Recently added articles from Washington Jewish Week:
Teachable Torah
Sep 17, 2009; ... Educators focus on teaching serious side of holidays without frightening young children When children filter Torah stories through their own developmental and temperamental lens, strange things can happen. To illustrate, educator Mara Bier tells a story: After learning about ...
Mishmash
Sep 17, 2009; ... Adolf Hitler used to promote safe sex An ad that uses Adolf Hitler to scare viewers away from unsafe sex has been pulled from YouTube, according to news reports. The move follows mounting criticism of the safe-sex campaign for cheapening the suffering of Holocaust ...
CORRECTION
Sep 17, 2009; ... An incorrect e-mail address was provided in last week's InBrief item, "High Holidays at the beach." The address is ...
Putting Iran over a barrel
Sep 17, 2009; ... Advocates mull 'crippling' sanctions, apathy The Jews have been dogged by unsetding deja vu moments ever since the world looked the other way during the Holocaust. The possibility that perhaps another existential calamity is brewing - this one at the hands of nearly ...
Vexing problem, 'simple' solution
Sep 17, 2009; ... Braverman advocates outreach to Arab minority Contrary to popular belief, the solution to curbing marginalization of Israel's Arabs is clear-cut, according to Avishay Braverman, Israels minorities minister. "The situation is very simple," Braverman told about more than 150 ...