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 Moms the Word
Just in time for Mother's Day, a look at some women who are going it alone -- by choice.  |
 Washington Wrote Here
More than 220 years after he first posted a letter to the small Jewish community of Newport, R.I., the first president's missive will be displayed at the Jewish museum here. |
 History Behind Touro Synagogue
The oldest synagogue building still standing in the country, where Washington's words may have been read aloud, has its own colorful history.
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 ArtsFest
The Dead Sea Scrolls, among Israel's most-treasured artifacts, are in town for an exhibit at the Franklin Institute.
See what else is happening in Jewish culture in our Arts Calendar. |
 Maurice Sendak Leaves a 'Wild' Legacy
The outstanding and often outrageous children's book author had a longstanding tie to a Philadelphia museum, and less well-known, a lot of Jewish influences. |
News  | Israel's Gay Outlook Gets a Hearing25867+++++Israel's Gay Outlook Gets a Hearing++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Deborah Hirsch+++++dhirsch@jewishexponent.com+++++/images/Publications/may102012/equalitysmall.jpg+++++Selected as the featured nation, the Jewish state had a major role to play in last weekend's Equality Forum in Philadelphia. |
| Do the Jewish Streams Have a Future?25852+++++Do the Jewish Streams Have a Future?++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Bryan Schwartzman+++++bschwartzman@jewishexponent.com+++++/images/Publications/may102012/denominationssmall.jpg+++++A program on the future of Judaism's denominations drew a large showing from the local rabbinate, with many asking some fundamental questions about where Jewish life is headed. |
| Son Is Father of the Man25850+++++Son Is Father of the Man++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Bryan Schwartzman+++++bschwartzman@jewishexponent.com+++++/images/Publications/may102012/grifesmall.jpg+++++Tough enough standing at the bimah, hoping you do everything right at your Bar Mitzvah reading. But is there extra pressure when the rabbi standing alongside you is your son? |
| Israeli Coalition: Political Coincidence?25874+++++Israeli Coalition: Political Coincidence?++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Mati Wagner++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/coalitionsmall.jpg+++++A deal to expand Israel's governing coalition has postponed the prospect of early elections, but what will that mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's agenda? |
| Elder Netanyahu Recalled as Noted Scholar and Right-Wing Activist25813+++++Elder Netanyahu Recalled as Noted Scholar and Right-Wing Activist++++++++++May 3, 2012+++++++++++++++/images/Publications/may032012/netanyahusmall.jpg+++++Benzion Netanyahu -- historian, one-time political activist and father of Israel's prime minister -- had strong ties to Philadelphia and played a surprising and little-known role in American political history. |
Focus On Community | Expert Addresses Women of Vision on Reclaiming History 25854+++++Expert Addresses Women of Vision on Reclaiming History ++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Jessica Endy++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/womensmall.jpg+++++The murder of 6 million Jewish martyrs and the physical atrocities committed against millions of others during the Holocaust have, understandably, been the main focus when examining and remembering the Holocaust over the past 70-plus years. |
Business & Finance | Myth Debunked? 'Green' Foodies Need Not Shell Out More 'Green'24341+++++Myth Debunked? 'Green' Foodies Need Not Shell Out More 'Green'++++++++++September 15, 2011+++++Elyse Glickman+++++++++++++++When it comes to celebrities and trendsetters, it may genuinely seem that the grass is always greener on their side, especially when it comes to easy access to organic foods. |
Health & Science | Mothers' Daze25857+++++Mothers' Daze++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Elyse Glickman++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/healthsmall.jpg+++++Just in time for Mother's Day comes a revived battle of choices for women dealing with circumstances that can dictate their own physical and emotional health. |
Books & Writers | Trash Talk24081+++++Trash Talk++++++++++July 28, 2011+++++Robert Leiter+++++bleiter@jewishexponent.com+++++/images/Publications/jul282011/bookssmall.jpg+++++The dusty fragments found in the Cairo Genizah
changed how we look at the Jewish past. |
Stars & Society | Stars of David25851+++++Stars of David++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Michael Elkin+++++melkin@jewishexponent.com++++++++++ |
| Bridge Work Adds Some Bite 25848+++++Bridge Work Adds Some Bite ++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Michael Elkin+++++melkin@jewishexponent.com++++++++++ |
Editorial & Opinion | Editorial: A Place Among Us25870+++++Editorial: A Place Among Us++++++++++May 10, 2012++++++++++++++++++++The Equality Forum should be commended for featuring Israel, a nation that is seen as one of the world's most progressive when it comes to respecting the civil rights of gays and lesbians. |
| Opinion: Helping Moms (and Dads) Confront Bullying of Their Kids25856+++++Opinion: Helping Moms (and Dads) Confront Bullying of Their Kids++++++++++May 10, 2012++++++++++++++++++++The Huffington Post recently reported that Jewish girls are affected by relational aggression at least equal to, if not at a greater rate, than the general teen population. |
| Opinion: Learning From My Children: A Jewish Mother's Day Confession 25855+++++Opinion: Learning From My Children: A Jewish Mother's Day Confession ++++++++++May 10, 2012++++++++++++++++++++When I was 8, I had names picked out for all of my future offspring (a dozen baby girls). At 13, I had my own babysitting business. After grad school, I was teaching a class of fourth-graders. |
Torah Portion & Candle Lighting | Speaking to the Ill Use of Blasphemy25842+++++Speaking to the Ill Use of Blasphemy++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell+++++++++++++++The portion we read this week is named after the fourth word in the opening sentence: emor, speak. "God, said to Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron ... " |
Arts & Entertainment | No, Adam Yauch wasn't a yeshiva boy, but we can still claim him 25869+++++No, Adam Yauch wasn't a yeshiva boy, but we can still claim him ++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/AdamYauchsm.jpg+++++As a student at an all-girls day school in Brooklyn, the first thing I learned about the Beastie Boys turned out to be untrue. |
| Learning Experience25853+++++Learning Experience++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Greg Salisbury+++++gsalisbury@jewishexponent.com+++++/images/Publications/may102012/musicalsmall.jpg+++++Turning a 1990s hate crime into a school musical |
Travel & Leisure | Have Library Card, Will Travel25625+++++Have Library Card, Will Travel++++++++++April 5, 2012+++++++++++++++/images/Publications/apr052012/travelsmall.jpg+++++Despite the rave reviews some people give to GPS machines, I find they fall short of the mark |
Cooks & Cuisine | Bonfires of Lag B'Omer25861+++++Bonfires of Lag B'Omer++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/salmonsmall.jpg+++++Lag B'Omer, falling this year on May 10, is a day of pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel's Galilee town of Meiron. |
| Salads Count for the Holiday25858+++++Salads Count for the Holiday++++++++++May 10, 2012+++++Eileen Goltz++++++++++/images/Publications/may102012/saladsmall.jpg+++++The 50 days between Pesach and Shavuot are called the "Counting of the Omer." Thirty-three days into the counting of the Omer, Jews celebrate a minor holiday called Lag B'Omer. |
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