Washington Jewish Week back issues from January 2008:
The final passage
Jan 03, 2008; ... More Jews directing end-of-life care It was 15 years ago, and Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak's 42-year-old husband, Barry, was dying of terminal cancer. A hospice social worker asked if he had a "living will," a legal document designed to give patients control over their end-of-life care. He did ...
Assassin's aftermath
Jan 03, 2008; ... Israel wary after Bhutto slaying For Israelis, the assassin who killed Benazir Bhutto removed another barrier shielding the Jewish state from the Islamic bomb. Israel's media and leadership portrayed the sniper-suicide bombing attack that ended the onetime Pakistani prime ...
Mishmash
Jan 03, 2008; ... Jerusalem of green Aimed at raising awareness to environmental issues and energy conservation, the walls of Jerusalem's Old City have been illuminated in green lighting. The illumination of the Old City walls was carried out in cooperation with The Society for the Protection of Nature in ...
All the news that's unfit?
Jan 03, 2008; ... Local watchdog slams Post's coverage of Israel A local media watchdog group has launched a campaign to "educate" companies that advertise in The Washington Post about what it contends is the newspaper's "unfair and unbalanced" coverage of Israel. During the past few weeks, the ...
North Potomac's 'double tragedy'
Jan 03, 2008; ... Beth Ami congregant allegedly slain by his son remembered as a Renaissance man, who lived life to the fullest Temple Beth Ami is still reeling from a "double tragedy" that has left behind a "badly broken family" from among its congregants, said Rabbi Jack Luxemburg of the Reform ...
Ohev Sholom, the matchmaker
Jan 03, 2008; ... Shul offers free dating service membership Go to shul, find your mate. That's the theory behind a new program offering at Ohev Sholom-The National Synagogue. The first 40 singles to sign up for the initiative and attend the Orthodox District synagogue five times in a twomonth ...
Israeli presences grows as Jewish community fades
Jan 03, 2008; ... Romania's Jewish community, historically one of the most vibrant in Europe, is fading away as emigration and old age take their toll. At the same time, Israeli investors, businessmen, companies and products are building a growing commercial empire in the East European state. Not long ...
Devorah Goldburg
Jan 03, 2008; ... Name: Devorah Goldburg Hebrew name: Devorah Lives in: Arlington Birthday: April 15, 1965 Favorite Jewish holiday: Chanukah Favorite Jewish celebrity: Jerry Seinfeld Devorah Goldburg's friends have a lot of hand-knit scarves. The Arlington ...
Jewish World
Jan 03, 2008; ... U.S. Court orders Holocaust art returned A U.S. district court has ordered a German baroness to turn a painting over to the estate of a Holocaust survivor. U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi said in her ruling that Max Stern did not voluntarily sell the painting "Girl from the Sabiner ...
Mid east
Jan 03, 2008; ... Knesset report raps army over second Lebanon War Israel's armed forces have been faulted by a parliamentary panel for their conduct during the Second Lebanon War. The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee released a long-awaited report Monday that focused on the failings ...
Around the Beltway
Jan 03, 2008; ... Setback for Boims A ruling ordering a new trial in a case that held Islamic charities in the U.S. liable for a Hamas terrorist attack that killed an American teenager will be appealed, says a lawyer for the plaintiffs. D.C. lawyer Nathan Lewin called the ruling by a three-judge ...
Build trust, not settlements
Jan 03, 2008; ... Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed government ministers that no new West Bank construction can take place without his and Defense Minister Ehud Barak's approval. We applaud the move, but urge the government to go further. While Israel's supporters rightfully ...
Ignoring Pakistan's radioactive fallout
Jan 03, 2008; ... WashingtonWatch American taxpayers have spent more man $100 million securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, yet we don't know where it is and whether it really is secure at a time of turmoil' in that country following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, presumably by Islamic extremists who ...
