By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES – Phillip Gellburg keeps insisting that he worships and adores his wife Sylvia, yet he hasn’t made love to her in more than 20 years. “You gradually give up and it closes over you like a grave,” he says. Further, he hates the fact that he is Jewish and devotes himself to “passing” for Gentile, yet he asserts, […]
‘Broken Glass’ tells of fearful Jews … in America Read More »
Cynthia CitronNEW YORK (Press Release)– One hundred exemplary North American college graduates will be chosen to teach in underprivileged communities in Israel for a 10-month service program in May 2011, Masa Israel Journey announced today. In order to address Israel’s educational inequity and the widespread underperformance of youth in low-income communities, Masa Israel Journey and the Israeli Ministry
100 U.S. & Canada college grads sought to teach English in Israel Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel is exciting for many reasons. One of them is that at any given moment and in the most unlikely situations you can find the worst and the best strangely coexisting. The Bialik-Rogozin School in south Tel Aviv is an example. Because of the Oscar two American film makers
What will become of children of Bialik-Rogozin School? Read More »
Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Even those of us who don’t think much of Ehud Barak as a politician have high regard for his military skills and knowledge of the strategic situation. Therefore, when he says, as he did to Israel Radio recently, that Syria is signaling that it might be willing to resume peace
Why Barak may think Syria is ready to resume peace talks Read More »
Travel and Food
By Dov Hartuv KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, Israel — If you ask anyone at this time of the year in the Sha’ar Hanegev area what the word Red brings to mind, you will get two answers. Here our spring is extremely short. It’s really a brief cross over from Winter to Summer. In February March
Red has two opposite meanings in S.D. sister region Read More »
Travel and Food