Washington Jewish Week back issues from April 2007:
Two views
Apr 05, 2007; ... Nancy Pelosi a counterweight to administration JERUSALEM - In the Middle East for the second time since becoming speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has courted controversy while providing a counterweight to President George W. Bush's approach to ...
Making 'halves' whole
Apr 05, 2007; ... Adult children of intermarrieds carve out their own niche Aaron Hirsch considers himself "half-Jewish." He grew up in a secular household in Chevy Chase, the son of a Catholic mother and a German Jewish father. Hirsch, 39, is engaged to marry a woman he describes as "part Muslim" in a ...
Washington Times again prints anti-Israel ad
Apr 05, 2007; ... The vice president and general manager of The Washington Times says he will review how an advertisement describing Israel as "an official anti-Christianity nation" was printed in the newspaper last week. After being read portions of the ad text over the phone on Friday, Richard Amberg ...
Subterranean soapbox
Apr 05, 2007; ... Anti-'occupation' ads coming to Metro stations The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about to go underground - into the Washington subway system, to be exact. Beginning May 13, some 20 downtown Metro stations will be emblazoned with posters advertising a June 10 rally and march in ...
Michelle Katz
Apr 05, 2007; ... Micheile Katz always wanted to be in the health care industry. "It's something that has always been part of me, I've always loved to help people, and I think that is something that you'll find in a lot of health care providers," she said. "My mother at one point was actually a medical assistant, ...
'We'll miss them'
Apr 05, 2007; ... Va. synagogue hosts church for nine months As the congregants at Westminster Presbyterian Church walked the few blocks from their building to Agudas Achim Congregation one Sunday morning last June, they received a delightful surprise. Some 100 Agudas Achim congregants were lining the ...
Jewish World
Apr 05, 2007; ... Jewish groups earn top marks Charity Navigator, a nonprofit organization that evaluates charities on their financial health, has given its highest four-star rating to 52 Jewish groups, including five locally based groups. Among the top rated were the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day ...
Around the Beltway
Apr 05, 2007; ... Carter back in town Jimmy Carter was scheduled to be in D.C. again today to accept the Ridenhour Courage Prize at the National Press Club and take questions about his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. The former president, whose book has been widely criticized by Israel ...
Make the archive public, now
Apr 05, 2007; ... David Schaecter came through the Holocaust - the only member of his family to survive Auschwitz. His mother, father, sister, brother, numerous aunts, uncles and cousins didn't make it. More than 60 years later, he's seeking answers as to when and where they died. Schaecter ...
Does Rice's plunge signal Mideast policy shift?
Apr 05, 2007; ... Supporters of hard-line Israeli policies have long praised President George W. Bush as one of Israel's best friends ever in the Oval Office. Asked what that means, they'll most often say it's "because he leaves us alone." They have their own "Three No's" - no pressure, no American peace ...
America has betrayed Israel
Apr 05, 2007; ... I'm a bit confused. And if I'm a bit confused, then it is no wonder that the Arab world is confused. Palestinian leaders are totally confused. And Israel? Israel is just plain perplexed. No one is at all bemused. Who can understand United States foreign policy when it is replete ...
My case for a Jewish hall of fame
Apr 05, 2007; ... Capital Schmoozing With an impressive list of Passover accomplishments, Moses and Joshua would certainly get voted in on the first ballot, as would Abraham and King David. Both the biblical Ruth and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg merit inclusion, as well. What I'm ...
Transforming Mideast gloom
Apr 05, 2007; ... Israelis, Palestinians from grassroots group OneVoice choose coexistence With a dreary political horizon in the Middle East and campuses divided into pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian camps, a pair of young speakers came to U.S. colleges last week with a simple message. "I have ...
Raising spirits
Apr 05, 2007; ... Students help build in New Orleans, Argentina Spring break was a long way from palm trees and frozen margaritas for almost 80 University of Maryland at College Park Hillel students, who dedicated a week in March to community service work in Louisiana and South America. Maryland ...
Barely on the radar screen
Apr 05, 2007; ... Dual-background adults garner little outreach The adult children of intermarriage come in all forms. But despite their diversity, they have one thing in common: They are largely ignored by the organized Jewish community. Ever since the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey ...
'Secular, unorthodox' voice
Apr 05, 2007; ... Good for the Jews to perform at Sixth and I So Rob, a reporter innocently asks, what kind of humor do people in their 20s and 30s seem to enjoy? Tannenbaum - who, with David Fagin, are the Good for the Jews duo - doesn't quite answer the question. He says the two perform for ...
Standing up to evil
Apr 05, 2007; ... Standing up to evil Book tells of those who had the courage to save Jews The Righteous Among the Nations by Mordechai Paldiel. Jerusalem: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. 594 pp. $59.95. Don't count me among those who are shocked that there were so few gentile rescuers of Jews ...
