Jewish Exponent back issues from January 2003:
The Jewish Kitchen: Quick & Casual Mexican Supper for Four
Jan 02, 2003; ... Hofman, Ethel G. Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 The bold headline in an article in the Nov. 11 issue of The Wall Street Journal notes that we're "fleeing from fast food". Hotter meals, faster service, jazzy menus have done little to woo customers back to the golden arches and ...
If They Build It...Monuments, museums, Mother Earth - the mitzvot of a wonderful land
Jan 02, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 If they build it, they will come. And they have -- for millennia -- to Israel, the eternal desert of dreams. Indeed, Israel is a monument to sage planners and builders -- past, present and future. Where else but in a country that could ...
Squaring Love With Round Two
Jan 02, 2003; ... Dvorak, Donna Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Love, the second time around, reaps joy, contentment and serenity -- along with an assortment of previous mishpocha, stepchildren, ex-spouses, stepgrandparents, visitation rights and shared holidays. If these issues aren't resolved in ...
Trading Places: Is Greed Still Good?
Jan 02, 2003; ... Felton, Carole Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 In the movie "Wall Street," Michael Douglas, playing magnate investor Gordon Gekko, proclaimed that "Greed is good." "Wall Street" was set in the 1980s, and much has happened since. Fictional characters in brokerage houses and ...
Election Bans
Jan 02, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Following Israeli politics from abroad is a perplexing hobby for American Jews. Keeping up with the numerous parties, changing electoral systems and the growing list of scandals afflicting both major parties is a daunting task. But perhaps the ...
Targeted for Death
Jan 02, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Did an attack on an Islamic Jihad terrorist trigger the latest incidents of Palestinian terror against Israeli civilians? That's what some Israelis are wondering this week after the horrendous Shabbat dinner attack on yeshiva students at the ...
A Matter of Opinion: Figuring Out Bush; Does he mean what he says about democracy in the Middle East?
Jan 02, 2003; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 According to the White House's political director, Ken Mehlman, those wishing to understand the political motives behind the strategies pursued by his boss should just remember that "good policy is good politics." Such ...
Stories From the Front Lines
Jan 02, 2003; ... Halevi, Yehoshua Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 The four victims of Dec. 27 terror raid in Otniel included two soldiers who also studied at the yeshiva located in the hills south of Hebron. Their deaths brings the total number of Israel Defense Force soldiers killed to 213 since ...
Jewish Heroes of the Civil War
Jan 02, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 A number of Jews played important roles fighting for the Union forces (the North) during the Civil War. Colonel Edward Salomon was the commander of the 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which he helped to organize. This unit had more than 100 ...
Is Creationism Lurking Outside Local Classrooms?
Jan 02, 2003; ... Mancuso, Sara Isadora Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 A new policy geared toward giving young people a broader view of the world may spur religious debates on creationism to which teachers and students in Phoenixville are unaccustomed. The Phoenixville School Board recently ...
Jewish Judge Lends Voice to Christmas Story
Jan 02, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Ever since he was an assistant district attorney, Judge Alan M. Rubenstein has taken time off from his legal duties in Bucks County to observe the High Holidays, and his coworkers have never complained. In return, each December, the ...
New Vice Consul Plans to Take Israel's Message to Local Students
Jan 02, 2003; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Yoel Mester hasn't had much time to set up his new apartment in Philadelphia since he arrived two months ago from war-torn Ivory Coast. He's been too busy traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania, familiarizing himself ...
Jewish Basketball League Thrives
Jan 02, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 For the last century, the Jewish Basketball League has been providing Philadelphia-area Jewish men with a chance to shoot hoops with their peers. Now, the league is well into its 101st season, and still attracting players and ...
New Malpractice Insurance Plan to Aid Doctors Announced Just in Time
Jan 02, 2003; ... Mancuso, Sara Isadora Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Hundreds of millions of dollars that would become available under a new statewide plan could help ease the pain of high medical-malpractice premiums that have doctors across the state threatening to strike, close-up shop, or ...
How Deep Does the Denial Go?
Jan 02, 2003; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 A little over a month ago, I was saying in this space that there's nothing like preparing for a trip abroad and, just before setting off, reading an article that offers insight into the country of your destination. The reverse is ...
Tourists Miss Out on Local Tradition
Jan 02, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Cheese steaks, pretzels and the Mummers: These three things scream "Philadelphia." But one of them has gone underappreciated by tourists. Dressed in peacock feathers and face paint, the thousands of Mummers who call Philadelphia ...
'The Pianist' Plays to Heart and History: Roman Polanski's paean to the pain of the Holocaust
Jan 02, 2003; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 01-02-2003 Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" is no "play it again, Sam" -- or, for that matter, "play it again, [Wladyslaw] Szpilman," the late Polish pianist and survivor who is the focus of this harrowing Holocaust film, opening Friday, Jan. 3 ...
