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L.A.’s ‘Big’ Sunday
David Finnigan
May 19, 2005
Between 35,000 and 40,000 people spent Sunday, May 15 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys for the annual Israel Independence Day festival.
The festival\’s early afternoon main event featuring pro-Israel speeches and politicians lasted exactly one hour; on the last note of \”The Star-Spangled Banner\” skydivers appeared above. \”The coincidence was amazing,\” festival executive director Yoram Gutman said.
In the late afternoon, more than 7,000 people crowded the festival\’s main stage to hear Israeli pop superstar Sarit Hadad. Fire marshals had difficulty clearing fans from the aisles.
A Daf a Day
Dr. Warren Klein
March 3, 2005
Growing up religious in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I didn\’t have much choice when it came to religious studies: it was full time till I was 18. I always felt it was being shoved down my throat.
So I stayed away from religious studies for about a decade — from college, through marriage, a year of service in Vietnam and three children.
During that time I stayed close to religion through observance, community and friends, but I avoided any formal religious study.
Bush Win Inspires Local GOP Leader
Marc Ballon
November 11, 2004
George W. Bush wasn\’t the only Republican to win big on election night. Larry Greenfield, director of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) of Southern California, also fared quite well.
Surrounded by a crowd of 250 Jewish Republicans partying at Beverly Hills\’ Level One club, a beaming Greenfield looked more like a giddy teenager than a 42-year-old man in a dark suit. As news of the Republican triumphs came in, RJC members hugged and high-fived Greenfield, who has become the public face of Southern California\’s Jewish Republicans.
The Sound
Tom Tugend
January 15, 2004
Jazz icon Dave Brubeck says he wanted to construct a musical bridge between Jews and blacks in composing \”The Gates of Justice,\” a 50-minute oratorio celebrating the joint civil rights struggles of the two partners.\n\nA new CD recording of \”The Gates of Justice,\” will be released on Jan. 20, the day after the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Helpful Hints for Dad
Jewish Journal Staff
June 12, 2003
\”Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events,\” by Richard Greene, offers the annotated text of modern history\’s most memorable spoken words.
Stone’s ‘Persona’ Wears Out Welcome
Tom Tugend
May 29, 2003
Oliver Stone, working with French and Spanish producers, makes it harder to follow the already complex thread of the story by constantly intercutting between different scenes and spokesmen.
The Presence of Greatness
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein
July 25, 2002
Inspirational speeches are sometimes improved by leaving out the words.
NPR Reaching Out to Jews, Arabs
Saron Samber
June 13, 2002
National Public Radio (NPR) has mounted a public relations campaign among Jews and Arabs in an effort to avoid being known as National Protest Radio.
At the same moment that the president of NPR was addressing Jewish newspaper editors in Chicago about coverage of the Middle East, the ombudsman for NPR was talking about the very same thing to an Arab group in Washington.
The speeches on June 7 were part of an outreach effort by the nonprofit radio organization to convince its listeners that its reporting of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis is both fair and unbiased.
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