Luke Ford writes: This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim:
Shoftim, Shof'tim, or Shofetim (×©×•×¤×˜×™× — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in August or September.
Luke Ford writes: This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim:
Shoftim, Shof'tim, or Shofetim (×©×•×¤×˜×™× — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in August or September.
Luke Ford writes: This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim:
Shoftim, Shof'tim, or Shofetim (שופטים — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in August or September.
Jan Perry represents the ninth district on the Los Angeles City Council.
She plans to run for mayor in 2013.
We talk by phone Friday morning.
Luke: “When you look back on your life, what are the most momentous decisions you’ve made?”
Jan: “Go to college. Get married. Have a child. And to run for office.”
Luke: “Tell me about your religious journey.”
Jan: “I’m not sure what you mean by that.”
Luke: “Well, I’ll tell you mine in 30 seconds.”
Jan: “Yeah. Help me out here.”
Luke: “My father’s a preacher. I was raised the son of a Seventh-Day Adventist Christian evangelist… In my teens, I became an atheist and explored communism and different ways of looking at life. I ended up converting to Orthodox Judaism.”