Leonard Miaskoff, engineer, 84
Apr 05, 2007; ... Leonard Miaskoff of Rockville, formerly of Easton, Pa., died March 31. He was 84. Born in New York City, Miaskoff attended Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, N.Y., Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, N.Y., Cooper-Union School for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City and ...
You can't reschedule Pesach
Apr 05, 2007; ... Nats' owners move game back to before the seder As if it weren't tough enough for Jewish sports fans that the NCAA finals were scheduled for the first night of Pesach, the Nationals season opener originally was set for Monday evening as well. But, the D.C. baseball team's Jewish ...
There's spring, and sports, in the air
Apr 05, 2007; ... Spring sports are starting at the local schools, and the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School saw some of its teams get off to a nice start in recent days. The Lions' baseball team split its first two games. They scored an easy 12-2 victory over the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy thanks ...
Recipes for chol hamoed Passover - the last days
Apr 05, 2007; ... The sedarim are over, most of the leftovers are gone. If you're lucky, you have just enough matzah to finish the holiday and just enough matzah meal for the last batch of popovers or matzah balls. To try to avoid not coming out "even," we have evolved our meals and now eat mostly ...
For 2,000 years, we've worried about pollution
Apr 05, 2007; ... Does Jewish law forbid pollution? Does the polluter have to pay damages, like anyone else who causes harm? Among the very first commandments given in the Torah are those providing for payments for damages. In chapter 20 of the book of Exodus, we have the revelation on Mount Sinai and the ...
In Brief
Apr 05, 2007; ... Area events to commemorate Yom Hashoah Programs to commemorate Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), to include reading of names, candlelighting and firsthand accounts of local Holocaust survivors, will take place at various synagogues in Maryland and Northern Virginia. All are free ...
Passover: a holiday to sing
Apr 05, 2007; ... On the seventh day of Passover, we read an unusually long haftarah from the second book of Samuel. It records the song of salvation that David sang after he fled his enemies, particularly his raging father-in-law, King Saul. The wording is fast, the praise is effulgent: "O Lord, my crag, ...
Celebrations
Apr 05, 2007; ... Washington-area b'nai mitzvah Temple Beth Ami Jacob Verner Temple Rodef Shalom Jaclyn Kamen Steven Kamen Temple Shalom Simon Fierst Cottle-Epstein Ellen and David Epstein of Chevy Chase have announced the engagement of their ...
They could have danced all night
Apr 05, 2007; ... Blair High School's Middle Eastern Dance Troupe and disc jockey KyIe Dekelbaum kept teens on their feet as more than 85 youngsters, representing 18 area high schools, attended the Jewish Culture Club Network's second communitywide Israeli Dance Party. The recent party, held at the Jewish ...
Crossing the Sea
Apr 05, 2007; ... The cool desert breeze lifted the flaps of the small tent. Inside, the family sat on the floor in a circle. The freshly baked Matzot lay on a mat in front of them. "So, tell us about when you were slaves in Egypt!" burst out Benny. "And how G-d punished them with the ten plagues!" added ...
Rebuilding is gratifying
Apr 05, 2007; ... One week ago, I returned home from the Jewish National Fund's Alternative Spring Break program in which I joined 129 other college students and young professionals on a weeklong community service trip to northern Israel. As part of the JNF's Operation Northern Renewal campaign, a $400 million, ...
CORRECTION
Apr 05, 2007; ... CORRECTION - The birth announcement for Lucas Helmut Mittelberg in the March ...
Catering to all at the table
Apr 12, 2007; ... Should kashrut be the rule at communal events? For each of the past nine years, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center has staged a gastronomically ambitious fund-raiser featuring the cooking of master chefs who prepared gourmet kosher meals for donors. Baruch Fellner, who ...
Empowering teens
Apr 12, 2007; ... Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute founder stepping down to focus on national programs Barbara Gervis Lubran says it drives her nuts "when people say teens are the leaders of tomorrow." "They're the leaders of today" and should be treated like serious decision makers, says the ...
Unveiling the new ORT
Apr 12, 2007; ... First convention set in D.C. for newly merged organization Charles Dahan left his native Morocco in 1967 at age 17, following the cold-blooded murder of his best friend. "It was a random act of violence against a Jew," said Dahan. "My parents were scared that I would be the next ...
Socially just to the last drop
Apr 12, 2007; ... Local shuls sell humanely grounded coffee In 1994, a Ugandan Jew named JJ. Keki created a coffee-growers cooperative that managed to bridge religious and tribal divisions that were wider than the eyes of the most chronic caffeine junkie. Today, that organization, the Mirembe (or ...
