Ethan Porter
By Ethan Porter
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Culture Program Offers a Gift to Struggling Kids
Almost 10 summers have passed since Meredith Englander last saw Josh, but she still remembers him clearly. At that time, Englander was working as a counselor at a Jewish camp and he was her camper. Josh, then only 8 years old, was asked to leave the camp because of behavioral issues. Ever since the indelible…
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News Israeli Arabs Try New Strategy for Rights
A group of Arab-Israeli human rights activists have spent the last month in America meeting with Jewish groups and government officials in order to agitate for the improvement of the unequal status of Arab citizens in Israeli society. The group, a delegation from the Mossawa Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens (Mossawa means “equality” in Arabic),…
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Culture Dr. Ruth Shares Her Passion — for Israel
As America’s most outspoken sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is an expert at keeping romance alive. Now, Dr. Ruth is focusing on a different kind of passion: her love for Israel. Before she was writing books and hosting talk shows about sex, Dr. Ruth served in the Haganah, fighting valiantly in Israel’s War of Independence….
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Culture Israeli Innovator Eyes American Schools Hebrew Gets Hot at Universities
Yaacov Hecht helped transform the school system in Israel. Now he has come to the United States to talk about the state of education in America. As the director of the Tel Aviv-based Institute for Democratic Education, Hecht has long been pushing the idea of “democratic education” — schools and classes that are more participatory…
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Culture Surgery Promises Relief for Dystonia
When Peter Cohen entered a public swimming pool recently, he was greeted with several rounds of applause. Cohen is not a person whom one would normally expect to be met with such a reception; he has never been an Olympian, nor has he ever held public office. Merely attempting to move about freely in a…
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Culture ‘Orphan Drugs’ Orphaned by Budget Cuts
Advocates for sufferers of rare diseases are working to ensure passage of newly introduced legislation that would counteract a recent administrative action they say deprives those with such maladies of vital medicines. The Medicare Patient Access to Drugs for Rare Diseases Act of 2003, introduced in the House of Representatives July 10, is intended to…
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Culture Internet ‘Museum’ Connects Kids From Around the Globe
The Internet has changed how people shop, communicate, date and play. Rabbi Miriam Ancis is hoping it can change how students learn. Ancis is the creator of Toldot, a Web site (www.toldot.org) that bills itself as “The Jewish Museum of the Next Generation.” She designed the site to enrich the typical Jewish education and to…
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News Putting a New Spin On the Charity Box
With the JCC Maccabi Games on the horizon — they start Sunday in Houston — it’s not surprising that the minds of many Jews are filled with thoughts of sports. If you’re looking to give your favorite sports enthusiast a gift that keeps on giving, it might be time to end your search. Now there…
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