Move Over, Sherlock Holmes: It seems that the rabbi's got the mystery solved
Jan 09, 2003;
The Jewish Kitchen: A Sicilian Feast
Jan 16, 2003; ... Hofman, Ethel G. Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Maria Venuti Forrest comes from a family with deep Sicilian roots. Mike, her husband, comes from Eastern European Ashkenazi stock. A meal at the Forrest home, in which Maria skillfully and tastefully marries the two cultures, is ...
Atkins Diet may very well be the real thing
Jan 16, 2003; ... Charleston, Rita Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Personally, I never met a diet I didn't like. The grapefruit diet, the cabbage diet, the rotation diet, the rice diet, the Stillman diet, the Sugarbuster diet, and on and on and on -- all tried in an effort to keep my weight close ...
Green Eggs, Hold the Ham: Jews and Seuss
Jan 16, 2003; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 JoJo Jew? Richard Miron is right on in "Seussical the Musical." A cool young cat in a hat? Make that a hip kid in a kipah. At 13, the Atlanta actor had to decide last year on rhyme or reason: The bimah or Broadway? Green ...
Ole - and Oy Vey! Perfect Together? Jews and Latinos fill producer's program
Jan 16, 2003; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Is there really that much of a cultural channel between "ay" and "oy"? Between Latino and Ladino? Not in producer Deborah Oppenheimer's language of film and feeling. Family survival seems to be instinctive for Oppenheimer, no ...
Inaugural Ball? Call on Mirkin
Jan 16, 2003; ... Charleston, Rita Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Scott Mirkin is sitting there minding his own business. And what a business it is. Mirkin is founder and president of ESM Productions, a Philadelphia-based company that takes care of special events for such clients as the ...
Bias at the 'Inquirer': Lies Must be Answered by Boycott
Jan 16, 2003; ... Erlbaum, Gary E., Denenberg, Herb Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 The enemies and would-be exterminators of the Jewish people have made their plans clear and they have been acting on them for years. We have seen terrorism and mass murder in Israel for decades, but now the plan for ...
Employ Judaism to Speak for the World's Trees
Jan 16, 2003; ... Schwartz, Richard H. Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for Trees, is an ideal time for considering how Jewish values can be applied to today's many environmental threats. And since Tu B'Shevat falls on a Shabbat this year -- beginning the evening of ...
Truth or Consequences
Jan 16, 2003; ... Marcus, Lori Lowenthal Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Remember the old game show, "Truth or Consequences"? Tell the truth, or suffer the consequences. If only life were that simple. Tell untruths often enough, and your lies metamorphose into truths. At least that's what ...
Think Green, Think Israel
Jan 16, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 The celebration of the minor Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat -- the New Year for Trees this Shabbat -- is gaining in popularity. The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat is an annual reminder of our responsibility to protect the natural world we ...
Journalistic Tourism
Jan 16, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 It is a little difficult to take the Philadelphia Daily News seriously. As Philadelphia's only daily tabloid, it is known primarily for its absurd cover stories, obsessive coverage of Eagles football and the escapades of Sixers basketball star ...
Middle East for Dummies
Jan 09, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 On the same day that Yasser Arafat's Fatah sent two killers to murder 22 people in Tel Aviv, Tony Auth, the editorial cartoonist of The Philadelphia Inquirer added his latest contribution to the dumbing down of commentary about the Middle East by ...
Culture of Carnage
Jan 09, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 We know exactly what to expect when Arab terrorists commit mass murder in Israel. The choreographed routine of reactions to Palestinian terrorism is so familiar to us that it would be boring were it not for the sheer horror of the ...
A Matter of Opinion: Unneeded Advice; Diaspora know-it-alls plague Israel with 'solutions' and criticism
Jan 09, 2003; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 One of the oddest aspects of my job is the way some readers regard me as a conduit to the State of Israel. They will call or write me and ask that I pass on to Jerusalem various "solutions" they have concocted to problems faced ...
That's the Spirit: The Etz Chaim Center brings Jews closer to Judaism.
Jan 09, 2003; ... Weiss, Hope Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 The red wine stains on the carpet say it all. The Etz Chaim Center looks like a rock star's hotel room the night after a big show. Bottles of wine are stacked against a wall. Couches are arranged willy nilly. Music pumps through the ...
A True Eyewitness: Novelist Joseph Roth walked the streets of Berlin, then catalogued all that he saw
Jan 09, 2003; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 W.W. Norton publishers continues to fill in the gaps in the career of novelist Joseph Roth by gathering up and printing those of his works yet to appear in book form in English. Several years ago saw the appearance of The Wandering ...
