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Calming those wedding-day jitters, virtually

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer April 11, 2008

The situation couldn\’t be more stressful: convince your ex-boyfriend to sing at your sister\’s wedding after the band quits; keep the groom\’s sister from making it \”her\” day; assure the groom\’s mother that it is OK to have a store-bought wedding cake; make sure the bride\’s divorced parents don\’t kill each other; don\’t let the bride know the groom had a stripper at his bachelor party; and above all, keep the bride calm.

Couple stands under the chuppah — 60 years on

Jane Ulman April 11, 2008

\”What is this chuppah? We didn\’t order it.\”

Maria Shvarts, 80, spotting the wedding canopy standing on the dance floor at West Hollywood\’s Cafe Troyka, asked the restaurant staff to remove it. She and her husband Boris, 84, were hosting a 60th anniversary party. Guests were arriving, and the chuppah — obviously from a previous celebration, she thought — was an obstruction.

Theo for Jews in Poland, Italian seder, HIBM awareness

Danielle Berrin April 11, 2008

Passionately devoted to the resurgence of Jewish life in Poland, entertainer Theodore Bikel, accompanied by Tamara Brooks, performed an hour-long private concert of Yiddish, English and Hebrew songs to benefit the nonprofit Friends of Jewish Renewal in Poland.

Wiesenthal Center: Democratic candidates favor hands-on peace approach; McCain, not so much

Tom Tugend April 11, 2008

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama favor an active U.S. role in encouraging Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, while Republican John McCain advocates more of a hands-off approach.\n\nThe three contenders cited their stands, often in lengthy statements, in response to a 10-part questionnaire sent them by the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

PJA head Sokatch leaving to helm S.F. federation

Amy Klein April 9, 2008

Daniel Sokatch, leader of one of Los Angeles\’ most high-profile Jewish organizations, has been named CEO of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties (JCF). He will start at the JCF on July 15.

As Jewish communities unite, disconnects persist

Tom Tugend April 4, 2008

Howard Rieger, the top professional of organized American Jewry as president and chief executive officer of the national organization United Jewish Communities (UJC), figures that criticism comes with the territory.\n\n\”Any time you make changes, some people will admire you and some will not,\” he said in a phone interview. \”If you can\’t keep that in perspective, you become immobilized and don\’t belong in this position.\”

Enter Elijah, designated drinker

Shoshana Lewin-Fischer April 4, 2008

Passover is a holiday near and dear to Marc Jaffe\’s heart. So when the \”Seinfeld\” and \”Mad About You\” writer went to a friend\’s house for a seder last year, he was let down when an Elijah\’s entrance gag bombed.

\”They shook the table. I thought, \’You gotta be kidding me,\’\” he said. \”You gotta have better effects than that.\”

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