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...ended. Recalling "friends and neighbors" who perished, he said, "Men, women and children cry out to us from the depths of the horror that they knew. How can we fail to heed their cry?" "He understood Jews, not just with his head but with his heart," says Rabbi James Rudin of the American Jewish Committee. "His contributions are historic, and probably in history, he's the best Pope the Jews ever...
...woman who had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was clearly going to die. Her advance directive specified that no extraordinary measures be taken to save her. But her devoutly Jewish son believed that taking his mother off a ventilator would be murder. Prager's committee, the family members, their rabbi and their doctors decided that the ventilator would extend the woman's life by a few weeks, at most. "We did not feel that her will would be significantly violated," he says. She remained on the ventilator and died soon after...
...GREW UP THE SON OF A RABBI. HAS THAT INFORMED YOUR THINKING IN THE WAY YOU APPROACH THIS JOB? My parents always taught me two things: Do the difficult and unpleasant things first, and always admit your mistakes if you make them. Don't try to shave the truth. You are much better off if you come out up front and say, "Hey, I messed...
...Sfar and Trondheim both belong to the new generation of French comic artists that include the likes of David B., author of "Epileptic". (Sfar, whose graphic novel "The Rabbi's Cat" will soon be published by Pantheon, was recently chosen as one of TIME's four comic Innovators.) While both contributors take credit for the writing and art of "Dungeon," Trondheim appears to be the principle draftsman. Wonderfully printed in full color, the special visual style of the books contribute as much to the fun as the smart writing (translated by Joe Johnson, who keeps it cheeky). Filled with details...
With a B.A. and J.D. from Harvard, Puhn is intimidatingly accomplished; and her book jacket reflects her achievements, bearing the praises of sources as disparate as Greg Carr, co-founder of Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, and priest-and-a-rabbi television personalities The God Squad...