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THE PORTION; Horror Flicks 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 02-03-2006 At the start of this portion, we have a continuation of the plagues, with the threat -- and then the...

THE PORTION; Wrestling 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 12-16-2005 Abraham's signature moment is his ascent of Mount Moriah to sacrifice Isaac, an extreme demonstration...

THE PORTION; Moments of Revision 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 09-02-2005 'Behold," this week's portion, Re'eh, begins, "I set before you this day a blessing and a curse...."...

THE PORTION; Moments of Revision 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 09-02-2005 'Behold," this week's portion, Re'eh, begins, "I set before you this day a blessing and a curse...." Not...

THE PORTION; The Limits of Enlightenment 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 04-15-2005 For a Jew of the Enlightenment, for one who believes, as I do, both in Judaism and in the intellectual...

The best sort of teacher 

ALTHOUGH I WAS NEVER FORMALLY ENROLLED in any class he taught, Robert Penn Warren was one of my teachers at Yale. A Scholar of the House in my...

THE PORTION; The Shadow of God 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 03-11-2005 The details of the building of the tabernacle are relentlessly mundane, and we read them trusting that...

THE PORTION; Rebecca at the Well 

Slavitt, David R. Forward 11-05-2004 Abraham's servant Eliezer, at the well outside Nahor, is looking for a wife for Isaac, and he asks the...

Settling the score 

Michael Mewshaw Do I Owe You Something? A Memoir of the Literary Life. Louisiana State University Press, 226 pages, $29.95 Michael Mewshaw Do I...

THE IDEAL PLACE TO BAY WATCH; Strict conservation laws keep Californian beaches in peak condition, just like the beautiful people on them 

Byline: HENRY SUTTON

WITH more than 1,200 miles of coastline - more than any other state in the U.S. except Alaska - California has...