Hatred's fellow-travelers
Jan 03, 2008; ... If news, commentary and punditry were midwives, we could expect the newborn year that they bring to our homes to be a bleak child indeed. I write these words four days before the calendar changes. The brutal slaying of Benazir Bhutto and some two dozen of her supporters has just ...
Dangerous continuum shouldn't be ignored
Jan 03, 2008; ... Nearly four years ago, foreign ministers and other senior officials from the Organization for security and Cooperation in Europe, the world's largest regional security body, met in Berlin to address a new plague of anti-Semitism in Europe. The conference was a muchneeded wake-up call to confront ...
Ethiopian Jewry as a litmus test
Jan 03, 2008; ... Israel's 2007 immigration figures are appalling. Barely 19,700 newcomers entered the country, including 6,445 from the former Soviet Union, 3,607 from Ethiopia, 2,957 from North America and 2,659 from France. Something is very wrong with Israel's policy toward potential newcomers. The ...
Fearless predictions for 2008
Jan 03, 2008; ... Capital Schmoozing Happy New Year! In last month's column, I indulged my interests by writing a retrospective piece covering my columns of 2007. This month, I engage in another favorite pastime, making predictions. Like "year-in-review" pieces, prediction-making is always a ...
Investors looking south of the border
Jan 03, 2008; ... A growing number of U.S. citizens are looking across their nation's southern border, searching for a home or investment property in Mexico. There are now about 1.5 million former U.S. residents living in Mexico, and that number is increasing," said Adrian Arriaga, a Texas-based broker ...
The gift of time
Jan 03, 2008; ... A survey of residents at the largest provider of senior living in the westem United States, the Los Angeles Jewish Home, has revealed that seniors prefer a gift of time with loved ones more than any material item. "Any activity that takes seniors out of their day-to-day routine is ...
This is our story
Jan 03, 2008; ... This is our story Documentary gives balanced, must-see presentation of Jewish life in America Movie Review It takes a lot of courage to try to depict the story of American Jewry's 350-year-long history - at least if the creator's goal is an honest documentary, and not ...
Jewish federation is local partner for 'The Jewish Americans'
Jan 03, 2008; ... WETA prepares local supplements to the series It was only fitting for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington to become a local sponsor with WETA for The Jewish Americans, according to the federation chief executive. "The federation is about building community, and this is ...
'Core truth'
Jan 03, 2008; ... Choreographer's work influenced by his Iranian Jewish background When Benjamin Levy's parents arrived in Los Angeles for a vacation in the summer of 1978, they had no idea that they would never see their home in Tehran again. The Persian Jewish couple came to escape the civil and ...
Soiled merchandise
Jan 03, 2008; ... Soiled merchandise The Saturday Wife by Naomi Ragen. New York: St Martin's Press, 2007. 304 pages. $24.95. I would have loved to give this book a glowing review. After all the troubles that Naomi Ragen has been through recently with allegations of plagiarism, it might have helped to even ...
From underbelly of suffering
Jan 03, 2008; ... From underbelly of suffering 'The Savages' filmmaker credits her Jewish side for her humor There's comedy, there's tragedy and there's tragicomedy. Somebody needs to coin a new word to describe what it is that filmmaker Tamara Jenkins does so skillfully. If you haven't ...
Jerusalem in quotes
Jan 03, 2008; ... Jerusalem in quotes The Jerusalem Book of Quotations: A 3,000-Year Perspective by Jack Friedman. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House: 2007. 247 pp. $24.95. If you've never seen the sun come up over Jerusalem and illuminate its glistening stones; never walked its streets, hearing faint ...
Jewish Arts Around Town
Jan 03, 2008; ... Rabbi, imam at Busboys and Poets Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, will discuss his new book, You Don't Have To Be Wrong For Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism, at Busboys and Poets in the District on Jan. 10 ...