Report aims to help balance rights, responsibilities on campus
Apr 12, 2007; ... The Israel on Campus Coalition has released a major report that barely mentions Israel. The 52-page publication "Academic Rights, Academic Responsibilities: A New Approach" is designed to "launch a conversation" in the academic world about how to study sensitive topics - such as Israel - ...
Arch Campbell on board for JCA employment expo
Apr 12, 2007; ... It's been five years since the Jewish Council for the Aging last held its 50+ Employment Expo, but the need for such a program still has "existed for all those years," said JCA executive director David Gamse. And with the help of Montgomery County, it is coming back. A $57,000 ...
Gary Hauptman
Apr 12, 2007; ... The first time Gary Hauptman participated in an open ocean sailboat race, he was hooked. "Going through the Gulf Stream with the green glowing water trailing behind the boat and sunfish landing on the deck and then winning the race was fabulous," recalled the Arlington resident. At the ...
'Wear a helmet'
Apr 12, 2007; ... Local Jewish bikers club takes to the road With the wind in their faces and a concerned mother's voice in their ears, Jewish motorcyclists are taking to the open roads, looking for a good time and a little excitement. "I get on my bike and I just ride down some country road ...
Deadline nears for WJW teacher award nominations
Apr 12, 2007; ... The April 19 deadline is quickly approaching for Washington Jewish Weefc's annual Ohr l'Yeladeinu, or Light Onto Our Children, Award to recognize outstanding teachers in the Jewish community. WJW will honor one teacher from each of the three areas it serves: the District of Columbia, ...
Food fantasies
Apr 12, 2007; ... Imagine spending $200 or more to attend an elegant dinner to benefit a local Jewish organization, a charity whose work you admire. The table settings, with their fine china, shiny silverware and cut-glass stemware, are beautiful, the floral centerpiece exquisite. A waiter comes and ...
Substance gets lost in the money pit
Apr 12, 2007; ... Washington Watch To their owners, boats sometimes seem like holes in the water into which they pour money. The same could be said of political campaigns, and never more so than today, as we stand on the threshold of the first billion dollar presidential race. The big story in ...
Passing the torch
Apr 12, 2007; ... Growing up, we whose parents had emerged out of the Shoah believed that they were indestructible. They overcame the German efforts to murder them, survived ghettos and death camps and rebuilt their lives after the war. In our eyes, they were truly the "greatest generation." It seemed to us that ...
Healing heterosexuality within Jewish people
Apr 12, 2007; ... As dean of the Schechter (Masorti) Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem, I recently announced my decision to accept only students who believe in the importance of the intimate relationship between a man and a woman in the confines of the Jewish institution of marriage and to serve, to the best of ...
When it comes to playing, I'm game
Apr 12, 2007; ... Capital Schmoozing I seem to have developed a bit of a reputation at our shnl. Not for my profound divrei Torah, my heartfelt davening or even my elaborate, frozen desserts. OK, maybe I do have a reputation for a triple-decker chocolate ice cream sundae, referred to in our house as an ...
A different perspective
Apr 12, 2007; ... A different perspective Book stitches a tale of how the murder of Jews unraveled Europe's textile centers Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria edited by Roberta S. Kremer. New York: Berg Publishers, 2007. 128 pp. $29.95. Book ...
'Toots,' 'Curious George' share stage at JCCNV film festival
Apr 12, 2007; ... Two children's films and movies about a legendary American nightclub operator, transgendered Filipinos in Israel and Sephardi women in Paris are among the highlights of the seventh annual International Jewish Film Festival, according to the festival director. The festival will be shown ...
Abe Malnick, leader of Holocaust survivor community, 80
Apr 12, 2007; ... When Abraham Malnik was liberated from the camps at the end of World War II, he was still a teenager, but one who was "in the shadow of affliction," wrote Malnik's friend and fellow Holocaust survivor, Herman Taube of Rockville. "When I came out I was 18, but I was a 50-year-old man," ...
Sylvia Eizenstat, community leader, Carter Library docent, 93
Apr 12, 2007; ... Sylvia Eizenstat, a leader in the Atlanta Jewish community for nearly 60 years and a docent at the Jimmy Carter presidential library, died April 5 at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was 93. A Chicago native, Eizenstat was ...
Local gymnast scores for University of Pennsylvania
Apr 12, 2007; ... Marissa Rosen's college gymnastics career got off to a very good start this season. The W.T. Woodson High School graduate joined the University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team and quickly became a force. She was the Northeast Region's top seed in the allaround competition heading into ...
Celebrations
Apr 12, 2007; ... Eliav Moshe Binstock Nadine Greenfield-Binstock and Andrew Binstock of Washington, D.C., have announced the birth of their son, Eliav Moshe, on Dec. 29 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in the District. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20 1/2 inches long. Also welcoming ...
