Recently added articles from The Jewish Week:
In Sickness And In Health?
Dec 23, 2006; ... Ain, Stewart, Mitnick, Joshua The Jewish Week 12-23-2006 Sharon's stroke tests Kadima's viability. Although his Labor Party opponents insisted this week they would not make an issue of Ariel Sharon's health as he campaigns for re-election in March, the minor stroke that ...
Gawker Frums Out?
Dec 23, 2006; ... Birkner, Gabrielle The Jewish Week 12-23-2006 "Who is this Hashem guy, anyway?" Andrew Krucoff jokingly asked. When Krucoff, a scribe for the popular gossip Web log, Gawker, arrived in Israel three weeks ago, he knew that Hashem was an alias for God but, admittedly, not ...
Nixing Kris Kringle Kugel
Dec 23, 2006; ... Birkner, Gabrielle The Jewish Week 12-23-2006 Ever since Seth Cohen first donned his Santa Claus-style kipa two years ago on Fox's hip, hit drama "The O.C.," christening the Chrismukkah holiday, there has been much ado over fusion of Christmas and Chanukah traditions. It has ...
At 82, A Career Illuminated
Dec 23, 2006; ... Ruby, Walter The Jewish Week 12-23-2006 Boris Leskin vividly remembers the moment during the late 1970s when he realized he could no longer play the double game involved in being a creative artist in Soviet society. Today, an 82-year-old actor living in New York, who played ...
City Challenged On Ritual Practice
Dec 23, 2006; ... Cohen, Debra Nussbaum The Jewish Week 12-23-2006 Two pediatricians treating haredim say health commissioner hasn't made case against circumcision technique. Rebuking the city's health commissioner, two pediatricians with longtime practices in fervently Orthodox ...