Israeli film festival at Tikvat Israel
Jan 03, 2008; ... Congregation Tikvat Israel in Rockville will host an Israeli Film Festival - featuring contemporary films, discussions and dessert after the films - for three consecutive Saturday nights at 8 p.m., starting this weekend. On Jan. 5, Close to Home, the first film to focus on women doing ...
Welcome back, Tamir
Jan 03, 2008; ... Tamir Goodman's second run as a basketball icon for Jewish fans in this area begins this weekend. Goodman recently signed up with the Maryland Nighthawks semipro team, which starts its season on Jan. 5 at 7 p.m. at Georgetown Prep. The team plays in the Premier Basketball League and has ...
Goalie to head to Hopkins
Jan 03, 2008; ... The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team will gain an award-winning member of the Washington area's Jewish athletic community for its 2008-2009 season. Steven Burke, senior goalie at Bullis School in Potomac, has committed to the Blue Jays. "I chose Hopkins for its winning tradition ...
Marcella Brenner, GWU professor, philanthropist, 95
Jan 03, 2008; ... Marcella Brenner of Chevy Chase, a former elementary school teacher and university professor who founded and supported a number of innovative educational and cultural programs here and in Israel, died Dec. 25 of congestive heart failure at Holy Cross Hospital. She was 95. Brenner's ...
R. Robert Linowes, lawyer, activist, 85
Jan 03, 2008; ... R. Robert "Bob" Linowes, who died Dec. 26 at his home in Chevy Chase, "was involved in everything," according to his wife of 59 years, Ada. A lawyer and businessman, Linowes, in the course of a 50-year career, played a role in the development of Montgomery County, the Economic and cultural life ...
Bringing the joys of red meat back to the table
Jan 03, 2008; ... After all the turkey leftovers from Thanksgiving were gone, I was ready for something else for dinner, so I looked through the freezer and found some beautiful, vacuum-packed frozen steaks. What a treat, I thought, and then felt a surge of guilt. How could I possibly indulge in a steak when I ...
Find ways to make have-nots have some
Jan 03, 2008; ... How worrying is the growing inequality of income worldwide? One of the most prominent economic ethics issues is income inequality, and the International Monetary Fund recently released probably the most thorough study ever done of trends in income inequality in nations ...
Six Day War recalled
Jan 03, 2008; ... The Six Day War is being recalled this Sunday in Rockville by B'nai B'rith International executive vice president Daniel Mariaschin, who will talk about its history and aftermath at B'nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Rd., as part of the synagogue's L.I.F.E. (Learning is for Everyone) ...
'Spa for the Soul' to celebrate women
Jan 03, 2008; ... All women are invited to join Chabad of Potomac's annual program, the Spa for the Soul, which is geared to be a day to celebrate femininity and explore what it means to be a Jewish woman. The event, to begin Sunday at 9:15 a.m. with a continental breakfast and opening session dedicated ...
The ethics of joy
Jan 03, 2008; ... This week's Torah portion is Va'era, Exodus, 6:2-9:35. Va'era, this week's Torah portion presents several plagues and the experience that each presented to the Israelites and the Egyptians. Although they were basically sharing the same geographic space, they experienced God's presence in ...
Shabbaton to explore Reconstructionism
Jan 03, 2008; ... "Exploring Reconstructionism" will be die theme of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation's annual Shabbaton Jan. 11-13, which is free and open to the whole community. The three-day series of workshops and lectures feature scholars-in-residence Rabbis Rebecca Alpert and Jacob Staub, ...
Computer classes for seniors offered
Jan 03, 2008; ... For seniors considering a New Year's resolution to become computer-sawy in 2008 (or to enhance current skills), the Jewish Council for the Aging is offering classes covering such topics as basic computer, digital photography, Internet, e-mail and word processing, through its JCASeniorTech ...
Celebrations
Jan 03, 2008; ... Gilmore-Vivari Debby and Bruce Vivari of Rockville have announced the marriage of their son, Ben, to Melissa Gilmore, daughter of Evon Fales of Temple Terrace, Fla., and Dana Gilmore of Odessa, Fla., on Oct. 7 at Rockwood Manor in Potomac. The wedding was officiated by Rabbi Lyle Fishman ...
