodstock, Vt. (not known as a hotbed of Judaism), ...
A New Entrant in Israel's Order of Battle: the Haredi Orthodox
Mar 21, 2002; ... Stern, Marilyn Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 American Jews have a number of stereotypes about Orthodox Jews in Israel's military. Haredi Orthodox Jews -- the "black hat" Jews with their sidelocks and fringed tzitzit who live in ultra-Orthodox Israeli enclaves like B'nei Brak, ...
Holiday Rules of Engagement
Mar 21, 2002; ... Epstein, Jerome M. Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 As we prepare for the holiday of Passover, there are concrete steps that we can all take to welcome those who have not yet had the opportunity to make the holiday a meaningful part of their year. When we sit down for our ...
Annan's U.N.-True Speech
Mar 21, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 The last six months of Israel-bashing should have put an end to the illusions that some of us may have harbored about the supposedly enlightened leadership of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Following last fall's U.N. conference on racism in ...
Celebrating Freedom
Mar 21, 2002 ... Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 The Haggadah read each year at Passover seders around the world tells us that "in every generation, it is each person's duty to regard themselves as though they had personally come out of Egypt." But what can we who live in relative wealth and ...
A Matter of Opinion: Empty Places at the Table; How much will Israel be asked to sacrifice this year?
Mar 21, 2002; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 Passover has been part of Jewish life for approximately 3,500 years, but for most of us, it is not so much about the great historical struggles of the Jewish people as it is about our own families. Our personal memories of ...
PESACH 5762: To Russia (and Beyond) With Love
Mar 21, 2002; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 Malka Zeiger enjoys Passover. But there's just one problem with her family's seder -- it's always in the same place, her dining room. So this month, the 19-year-old Yeshiva University student and Wynnefield native will head ...
PESACH 5762: Haggadah Calls Everyone to the Table
Mar 21, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 When Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell looks at the synagogue membership of the Reform movement these days, she sees Jews with traditions and customs from around the world, and a growing number of converts who bring their own stories to the ...
PESACH 5762: Unpeeling the Story of a Florida Orange
Mar 21, 2002; ... Mono, Brian Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 On the first night of Passover, Jewish children across the country will be turning to their parents and asking them four questions. Make that five. Why on this night is there an orange on the seder plate? Did someone say an ...
A Century of Jewish Life: Kehillah Works to Meet Communal Needs Before World War I
Mar 21, 2002; ... Kutnick, Jerry Jewish Exponent 03-21-2002 In 1909, New York Jews established a kehillah to band together -- largely in response to the vicious contention from New York's police commissioner that half the criminals in New York were Jews. Despite this need, the kehillah ...