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‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’ — Come See the Picture Shows

Some 30 feature and short movies will explore the Jewish experience, across time and space, at the fourth Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, April 23-30, at Beverly Hills, Westside, Encino, Pasadena and West Hills theaters.

Defy Gravity

Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld and I shook hands 20 minutes before we were to jump out of an airplane together at 12,500 feet. It would be my first solo jump. Dan has made some 23,000 — he\’s stopped counting except by the thousands.

Free Fallin’

I\’m riding shotgun in Hawthorne\’s truck, and we\’re on our way to jump out of a plane together. As the truck bumps along to Perris Valley, I\’m having one of those moments where the same word keeps repeating itself in my head: \”requiem.\” Requiem, requiem, requiem. My brain has been saying it all day.

Teen Founds Jump-n-Jive Minyan

Most Shabbat worshippers expect decorum. But Adat Ari El\’s new Jump-n-Jive minyan is different. Its founder, Aaron Kaychuck, describes the monthly Saturday morning service as \”upbeat neo-Chassidic egalitarian.\” The service is unusual partly because it combines traditional Conservative liturgy with exuberant song and dance, set to the beat of an African hand-drum. It is also distinctive because Kaychuck, who leads the congregants in prayer, is 15 years old.

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