by Fred Guttman | Sep 30, 2008 | Opinion
Rosh Hashanah is the season wherein Jews are supposed to have great resolve and great hope. There are too many negative forces that tell us that we cannot do it. There are too many excuses for not being the type of Jews and human beings that we really and truly ought...
by Fred Guttman | Dec 26, 2005 | Opinion
The recently released film “Bee Season,” based on the book by Myla Goldberg, is in many ways an extraordinary movie. I do not ever remember seeing a popular film that was based so much on Kabbalah or Jewish mysticism. The story is quite simple. Eliza, an...
by Fred Guttman | Dec 19, 2005 | Opinion
I am appalled by the assertion that there is some sort of “war” against Christianity and Christmas in this country. This is one of the more bogus and ridiculous claims that I have ever heard. Once again, the strategy here is to make us fear an imagined...
by Fred Guttman | Nov 15, 2005 | Opinion
Recently a fellow rabbi and I attended the funeral of LCPL Andrew David Russoli, 21. The service took place at College Park Baptist Church in our city of Greensboro, N.C. We thought we were going for two reasons. The first reason was to be a Jewish presence, (we were...
by Fred Guttman | Nov 15, 2005 | Opinion
Recently a fellow rabbi and I attended the funeral of LCPL Andrew David Russoli, 21. The service took place at College Park Baptist Church in our city of Greensboro, N.C. We thought we were going for two reasons. The first reason was to be a Jewish presence, (we were...