Jews keep busy on Dec. 25
Jan 03, 2008; ... It wasn't just Chinese food and movies for local Jews on Christmas Day. Some 1,300 volunteers turned out for the Washington DC Jewish Community Center's annual December 25 Community Service Day, helping out on more than 100 community projects at 60 social services agencies. In Northern ...
The country that saved us
Jan 03, 2008; ... Several weeks ago, my husband, my daughter and I visited Albania, invited by that nation's government. The reception we received was overwhelming - the same warmtii, hospitality and friendship I had been used to as a child 62 years ago, at a time when the rest of Europe had gone mad. We ...
The sanctuary sweepstakes
Jan 10, 2008; ... Shuls offer discounts, but bucks aren't the be-all The high cost of being Jewish in America has been discussed as often and as vigorously as the weekly Torah portion. And yet in some cases, it's a buyers' market, judging by the array of financial incentives local synagogues offer to ...
Mishmash
Jan 10, 2008; ... Behind every cloud ... The BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations that increase an Ashkenazi Jewish woman's chance of developing breast cancer may increase her chances of survival if she gets ovarian cancer, according to a study by a research team at Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, ...
Commission focuses on those connected to Middle East
Jan 10, 2008; ... Economic development, public awareness and education are among the goals of a new government body for Marylanders of Middle Eastern ancestry. The Governor's Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, established by an October executive order, will be similar to already existing state ...
Through exhibit, museum hopes to increase genetic disease awareness
Jan 10, 2008; ... Many genetic diseases that were long believed to be Jewish disorders may be more pan-ethnic than previously thought. That's the focus of a 32-piece art exhibit, Expression of Hope, at the National Museum of Health and Medicine through March 2. The museum is housed at Walter Reed Army ...
Learn, and then do
Jan 10, 2008; ... Web curriculum pairs Jewish values with action Rabbi Daniel Sikowitz had never given a course on Jewish servicelearning before. But using the new justaction.org Web site created by Panim and Hillel, he's been able to teach a weekly course for high-schoolers at Gaithersburg's Congregation ...
Kiddush with the turtle
Jan 10, 2008; ... U.Md. fete demonstrates homey side of Shabbat There are plenty of Jews at The Diamondback, the school paper at the University of Maryland, College Park. But their Jewishness is incidental in the newsroom. As part of a recent initiative, however, the setting shifted - the newsroom ...
Pressure grows on Olmert, Barak
Jan 10, 2008; ... JERUSALEM - Seventeen months after the last shots were fired in the 2006 summer war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's political future again is under a cloud due to his poor performance in the war. The growing pressure on Olmert to resign is expected to ...
Lilah Pomerance
Jan 10, 2008; ... Lilah Pomerance wants to be active in society. Her career trajectory certainly reflects this. Since graduating from Barnard College as a political science major, Pomerance, 32, has spent the vast majority of her time weaving through a trail of nonprofits, grassroots movements and ...
Jewish World
Jan 10, 2008; ... World Jewish population grew in '07 by 200,000 The world Jewish population in 2007 rose to 13.2 million, according to a Jerusalem-based think tank. The figure is 200,000 more than in 2006, according to a report released Sunday by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute. In ...
Mideast
Jan 10, 2008; ... Barak: Hezbollah arsenal bigger than before the war Hezbollah's rocket arsenal is bigger now than before its 2006 war with Israel, according to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. "Hezbollah has learned the lessons of the Second Lebanon War," Barak told a security conference in ...
Around the Beltway
Jan 10, 2008; ... Extremists in the GOP? Just a few hours after Mike Huckabee was declared the winner of the Iowa caucus last week, Jewish Democrats were slamming the former Arkansas governor as an "extremist." "In choosing a candidate so beholden to the extremist elements in the Republican base, ...