If it's spring, it's time for rhubarb
Apr 12, 2007; ... Iadore rhubarb. Growing up in the Scottish islands, I would stab a fresh plucked, ruby red stick into the sugar bowl, then gleefully scrunch it in my mouth to release the sweet-sour juices. The ruby red sticks, called petioles, with their fans of moss green leaves, are one of the first ...
Just A Menschen
Apr 12, 2007; ... MCPS to honor longtime education advocate The Montgomery County Schools (MCPS) Educational Foundation, Inc., will hold "An Evening to Celebrate The Honorable Esther P. Gelman" on Tuesday, at the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, to honor the longtime education advocate who helped ...
In Brief
Apr 12, 2007; ... Panel to address dual-faith families A joint educational program co-sponsored by the Seaboard Region of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and other major arms of the Conservative movement, to focus on the needs of those converting to Judaism, the perceptions of Jewish congregation ...
Good intentions are not enough
Apr 12, 2007; ... This week's Torah portion is Shemini, Leviticus 9:1-11:47. I often hear the word "spirituality" used when a person wants to convey a message, or air of acceptability, when speaking of something akin to religion, but not exactly religion. Having a feeling of things of the spirit ...
Bigwig seder
Apr 12, 2007; ... 42 ambassadors take part in AJC event in the District Jews throughout the world participated in sedarim last week, but in Washington, D.C., it was the world that came to a seder. The American Jewish Committee's Washington region recently held its annual Ambassadors Seder, drawing ...
My search for quinoa for Pesach
Apr 12, 2007; ... Before the holiday began, Washington Jewish Week printed that quinoa was safe to eat during Pesach because it's a grass, not a grain, and apparently, it's safe to eat (not smoke) grass during Pesach. Other than making me feel a little bovine, I was elated and shared such elation via ...
Should anti-Israel play be staged?
Apr 19, 2007; ... As some protest, theater defends decision to stage 'My Name is Rachel Corrie' in festival A controversial one-woman play about an American killed in Gaza will be staged this summer during the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, W. Va., and some longtime ticket ...
Cheers and jeers for Iran
Apr 19, 2007; ... U. Md. Jews celebrate Iranians, scorn their leader Pro-Israel students at the University of Maryland are intent on voicing their concern over the strategic threat posed by Iran to both the Jewish state and the United States. "We wanted to make it clear, however, that our beef is ...
The day after
Apr 19, 2007; ... Virginia Tech students try to make sense of tragedy The small but cohesive Jewish community at Virginia Tech was rocked by Monday's massacre, which not only claimed the life of a Holocaust survivor, but shattered what the mother of one Washington-area Jewish student called a "utopian, ...
Jewish World
Apr 19, 2007; ... Ex-U. of Md. prof to light Yom Hazikaron torch An Israeli with ties to the University of Maryland at College Park was one of a dozen people scheduled to light a torch at Mount Herzl during Israel's national Yom Hazikaron, memorial day, ceremonies on Sunday evening. Nava Ben-Zvi, ...
Fighting poverty a focus at Consultation on Conscience
Apr 19, 2007; ... Tommy Thompson blunders in remarks Fighting poverty was the focus Monday morning as speakers at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's biennial Consultation on Conscience discussed successes, failures and strategies. Ironically, though, it was one speaker's botched joke ...
Around the Beltway
Apr 19, 2007; ... Rudy postpones JCRC talk Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani postponed his scheduled Tuesday appearance at a Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington forum due to the Virginia Tech shootings. The former New York City mayor thought it would be ...
A Jewish hero
Apr 19, 2007; ... Liviu Librescu survived the Holocaust. He survived communism under Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. But, on Monday, he would no longer be a survivor. Instead, he became a victim of senseless violence - as one of the 32 people murdered in a rampage on the Virginia Tech ...
Iran an Iraq deja vu?
Apr 19, 2007; ... WashingtonWatch When Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled four years ago, the Bush administration hailed the fall of Baghdad as the greatest triumph since the Berlin Wall came down. But there was no celebration on last week's anniversary as the White House continued look for a face-saving ...
The many absurdities of airline travel
Apr 19, 2007; ... Capital Schmoozing Caution! The moving walkway is ending!" "Caution! The moving walkway is ending!" lies. The moving walkway is not ending. The endlessly repeated airport warning is merely a ploy to get us off the moving walkway. It will be here when you return from your ...
Holocaust survivors share their stories with youngsters
Apr 19, 2007; ... Henry Kahn was 16 years old the last time he saw his parents alive. That was 68 years ago. "I saw them for the last time before I came to England," Kahn, a German-born Kindertransport Holocaust survivor whose English cousin sponsored his move to Britain in 1939, told Jewish high ...