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…Cover Story Esther Seliason of Oak Park displays it sht?fitt. fivin her Bate husband Marrin:s. collection. An enduring symbol of the High Holidays, the shofar also has become a collector's item. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaliWriter I n many Jewish households, a beautiful, polished shofar sits on display, maybe atop an acrylic or wooden stand. The ultimate symbol of the High Holidays, the sho- far most likely was purchased on a trip to Israe...…
…SOUNDS from page 99 their grandmother. Some day, each of their 10 great-grandchildren also received a shofar. The Seligson collection of nearly 50 shofrot is spread out as far as Israel, where Mendel and Carol Seligson's son and his family live. -At least 30 of the shofrot still remain in Esther Seligson's home. Carol Seligson also has a shofar given to her by her late father-in-law. "Everyone else had one and I said I wanted one, too," she ...…
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…Focus The Match Game Match- Maki The hunt for a new rabbi is long and ardous for both parties. If CC 44LI. PArPtAtt, ;17 441 Rabbi Judah Dardik, right, leads a Cali rnia congregation. He interviewed with seven syangogues. Hiring Rules For Conservative and Reform, strict rules govern the hiring of rabbis. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York W hen it comes to hiring rabbis, the Conservative and Reform movements are prett...…
…Tough Process Beth Jacob, a 140-family Orthodox synagogue in For the rabbinical job-seeker, Oakland, Calif. Beth Jacob that kind of hectic, pressure- wanted a rabbi to step in • filled pace is typical. "It's very and fill the shoes of its high stress. You're constantly longtime leader, Rabbi on your toes, meeting tons of Howard Zack. "I imagined people," says Rabbi Geri I would go there and be Newburge Newburge, 29, ordained this only the thi...…
…Focus The Match Game Hot Profession The rabbinical job market is booming, with supply and demand up. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York or more than two decades, Suzanne Singer produced TV news, documentaries and other programs, rising to the top of her field and winning two Emmys. The daughter of a woman who survived Auschwitz, Singer still felt vaguely dissatisfied with her life. She began studying midrash, then Hebrew. S...…
…Women Rabbis Are Finding Jobs JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Age210) New York T hree decades after die first woman broke the rabbinic barrier, women entering the rabbinate say gender is no longer an issue when it collies to getting a job. But as for their pay --- well, that's a different story. Many newly ordained women say they never encountered any overt discrimination while job hunting. And synagogue search officials say they no long...…
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…Arts is Life Shofar Man The composer of nearly two dozen works for shofar, Rafael Mostel has spearheaded a renaissance of interest in the biblical instrument's musical possibilities. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News aphael Mostel, like other Jews attending services on the High Holidays, listens to the hofar with an ear toward religion. Unlike other Jews, he also thinks of the shofar c, throughout the year, with an ear toward sec...…
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…Arts I Life Photographing The Diaspora In a new book, photojournalist Frederic Brenner focuses on Jews in exile. JOE BERKOFSKY Jewish Telegraphic Agency ATN 9/26 2003 no Portuguese Jews at Bevis Marks Synagogue, in London, England 1992 man with a chiseled face and Roman profile gazes into the light amid a room- ful of Greco-Roman busts that could be of his ancestors. A silver-haired Indian merchant sits in his opulent Calcutta living ...…
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…Arts I Life On The Bookshelf The Days Of Awe In a new book, rabbi expands the meaning behind the High Holidays. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News R abbi Alan Lew offers both a religious and per- sonal approach to the High Holidays through his book This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation (Little, Brown and Co.; $23.95). The rabbi, spiritual leader of the Conservative Cong...…
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…Food Worth Waiting For , Some sweet recipes for the New Year to break the Yom Kippur fast. ANNABEL COHEN Special to the Jewish News N o matter how much people seem to suffer, going without food for 25 hours is really not a big deal (I myself could live off reserves for probably a month). In fact, most people will tell you it's the no-beverage part of the Yom Kippur fast that's the worst of all. The truth is, fasting is a great show of re...…
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…Year In Review — 5763 Left: President Bush outlines the road map Middle East peace plan. Below: Sen. Lieberman on the cam- paign trail. C C O c) -3 n z z Above: Rep. James Moran, D-Va., implicated Israel in the Iraq war. Right: A bus bombing in Jerusalem. CHARTING TEE COURSE A TIMELINE OF SUBSEQUENT 2003 9/26 2003 146 June 24 Oct. 16 In a much- anticipated speech, President Bush calls for a "new and different Palestinian lead...…
…American Jews adjust and adapt to unknown fears and challenges. MICHAEL J. JORDAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York T he Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Palestinian intifada and a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe all have combined to show American Jews that the world may not be as safe and secure as seemed possible at the close of the last century. Three years later, however, it seems that the shock to the Jewish system has given way...…