Exchange Explores World of Israeli and Local Art
Jan 09, 2003; ... Myers, Zara Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 Four artists from Netivot brought their work to Philadelphia just in time for an early December snowstorm -- the first they ever experienced. But that didn't keep them from showcasing their art, schmoozing with local artists and ...
Another Group of Jews Comes to America
Jan 09, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 In 1880, there were about 250,000 Jews in America. Most of them had come from countries in Central Europe and most were members of Reform synagogues. Then, as things got worse for Jews in Eastern Europe (in Russia, Poland, Lithuania), many decided ...
Young Athlete Gets a Kick Out of Praise
Jan 09, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 He may be the player of last resort on his team, but his performance can determine the course of a game. And George Washington High School senior Seth Kaplan, 17, knows that as the football team's punter, he was one of the players ...
Taking Pride in Progress
Jan 09, 2003; ... Mancuso, Sara Isadora Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 A lesser-known aspect of the Holocaust, the persecution of gays during World War II, will be featured in May as part of Equality Forum, a week-long event that last year drew 75,000 people to Philadelphia. "From Pink ...
Separating the Mail...and Church and State
Jan 16, 2003; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Got Jesus? That's apparently what one clerk at the U.S. Post Office branch at 2037 Chestnut St. in Center City wanted to know last month. In addition to stamps and envelopes, he was offering customers Testamints -- ...
Students Roll Up Their Sleeves for Israel
Jan 09, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 When two back-to-back explosions rocked the streets of Tel Aviv Sunday, 4,000 students on Birthright Israel trips were waiting in Jerusalem for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to deliver a speech. After the dust settled and the ...
Rendell Reaches Out to Gay Community
Jan 09, 2003; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 Two area gay-rights activists have recently joined Gov.-elect Ed Rendell's transition team. Mark Segal, a longtime Rendell supporter and the publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, and Liberty City Lesbian and Gay Democratic ...
And What Does It Take to Be Happy?
Jan 09, 2003; ... Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 Having been away for a while, I'm only now catching up with articles of note that appeared in late December. One of the best is David Brooks' cover story in the Dec. 23 issue of The Weekly Standard, titled "Making It: Love and ...
The Politics of Art
Jan 09, 2003; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 The end of the year means it's Oscar-nomination time in Hollywood. One film that will not be considered for best foreign-language film this year is "Divine Intervention," a comedy by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. As a ...
Move Over, Sherlock Holmes: It seems that the rabbi's got the mystery solved
Jan 09, 2003; ... Levy, Faygie Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 The rabbi crept slowly through the sanctuary. In the darkness, he could sense someone lurking behind him as he made his way toward the ark. If he could just get across the room, he thought, then he'd be able to hit the panic alarm near ...
Preparing for the Worst: Region plans ahead for possible smallpox outbreak
Jan 09, 2003; ... Melada, Geoffrey W. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 There hasn't been a case in Pennsylvania since 1942, but what if smallpox were to hit the commonwealth now? Such concern is increasing as the country continues to pursue global terrorists and lurches closer to war with ...
'Daily News' Comes Under Fire for Photo Spread
Jan 16, 2003; ... Levy, Faygie Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 Readers of the Philadelphia Daily News have come to expect a lot from the so-called "the people paper": Eagles covers, city politics and gossip. The one thing many readers don't expect is detailed coverage on the Middle East. And ...
Rendell on Education, Health Care and the Eagles
Jan 16, 2003; ... Mancuso, Sara Isadora Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 His thoughts on health care and education were met with encouraging looks and smiles, but the crowd of Jewish community members really unleashed the applause when a hard-nosed Eagles fan addressed Gov.-elect Ed Rendell at ...
Good & Healthy: Oh, Those Pearly Whites!
Jan 09, 2003; ... Sutnick, Mona R. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 "Always be true to your teeth and they will never be false to you" was a favorite line of my late father-in-law, a dentist and unrepentant punster. Without judging his humor, he was making a valid point: Your eating habits and ...
Single Servings: Chilly Weather Chowders
Jan 09, 2003; ... Drachman, Linda Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 Brrrr, it's chilly outside! But indoors, the tantalizing aroma of a pot of chowder simmering on the stove immediately conveys warmth. What could be more welcome to body and spirit at the end of a day than a steaming bowl of chowder ...
What's in the Cupboard?
Jan 09, 2003; ... Webb, Robyn R. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 No time to grocery shop this week? Wouldn't it be nice to open your pantry and find the makings of a good meal inside? I teach private cooking lessons each week, and every time, my clients are amazed how many meals they can make just ...
