Volume # 0

Summer 2006(5766) 5766

In this issue
Yizkor
Life Ordeals

Yizkor

What is it like to remember, in such a somber setting, loved ones you had lost?

The Day After
Life Ordeals

The Day After

I still face an ongoing campaign of police harassment, having been threatened repeatedly with retaliation for having the temerity to lodge complaints against my uniformed assailants

On & Off the Beaten Track in … Tel Beit Shemesh
Israel

On & Off the Beaten Track in … Tel Beit Shemesh

Recently, I mentioned to a friend who lives in the growing city of Beit Shemesh that I would be writing about Tel Beit Shemesh in the coming issue of this magazine. “Where is that?” he asked me, in all seriousness. “You don’t know?” I responded, shocked. “It’s under the main road. You drive over the […]

The Chef’s Table: Summer Salads
Recipes

The Chef’s Table: Summer Salads

Salads are colorful, light and refreshing and are a wonderful choice for summer meals. They can be served either as a main or a side dish.   Asian Cabbage Salad 10 servings as an appetizer 14-16 servings as a side dish   This salad is nutritious and tasty, a perfect accompaniment to grilled meat or […]

Bytes & PCs: Finding God at Thirty-five Thousand Feet
Science & Technology

Bytes & PCs: Finding God at Thirty-five Thousand Feet

Where to find God was never much of a concern to Jews, armed as we are with the Torah’s very specific maps and directions. When to find Him is a different matter. As Western Civilization spread to more exotic places, Torah scholars took note of the halachic issues that arose. A comment by Rabbi Yisrael […]

Logging on to Judaism: A Convert Retrieves Her Soul from Cyberspace
Shavuot

Logging on to Judaism: A Convert Retrieves Her Soul from Cyberspace

  In 1993, nearly twenty years after Shoshana Zakar converted to Judaism, she found out she wasn’t Jewish. Zakar had innocently posted a question to an online Jewish discussion group. The responses ultimately led her on a path that would dramatically change the lives of her and her family. Born in Spokane, Washington, Zakar didn’t […]