November 6, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Objects May Seem Closer Than They Appear

By Bob Seltzer Federation Executive Vice President
You’ve seen this message on your rear view mirrors, but it applies to the Federation’s Annual Campaign as well! We operate on a calendar fiscal year, so our books close on December 31 of each year. More...

Julie and Julia

By Shira Albertson Aish Hatorah Resources

Meryl Streep’s new film reminded me to chew my food a little longer, and enjoy it a little more. “Bonjour! Bonjour!” shouts Meryl Streep, playing the role of Julia Child as she wends her way through an outdoor market in Paris. More...

The Mailbox: Special Larder for Letters

And so each day brings an influx of letters making all sorts of pleas (not quite demands) to help with some charity and to reach out through our checkbook to those in need.
PROF. LEO LIEBERMAN, Jewish Times Staff Writer

So do you remember the “good old days” when we had penny post cards and a first class stamp was three cents, and that meant that a letter with a three-cent stamp could go anywhere ... even to Connecticut! More...

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Reading My Mail

The October 16, 2009 column, “Climate of Anger and Hatred,” drew more negative and angry letters by far than any previous column.
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times

Over the years that “Dimensions” has been published in the Jewish Times, I have received e-mail letters in response to certain columns. More...

A Bad Idea

The problem is that Fayad’s plan and the Quartet’s acceptance of it, ignore U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 (November 22, 1967), which deals with establishing permanent borders for Israel.

STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent More...

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