In Record Time: Writer, Conductor Strike Similar Notes
Jan 09, 2003; ... Tilman, David F. Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 During November, I attended the highly innovative collaborative presentation of "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor," described in the playbill as "a play for actors and orchestra by Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn." The Philadelphia ...
An Art Show That Bears Watching
Jan 09, 2003; ... Goodheart, Harriet Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 If you are fortunate enough to take in "The Berenstain Bears Celebrate: The Art of Stan and Jan Berenstain," now in its final days at the James Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, don't be surprised if you find yourself on your ...
'Miami' Nice: Mark Feuerstein on the mark playing TV producer
Jan 09, 2003; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 In the best of three falls, former New York state high-school wrestling champ Mark Feuerstein has come up a winner. "Good Morning, Miami" is good news for the good-looking graduate of "Fired Up" and "Conrad Bloom," two sitcoms ...
Hollywood Celebs Whitewash Arab Hatred of Israel
Jan 09, 2003; ... Mandell, Sherri Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 I don't know which is worse -- when Hollywood ignores us here in Israel (which has been the case these past two years) or when it supports us. The problem is that while Israel could use some of Hollywood's expert ...
Jews Must Be Proactive When Lobbying for Peace
Jan 09, 2003; ... Bard, Mitchell Jewish Exponent 01-09-2003 Today, attention is focused on war with Iraq, but it will turn again to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon enough, and the American Jewish community needs to begin to prepare the American public and, more important, ...
Everyone Needs a Hero
Jan 23, 2003; ... Charleston, Rita Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 What makes a hero? Is it the large act of bravery ... the unexpected sacrifice ... the altruistic gesture ... a small gift of kindness in a dark hour? Must heroes inspire from afar, their distinct acts more fantastic than ...
In Record Time: Israeli, Arab Make Beautiful Music
Jan 23, 2003; ... Tilman, David F. Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 Recently, Inbal Megiddo and Saleem Abboud Ashkar, two 26-year-old classical musicians from the Middle East, presented a formal concert and two master classes for aspiring musicians in our community. The program was notable, both ...
Revealing 'Hidden': Hit comedy's producer claims it all hits home
Jan 23, 2003; ... Elkin, Michael Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 There's gold in them thar "Hills." Or, at least, golden ratings. Nothing secret about "Hidden Hills," NBC's hit Tuesday-night undomesticated comedy in which SUVs -- suburban urbane values -- hit life at 100 miles ...
Israel's Economic Woes Due to Global Slide, Not Palestinians
Jan 23, 2003; ... Goldstein, Cliff Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 There is no question that Israel's economy suffered in 2002. Far too many Israelis were out of work, and far too many people are suffering financially (World News: "Israel's Economy Expected to Sink Lower," Jan. 9). But the ...
Israelis Head for the Polls Under Fire
Jan 23, 2003; ... Becher, Glora Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 In less than a week, every Israeli citizen over 18, whether Christian, Muslim or Jewish, will have the right to cast a vote to decide who will control the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. The process is as normal as in any ...
Bring Them Home Now
Jan 23, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 During the past two and a half years of war, it is probably understandable that the issue of Ethiopian Jewry has been largely swept aside both in Israel and the United States. Advocacy for those Ethiopians -- many of whose Jewish identity has been ...
War Foes and Israel
Jan 23, 2003 ... Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 As a potential conflict with Iraq seems closer than ever, Americans are still discussing the merits of the Bush administration's case that military force will be necessary both to disarm the Saddam Hussein regime and to oust it ...
A Matter of Opinion: Israeli Politics for U.S. Dummies; Clearing up some misconceptions about upcoming election
Jan 23, 2003; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 01-23-2003 Next week, Israelis go to the polls for the fourth time in less than seven years to elect a government. Yet unlike previous attempts to choose leaders, this election is eliciting less excitement in Israel and less angst in ...
A Matter of Opinion: You're On Your Own Now Joe; This time, Lieberman's run is about his own ambition, not making American Jewish history
Jan 16, 2003; ... Tobin, Jonathan S. Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 For the past three years, a lot of smart people around the country have been seeking an answer to one question: Who is Joe Lieberman? That question took on an added urgency as the sainted junior U.S. senator from the state of ...
Training, Waiting and Hoping: The region prepares for possible terror attacks
Jan 16, 2003; ... Runyan, Joshua Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 When terrorists flew two airliners into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, local police and firefighters were the first ones on the scene. And with policy planners in Washington, D.C., speaking of the possibility of attacks in ...
Group Takes Stock of Jewish Life and History
Jan 16, 2003; ... Friedman, Sally Jewish Exponent 01-16-2003 In some ways, they are the guardians of our heritage, the caretakers of our history. The members of the Council of American Jewish Museums, CAJM, are committed to advising the more than 70 Jewish museums in the United States and ...