An instrumental leader
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
Howard Banchik will tell you there’s a lot more to music and learning to play an instrument than meets the ears.\n
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Culture
Jews get into the Christmas spirit
Tess Cutler
December 17, 2014
Sonny Calderon still remembers the words his outraged 8-year-old son cried out when he learned Santa Claus wasn’t real, that his father had been perpetuating a myth: “I hate you, and I hate the way your farts smell.”
New York premiere of North Korea comedy canceled after threats
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2014
The New York premiere of \”The Interview\”, a Sony Pictures comedy about the assassination of North Korean President Kim Jong-Un, has been canceled and a source said one theatre chain had scrapped plans to show it, after threats from a hacking group.
It’s a spicy MatzoBall!
Ryan Torok
December 17, 2014
Jewish Angelenos looking for something to do on Christmas Eve need look no further than a singles party that has become a national sensation — the MatzoBall.
Loss turns to gain with young at heart
Ayala Or-El
December 17, 2014
After her mother passed away a little over a year ago, Ofra Bennun watched her father slowly begin to decline. After 62 years of a loving marriage, it was hard for Israel Knan, 83, to be alone.
Survivor: Henry Oster
Jane Ulman
December 17, 2014
“Achtung,” a German officer shouted. “Attention.” Fifteen-year-old Henry Oster, then called Heinz, lined up with his mother in a Lodz ghetto courtyard on a mid-August day in 1944.
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