http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en lgeldzahler@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-20T12:00:45+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/haitis_echo/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/haitis_echo/#When:19:00:24Z The son of an old friend e-mailed me last week for some input on a good topic for a college history term paper on Judaism. At first I was honored. Then, I felt old. I used to teach Tyler Boykin how to ski when he was four; now he wants my help writing college papers? Tyler wanted… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2010-03-18T19:00:24+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/tweet_treat/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/tweet_treat/#When:20:00:27Z Hello, my name is Mike, and I bought a new car that gets 25 miles per gallon better than my last one.” “Hi, my name is Tom, and I now walk to work.” So began a meeting that seemed like some sort of Enviro-holics 12-step meeting. It wasn’t. It was the opening of the Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network’s… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2010-02-25T20:00:27+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/stirring_the_pot/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/stirring_the_pot/#When:20:00:15Z
]]>I have someone in my family who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Until you know a person with that debilitating disease, you can never understand the fatigue, the heaviness of the limbs, or the other smaller chronic nagging factors that affect daily life. The worst, though, is to watch someone in constant pain. My relative has tried everything:… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2010-01-28T20:00:15+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/peer_review/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/peer_review/#When:03:00:34Z
]]>Here We Go Again: Shahar Peer just wants to play tennis. Controversy seems to follow her around the world. The Israeli tennis player has been the subject of protests at various WTA events. Last year there were 20 protesters at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. The event was held during the Israeli incursion into Gaza. Peer… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2010-01-08T03:00:34+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/bright_light/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/bright_light/#When:19:00:54Z There’s an old saying, perhaps dating back to Moses: “You’re never a prophet in your own land.” I discovered one downtown that I hadn’t known existed. I had the pleasure of sitting across the dinner table from world-renowned oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. Before our dinner conversation, I was expecting a depressing update… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2009-11-05T19:00:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/obama_day_one/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/obama_day_one/#When:19:00:44Z
]]>Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, remarked about the importance of a two state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian issue earlier this week, “The single most important thing is that the new administration in the United States grips this issue from Day One.” As an American Jew, I can emphasis how important that is, and I’m sure the… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2008-11-13T19:00:44+00:00