When will they ever learn?
Jan 10, 2008; ... Just days after Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, an Israeli rabbi called for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and other Israel government officials to be executed. Shalom Dov Wolpe, head of Save the Land and the Nation (SOS Israel), made his remarks last week ...
Promise little, deliver less
Jan 10, 2008; ... Washington Wacth If there is one thing the Bush White House excels at, it is lowering expectations, and the administration spin machine was operating at full speed in the days leading up to President George W. Bush's Mideast trip, slated to begin Wednesday. As Bush kicks off what ...
Asymmetry confronts Bush
Jan 10, 2008; ... Ehud Olmert bridled a little when asked, during a Jerusalem Post interview whether President George W. Bush was coming here this week "to be the godfather of the state of Palestine." "I don't think he would define a visit like this in those terms," the prime minister responded. He ...
Small steps for Gaza evacuees
Jan 10, 2008; ... At the invitation of an organization called JobKatif, I recently visited a group of evacuees from Gush Katif. It's more man 2 1/2 years since the heartrending evacuation from their homes in the Gaza Strip. In the interim, their fate has largely slipped out of the news and even the consciousness ...
Beware the Blogistan
Jan 10, 2008; ... There was a time, not terribly long ago, when disturbed individuals bent on broadcasting angry fantasies had only soapboxes in public parks from which to rant. And respectable people knew, if only from the ranters' appearance, to keep well out of spittie's range. Today, though, the very ...
Winter break - its joys and challenges
Jan 10, 2008; ... Capital Schmoozing If I had enough energy left at the end of the countdown, I would have donned a party hat, tossed confetti and even danced a little jig. An even bigger deal than the countdown to the new year (which neither I nor any of my crew stayed awake for, having all crashed at ...
JCCNV Book Festival to mark Tu B'Shevat, MLK birthday
Jan 10, 2008; ... Beware! The Great Zucchini is coming. The children's entertainer - aka Eric Knaus - will be up to more than his usual magic tricks during the second annual Book Festival at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. He'll also read a Tu B'Shevat story during a children's breakfast ...
Jewish film series set in Columbia
Jan 10, 2008; ... Columbia Jewish Congregation will sponsor a Jewish film series beginning later this month. The films will be: * Jan. 19. Wondrous Oblivion - a young Jewish, cricket-loving boy befriends a black Jamaican family in London in 1960. * Feb. 16. From Shtetl to Swing - klezmer meets the ...
Depicting the infinite
Jan 10, 2008; ... Abstract pieces, ketubot on display in Reston For Anna Fine Foer, a fiber artist turned collagist and painter, the idea of place resides firmly at the center of her work. But her paintings and collages (www.annafineart.com) are by no means static. Eighteen are currently on display at the ...
Jewish Arts Around Town
Jan 10, 2008; ... 'Illuminated Psalm' talk at LoC Potomac author and artist Debra Band will deliver an illustrated lecture about her book I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms at the African and Middle Easter Division Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson building of the Library of Congress on Jan. 17 ...
GOP needs to change
Jan 10, 2008; ... D.C. author: Republicans shouldn't shy away from issues like health care, environment The Republican Party needs a new message. So says a leading party activist in his new book, Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again (Doubleday, 2008). "The party has been successful since ...
Two local authors nominated for prize
Jan 10, 2008; ... One current and one former Washington-area resident have been named as finalists for the 2007 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Jerusalem author Haim Watzman, who grew up in Silver Spring, was nominated for A Crack in the Earth: A Journey Up Israel's Rift Valley. The District's ...
Phyllis Kliman, biochemist, activist, 76
Jan 10, 2008; ... Phyllis Kliman of Silver Spring, a biochemist for the Department of Agriculture who was active in many Jewish and civic causes, died suddenly on Jan. 4. She was 76. A New York native, Kliman moved to die Washington area when she was 5. She lived over the grocery store that her parents ...