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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Interviews and Profiles 346 Archived Articles Found in Interviews and Profiles Next 20 Articles > 21) Posted Apr 18 2011 Mayim Bialik - Back On TV, More Observant Than Ever By Allison Josephs Like most girls my age, I watched Mayim Bialik on the hit television series "Blossom" in the '90s. Unlike most girls my age, I grew up to become her Jewish role model and friend. Read Article 22) Posted Apr 13 2011 Making A Difference For Children Who Need It Most: Questions for Dr. Stuart Ditchek, founder of Kids of Courage By Bracha Goykadosh Dr. Stuart Ditchek is a high-risk pediatrician, an author (Healthy Child, Whole Child (with Dr. Russell Greenfield, HarperCollins 2009), and the co-founder of Kids of Courage, which transforms the lives of children with serious and life-threatening illnesses. Last year, to cite an example of the organization's chesed and outreach, Kids of Courage quietly made a bar mitzvah in Boca Raton, Florida for Elijah Webberly, a young man who has since passed away. Kids of Courage (www.kidsoc.org) arranged for Elijah's favorite singer, Matisyahu, to be there for Shabbos and even, three days before Elijah's passing, record a song with him in his hospital bed. Out of respect for the family's privacy, the organization did not publicize its role in making Elijah's bar mitzvah a dream come true. Read Article 23) Posted Mar 23 2011 'Many Jews Are Practicing Robotic Judaism': An Interview with Rabbi Ben Zion Shafier By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter What is life about? Why did God place us on this earth? Why did God give the Jewish people the Torah? These are fundamental questions whose answers every Jew should rightly know, or at least be engaged in discovering. Read Article 24) Posted Mar 16 2011 Remembering Rav Moshe On His 25th Yahrzeit By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter This Shabbos will mark the 25th yahrzeit of Rav Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), widely regarded during his lifetime as the most prominent halachic decisor in the United States. But what made him so special? What led to his nearly universal esteem in the Jewish community? Why are his rabbinic responsa considered authoritative and still the subject of occasional controversy a quarter of a century after his death? Read Article 25) Posted Mar 09 2011 'Obama's Mentor Was A Communist': An Interview with Historian Paul Kengor By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter In the heat of political debate, political conservatives have been known on occasion to accuse liberals of playing into the hands of America's enemies and inadvertently furthering their aims. In a new book, Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, historian Paul Kengor claims that at least vis-à-vis the Soviet Union, this accusation is no mere rhetorical flourish. He argues that throughout the nearly 75-year history of the Soviet Union, many American liberals - quite literally - worked for their declared enemy without knowing it. Read Article 26) Posted Feb 23 2011 A Religious Peace Activist Who 'Woke Up To Reality': An Interview With Dr. Mordechai Kedar By Sara Lehmann Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of Arabic language and culture who served for 25 years in IDF military intelligence. He holds a Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University, where he is currently a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Read Article 27) Posted Feb 16 2011 'This Is My Avodah: To Help People Feel Good About Judaism' An Interview With Shlock Rock's Lenny Solomon By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter For over 25 years, Shlock Rock founder Lenny Solomon has been entertaining the Jewish community by putting Torah-themed lyrics to the tunes of some of America's favorite rock hits. In September, Solomon released his 32nd album, "A Shabbat in Liverpool," with 27 Beatles songs set to Shabbat tefillah and zemiros. Read Article 28) Posted Feb 09 2011 Veteran Newspaperman Seth Lipsky Reminisces On His Career By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Between writing five books, teaching at Columbia University's School of Journalism, and developing The New York Sun website, www.nysun.com, Seth Lipsky keeps himself busy. Read Article 29) Posted Jan 26 2011 AFSI Founder Herb Zweibon Dies At 84 By Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Veteran pro-Israel activist Herbert Zweibon, founder and chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI, passed away in New York on Jan. 20 at age 84. Read Article 30) Posted Jan 13 2011 Wonder Woman By David Wilder Years ago I discovered the bible. No, not the one that starts "In the beginning ." Well, almost, but a little different. Read Article 31) Posted Jan 12 2011 'Israelis Need To See