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- This month BabagaNewz celebrates shalom (peace). It is an important value of Judaism and a central
theme in our prayer and observance. We strive for peace on personal and national
levels, and beyond. These featured stories and activities reflect this value.
In addition, Yom Ha'atzmaut is celebrated on 3 Iyar 5768 / May 8, 2008. This
occasion marks the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence. The BabagaNewz website
is full of games, activities,
songs, and more, all in celebration of this exciting milestone. To get started,
download a special rendition of Hatikvah, Israel's national
anthem.
- Check out our brand-new May/June Peace issue! It's got Shia LaBeouf—one
of our favorite up-and-coming actors—looking all spiffy on the cover.
Plus we've got all the details on Adam Sandler's upcoming Jewlicious comedy,
a very appropriate book about Chinese food and an interview with soccer newcomer
Ben Sahar. Not to mention great feature stories about a soldier in Iraq and the cool organization Seeds of Peace, and
a groundbreaking conversation with Muslim and Jewish teens. Then
get the feel-good fuzzies and a dose of reality with articles about
combating homelessness, bringing captured Israeli soliders home, the importance
of voting, saying no to fur and many more.
- This month, Sh'ma explores the Neoconservative current in American
political and intellectual life, one with significant implications and one
that is only understood if all its many, complex ramifications are taken
into account. At no time since the rise of the New York Jewish Intellectuals
in the 1940s and ‘50s have Jewish voices played as central a role in
American political and cultural life. Talk about Jews and Neoconservatives
is divisive, often explosive; their impact is often seen as deleterious and
dangerously influential especially with regard to the onset of the Iraqi
War. Sh'ma examines the issue; Benjamin Balint explores the history of Conservatives, Peter Berkowitz asks “Is NeoConservatism Jewish?”, Ruth Wisse & Seth Lipsky have an open exchange on Jews,
conservatism, and the future, and a reflection by David Teutsch.
- The latest, just-published edition of JBooks is awesome; it's all about
short fiction. We have an essay by Jonathan Safran Foer on Brunz Schulz's classic The
Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories, Sandy Pinsker's punchy interview with Cynthia Ozick, a superlative review of John Clayton's collected stories, and
a very provocative interview with teacher/writer Binnie Kirshenbaum (don't let the "Binnie" fool you:
she's tough as hell). Also, be sure to visit Secular Culture & Ideas for an array of Passover content.
SCI explores the meaning of Pesach for secular Jews, what the themes of liberation
and freedom mean in a modern context, and, on a perhaps lighter note, the
changing culinary traditions of the holiday.
- JFL Media seeks
a new Development Director with an entrepreneurial spirit as well as
the experience and maturity to take the organization from its current success
to a professionally managed stage of planned growth and stability. Please
check "Work
for JFL" for details.
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