http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en mforr@alteryourview.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T05:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/purpose_anew/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/purpose_anew/#When:16:02:17Z Sometimes I think that classic Chinese proverb “may you live in interesting times” should simply be replaced with this: “May you be Jewish.” Indeed, figuring out the fate of Abraham and Sara’s descendants is as predictable as Bob Dylan’s religious winds and as dull as fitness guru Richard Simmons’ sugar highs. Take, for example, the message from last… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-11-19T16:02:17+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/listening_to_the_unemployed/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/listening_to_the_unemployed/#When:20:00:17Z I came home from college one Friday afternoon in 1974 to find my father home. My dad was a furniture salesman. We’d wait for him to come for dinner at our house on Brookhill Road. On many days, he’d come in and before he even washed his hands for dinner, he’d say, “I had a good day, I… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-11-12T20:00:17+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/reform_boos/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/reform_boos/#When:19:03:56Z Eli Yishai, Israel’s Interior Minister, is the most recent recipient of the Jewish People’s Hoof In Mouth Award. The Sephardi Orthodox Party (Shas) leader won the dubious honor for his Friday, Oct. 23, comments at the Israeli Presidential Conference, which is mostly attended by Diaspora Jewish leaders. Panel moderator and Israeli journalist Attila Somfalvi asked, “Should Reform and… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-10-29T19:03:56+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/on_rabbi_loeb/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/on_rabbi_loeb/#When:20:00:42Z
]]>Dec. 14. That’s the date on my calendar in which I had planned to call Rabbi Mark G. Loeb to see when we could convene for another two-hour or so lunch to discuss Jews, movies, politics, community, family, food and whatever else came up. Around that date, he was expected to come back from four months in Milan,… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-10-15T20:00:42+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/not_in_shul/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/not_in_shul/#When:20:00:36Z An acquaintance was an educator, the administrator of a Torah-based school. He loved to pray, his tefilah; but the last place he loved to make “contact” with God was in the synagogue. Parents of children in his school would wait for him sometimes outside of the shul. Many days, he wouldn’t make it inside because on Shabbat those… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-10-08T20:00:36+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkot_follies/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkot_follies/#When:20:00:14Z
]]>The weather has cooled, the O’s are setting the wrong records and some neighbors have suddenly erected huts that couldn’t pass inspection on Gilligan’s Island. Sukkot, our season of joy, must be here, which brings out another round of my extremely lousy Jewish jokes, which hopefully starts a round of the like in a sukkah near you. So… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-10-01T20:00:14+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/healing_finally/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/healing_finally/#When:20:00:22Z
]]>It was in May of 2006 when a group of about 20 trauma survivors met in a hot, stuffy room of an area synagogue. There was one narrow door to enter and exit. Most kept their gaze on that door, cringing as it was shut, cutting off the outside. One by one, men and women told their difficult… Opinion - Editor's Note, News - Special Reports, Sexual Molestation 2009-09-17T20:00:22+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/top_90_news_events/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/top_90_news_events/#When:20:00:46Z
]]>So, we need your suggestions. On Sept. 24, the BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES will be 90. As part of the coverage of its anniversary, we’re going to feature the most important 90 news events since 1919. After starting to look through many years of publications, there are just so many stories that could be part of this. Later in… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-08-27T20:00:46+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/remembering_ted_kennedy/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/remembering_ted_kennedy/#When:20:00:35Z
]]>Will it be Chappaquiddick? Will it be his reputation as a drinker? Or will our memories be more impacted by the liberal influence he had on the nation, policies that sought to protect the downtrodden and give civil rights and justice and an equal playing field for all Americans of all backgrounds. He was the standardbearer, the power… Opinion - Editor's Note 2009-08-27T20:00:35+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkah_as_classroom/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkah_as_classroom/#When:16:54:00Z
]]>On a gorgeous Monday morning, a couple dozen middle schoolers from Fallstaff Middle School turned the Temple Oheb Shalom into a classroom of understanding. Many of the students, mostly African American, live on blocks within walking distance of Fallstaff and have Jewish neighbors. So when the holiday of Sukkot comes around, they are used to seeing their Jewish… Opinion - Editor's Note 2007-10-05T16:54:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/more_sukkah_yuks/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/more_sukkah_yuks/#When:16:52:00Z
]]>Ah yes, it is Sukkot, our “time of joy.” As such, I again punish faithful readers with my annual round of Jewish jokes to be retold in the sukkah, hopefully starting a round of groan-inspiring laughter and smiles. Mind you, these yuks can be told elsewhere. But alas, they’re not as funny as when enjoying a fall afternoon… Opinion - Editor's Note 2007-09-28T16:52:00+00:00