- The idea that there exists a single Jewish people, the collective community of Israel
(p.2).
- The Rev. Pat Robertson, "The 700 Club," broadcast December 20, 1981 (p.17).
- The "Liberal Jewish Mail List," known as m.l-j, started and moderated by Dan Faigin,
is now in its sixth year. It is self-described as a list "for discussions of Liberal Judaism:
its practices, opinions, and beliefs" (p.38).
- Eliahu Ben-Elissar, Israel's new ambassador to the United States, as
told to The Jerusalem Report (p.51).
- Cynthia Ozick. The new collection of seventeen essays devoted to widely divergent
aspects of literature and their intersections with life "open[s] new windows of
understanding into the processes and uses of literature," says
RJ literary editor Steven
Schnur (p.60).
- On July 19, 1996, Robinson told a delegation of rabbis she has never forgotten the fact
that during the Irish potato famine of 1845, only three communities sent aid: the
Chocotaw Indians, the Quakers, and the Jews (p.76).
- CommonQuest: The Magazine of Black/Jewish Relations
appeared this spring as a
joint project of the American Jewish Committee and Howard University (p.78).
- A Frequently Asked Question. Many internet mailing lists and/or news groups have a
FAQ which beginning users should read before posting their own messages (p.87).
- According to Jewish law, the fetus is a potential life and must be protected unless
there is provable danger to the life of the mother. The classic Jewish position on the
state of the fetus appears in the Mishnah, compiled by our talmudic sages in the
middle of the second century: "If a woman has (life-threatening) difficulty in childbirth,
one dismembers the embryo within her, limb by limb, because her life takes precedence
over its life. Once its head (or its 'greater part') has emerged, it may not be touched,
for we do not set aside one life for another." (Oholoth 7:6) (p.88).
- The USPS has introduced the first-ever Hanukkah stamp this year (see ad on p.55),
along with a new, limited edition Liberty Cash Collectors Series featuring the stamp
(pp.4-5) and a historic First Day of Issue Hanukkah set (p.23).
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