Themselves As Jews First': An Interview with Panim el Panim Founder Colonel Geva Rapp By Sara Lehmann As an IDF reserve colonel and a chozer b'teshuvah who studied for many years in yeshivot in Jerusalem, Geva Rapp finds himself in a unique position to relate to so many of today's generation in Israel who are searching for their Jewish heritage. Recognizing the dangers that the lack of basic Jewish knowledge among Israelis poses to the Jewish character of Israel, Rapp founded Panim el Panim in 2005 in an attempt to infuse Jewish values into Israeli daily life, particularly among Israeli youth. Read Article 32) Posted Jan 05 2011 'You Feel The Rav Coming Alive Again': A Chat with Rav Soloveitchik's Shamash, Rabbi David Holzer By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter The publication in 2009 of The Rav Thinking Aloud - containing 200 pages of transcripts of private conversations of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ("the Rav") as recorded by his shamash, Rabbi David Holzer - set off a debate among the Rav's admirers: Would the Rav want his private remarks about prominent rabbis to be publicized? Should halachic rulings he issued to select individuals be taken as indicative of his true beliefs? Is it appropriate to publish the Rav's off-the-cuff remarks - sometimes ungrammatical and unstructured - as is, unedited? Read Article 33) Posted Dec 22 2010 The Shas Maverick Who Wants Haredim To Join Israel's Workforce By Leslie Susser JERUSALEM - Not so long ago, few Israelis had heard of Rabbi Chaim Amsellem, a soft-spoken Shas backbencher in the Knesset. Read Article 34) Posted Dec 15 2010 'Israel Needs To Free Itself From Its Oslo State Of Mind': An Interview With Ambassador Yoram Ettinger By Sara Lehmann Widely recognized as an expert on Mideast politics and U.S.-Israel relations, Ambassador Yoram Ettinger advocates for Israel on both sides of the Atlantic, advising members of the Israeli Cabinet and Knesset and regularly briefing American legislators. Read Article 35) Posted Dec 08 2010 'My Father's Soul Was Burning To Help Klal Yisrael': Amos Bunim Discusses the Legacy of His Father, Irving Bunim By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Irving Bunim (1901-1980) is probably best known among Orthodox Jews for his best-selling, three-volume Ethics From Sinaicommentary on Pirkei Avos. Read Article 36) Posted Dec 01 2010 Irene Klass: A Pioneer At The Jewish Press And In Life By Shlomo Greenwald, Jewish Press Staff Writer Irene Klass, the cofounder and publisher of The Jewish Press, the first nationally-distributed Orthodox Jewish newspaper in the U.S., died last week. She was 94. Read Article 37) Posted Nov 24 2010 Shkoyach!: A Chassidic Rabbi's Offerings On Thanksgiving By Sandy Eller Reuven Poupko wears many hats, aside from a fur-clad shtreimel. A rabbi, lawyer and psychologist, the Baltimore native also served as chief rabbi of Curacao from 1998-2001, and has taught in colleges, rabbinical seminaries and day schools. But this Thanksgiving, Poupko is going to swap his bekeshe for an apron as he takes his wife and children to the streets of downtown Baltimore to share a Thanksgiving dinner with some of the city's most downtrodden residents. Read Article 38) Posted Nov 17 2010 'I Want Everybody To Know I'm Jewish' : An Interview with Alan Dershowitz By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz is best known for his legal prowess, but he is also the author of two dozen nonfiction works and three novels, the latest of which is The Trials of Zion. Set in Israel, the book's plot tells the story of three lawyers who defend an alleged Arab terrorist while simultaneously trying to discover who set off a bomb that killed the American president and Israeli and Palestinian leaders at a peace-signing ceremony in Jerusalem. Read Article 39) Posted Nov 10 2010 Tales Of Begin (And Other Prime Ministers): A Conversation with Ambassador Yehuda Avner By Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Political intrigue. Backroom discussions. Revealing portraits. These and more fill the pages of a new memoir by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership (Toby Press). Hailed as the "ultimate insider's account," this 731-page book reveals hitherto unknown stories based on recollections and notes Avner took while working for four different Israeli prime ministers. Read Article 40) Posted Nov 03 2010 The American Jewish Love Affair With Baseball: An Interview with Director Peter Miller By Irwin Cohen In September I wrote in my Baseball Insider column (which appears the second week of each month in The Jewish Press) of my very positive reaction to an advanced screening of the new documentary "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story." Read Article 346 Archived Articles Found in Interviews and Profiles Next 20 Articles >
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