Fall 2011
Columns
Letters
For RITA WERTLIEB of Women’s League, the high holidays are the time to Do The Right Thing
FJMC’s MIKE MILLS explains how organizations can move From Conflict To Collaboration
According to RABBI STEVEN WERNICK, United Synagogue’s restructuring will lead to Turning On Lights in Our Kehillot
In the Bookshelf, RABBI NEIL GILLMAN reviews a variety of books with his usual discerning eye
Preparing for the New Year
In My Father's Shoes
ARTIE DEAN tries to make his late father proud as he steps forward to read the Yom Kippur haftarah
With a Lev Shalem
The publication of the movement’s new high holiday machzor encourages RABBI ELLIOT B. GERTEL to consider the many different meanings of its title
Halachah in the Modern World: Teshuvah and the Internet
How can we do genuine teshuvah if the virtual world remembers everything, DR. LOUIS E. NEWMAN asks
On Three Things the World Depends
While building his sukkah, RABBI DAVID BOOTH reflects on how the holiday of Sukkot reflects so much of what is beautiful in Judaism
The Fall Schedule
To get her family into the spirit of the high holidays, MEREDITH JACOBS finds ways to involve them in creating Jewish rituals
Articles
Becoming a Mohel
DR. ROBERT BRAITMAN was one of 11 physicians chosen to be trained as Conservative movement mohelim
Is Anti-Semitism Alive and Well in San Francisco?
The proposal to ban circumcision in San Francisco has RABBI REUVEN TAFF concerned about the forces behind it
Kids in Shul
MAXINE SEGAL HANDELMAN explains how tot Shabbat and other family-oriented services enrich families, synagogues, and communities
The Future is in Our Classrooms
An intensive Hebrew school program might be the solution to keeping the next generation connected, according to ELAINE S. GLICK
Caring for Our Children is Imperative
BERNICE BALTER urges sisterhoods to focus on the Women’s League’s 2010 resolutions, which help children fight bullying and childhood obesity
USY: Still Creating Memories
After almost 50 years, JULES GUTIN recalls how USY shaped his life
Women's League Supports the 2012 Koach Kallah
The members of Women’s League proudly stepped in to insure that the Koach kallah will meet this February, RHONDA JACOBS KAHN reports
United Synagogue Kallah
United Synagogue’s Kallah 2011 will celebrate Shabbat in San Diego, JOANNE PALMER writes
Israel's Lone Soldiers
BONNIE RIVA RAS describes the difficulties faced by young IDF soldiers who have no family to fall back on in Israel
A New Look at Women and Torah Study
RABBI JUDITH HAUPTMAN disagrees with those who say that Bruriah was the only woman to engage in Torah study during the Talmudic period
Living with Magic
At the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, D R . ILANA GOLDHABER-GORDON finds herself engrossed in Torah lishma
At a Crossroads in Rockville
Many congregations face the same dilemmas that ROBERT SILVERSTEIN’S kehilla encounters
A Pulpit Rabbi's Take on Keruv
By removing some of the barriers, RABBI MICHAEL GOLD engages non-Jewish family members in his congregation
A Mentsch is Born
FJMC’s ART SPAR describes its newest program
Mitzvot: Imperatives of a Loving Heart
RABBI BRADLEY SHAVIT ARTSON has a hunch that most Conservative Jews don’t believe in the theology they parrot
Putting the "Hiddur" Into Mitzvah
LISA KOGEN introduces the Women’s League Hiddur Mitzvah Project