Tag Archives: government bureaucracy

Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Luke Ford

My favorite part of this biography by Hellman’s great-great-granddaughter Frances Dinkelspiel came on page 181. It describes how affluent German Jews in the San Francisco Bay Area reacted with ambivalent feelings to the arrival of Russian Jewish immigrants. Why were … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, California, Charity, Jews | Tagged ambivalent feelings, german jews, government bureaucracy, government welfare, jewish immigrant, russian jewish immigrants | Comments Off

Proving You’re A Jew

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

Gershom Gorenberg writes for the NYT: One day last fall, a young Israeli woman named Sharon went with her fiancé to the Tel Aviv Rabbinate to register to marry. They are not religious, but there is no civil marriage in … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | Tagged birth certificate, brown hair, chief rabbinate, civil marriage, gershom gorenberg, governm, government bureaucracy, government issue, israeli city, israeli combat units, israeli woman, issue id, jewish identity, jewish life, kibbutz, nyt, shoulder length, skepticism, small woman, tying the knot | Comments Off

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