April 22, 2009 / Columns

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Performance is marred by an ax murder

REHOVOT, ISRAEL—I felt rather uncomfortable last week while I sat listening to an enchanting performance of "La Boheme" at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center. More...

Tragedy in fading Binghamton

FIRST PERSON…
By JACKIE JACOBS JTA

COLUMBUS, Ohio —In September 1984, Ronald Reagan visited what he called the "Valley of Opportunity," a region in New York's southern tier that encompasses the triple cities of Binghamton, Johnson City and Endicott. More...

First person: Touring Israel & Petra—the best trip of our lives

By JODI STERN For the Voice

My husband Alvin and I toured Israel and Petra, Jordan on a JCC Senior Adult Department trip this past February. The group was led by Gilah Lewis Sietz and her assistant Robin Lazarow. More...

Finding your happy place when the world starts to get you down

SALLY'S WORLD
SALLY FRIEDMAN

I envy my sister. When Ruthie's feeling rotten, she rushes over to her gym and gets on the treadmill. More...

Preparing to guide a group of students through Israel

A place like no other:
RABBI DEBORAH BODIN COHEN Director of Lifelong Education Temple Emanuel

I write this message for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha?Atzmaut, Israeli Memorial and Independence Day, on the eve of leaving South Jersey for Israel with the confirmation students from Temple Emanuel and M'kor Shalom. More...

'Employee Free Choice Act' badly flawed

By KENNETH R. GILBERG For the Voice

A recent article in the Jewish Voice (March 25, page 7) utilized the tenets of the Jewish Religion and the Talmud to support passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). More...

Yom Hashoah: Identity richly complex

By JANET R. KIRCHHEIMER JTA

NEW YORK—I grew up in two different worlds—one that doesn't exist anymore and one in which I didn't feel quite at home. Like many children of immigrants, I struggled with the culture of America. More...

No normalcy when Passover & Easter are separated by checkpoints

JERUSALEM JOURNAL

This Passover I received greetings from all over the world thanks to my connections via various social networks on the Internet. More...

The rebbitzin's recipes: Celebrate Israel on Lag B'Omer

DEBI EPSTEIN

Lag B'Omer marks the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer, which takes place between the second day of Pesach and Shavuot. During this time the 24,000 students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva passed away. More...