http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en plevin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-13T11:17:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/willow_creek_rising/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/willow_creek_rising/#When:19:00:00Z “Come on already, Mom!” In a spacious, busy parking lot in this northwest Chicago suburb among patchworks of rolling farmlands, nondescript office parks and sprawling housing subdivisions, an 8-year-old boy looked over his shoulder and flashed an expression of severe annoyance at his yawning, sluggish mother. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” the boy, wearing a T-shirt,… News - Cover Story 2008-05-08T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/60_ways_to_love_your_homeland/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/60_ways_to_love_your_homeland/#When:19:00:01Z In less than one week, on May 8, Israel, the homeland of the Jewish people, will celebrate its 60th year as a modern state. Diamonds are the traditional anniversary gift for 60 years of marriage. In this article, we’ll look at the “diamonds” of Israel, the people, places and things that make Israel a jewel. Dr.… News - Cover Story 2008-05-01T19:00:01-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/defender_of_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/defender_of_israel/#When:19:00:00Z As is the case with most men of principle, especially lawyers, Alan Dershowitz cannot avoid controversy or criticism. He’s been called America’s “most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer,” “the best-known criminal lawyer in the world” and “the top lawyer of last resort,” having taken up the causes of defendants as diverse as Claus von Bulow, O.J. Simpson… News - Cover Story 2008-04-24T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/a_town_with_deep_wounds/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/a_town_with_deep_wounds/#When:19:00:00Z Our driver, resident of a Tel Aviv suburb, hadn’t been to Sderot, a development town in the Negev Desert not far from the Gaza border, in years. In Tel Aviv, he stated, you just think of Tel Aviv. “There’s Tel Aviv,” he said, “and then there’s the rest of Israel.” Traveling southeast… News - Cover Story 2008-04-17T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/home_for_the_holiday/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/home_for_the_holiday/#When:19:01:00Z Every year, new Passover cookbooks appear and I read them all. Not to mention, the Internet brings me Passover tips from all over the world. But this year, I reminded myself that sometimes, especially at holidays, there simply is no place like home. In that spirit, I have gathered succulent, savory and sweet Pesach ideas from four Maryland… News - Cover Story 2008-04-10T19:01:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/where_it_was_positive/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/where_it_was_positive/#When:19:00:00Z I’t was exactly 40 years ago today. April 4, 1968. Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had come to Memphis, Tenn., in support of black sanitation workers who were on strike for better working conditions.  That evening, he stepped out onto the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel. As he stood there, a shot… News - Cover Story 2008-04-03T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/big_theological_elephant_in_the_room/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/big_theological_elephant_in_the_room/#When:19:00:00Z About 10 years ago, Rabbi Jerome Davidson of Temple Beth El in Great Neck, N.Y., changed his mind about officiating at interfaith weddings. After he had officiated at the marriage of two lesbians in 1995, some congregants asked Rabbi Davidson why, if he would bend that far, would he not officiate at their children’s weddings to… News - Cover Story 2008-03-27T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/suburban_orthodox_at_50_modern_orthodoxys_future/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/suburban_orthodox_at_50_modern_orthodoxys_future/#When:19:00:00Z Editor’s Note:At the bottom of this story are links to an interview with Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb on the state of modern Orthodoxy today and past interviews with the late Rabbi Ervin Preis. On 1957, Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” was a top hit. Albert Camus received the Nobel Prize for literature; Lester Bowles Pearson received it… News - Cover Story 2008-03-20T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/royal_flair/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/royal_flair/#When:20:00:00Z The month was Adar, the year was circ. 369 B.C.E. The Jews were living in exile in Babylonia, under Persian rule. The king was the mighty Ahasuerus; he ruled 27 provinces from Hodu (India) to Kush (Africa), the largest, strongest kingdom in the world. According to the Megillah of Esther, King Ahasuerus threw a tremendous 180-day… News - Cover Story 2008-03-13T20:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/nuts_about_sports/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/nuts_about_sports/#When:20:00:00Z During the heyday of the Baltimore Colts, Memorial Stadium would continually sell out and the old ballpark was referred to as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum.” Such is the passion of people who are devoted to their teams, many of whom go to extremes to follow their favorites and show their loyalty. These sports fans… News - Cover Story 2008-02-14T20:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/hard_pill_to_swallow/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/hard_pill_to_swallow/#When:18:06:00Z Robert M. Stutman, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, was speaking to a group of area businessmen recently at an airport hotel. The focus of this meeting was to talk about how drug abuse impacts the workplace. But before Mr. Stutman, a former Randallstown resident now living in Florida, got to the office, the business execs wanted… News - Cover Story, News - Special Reports, Substance Abuse 2007-10-19T18:06:00-05:00