workshop Archives – Jewish Journal

STAY TUNED: Creating Two Characters

Kymberly Harris November 25, 2019

Teaching teenage girls self-esteem

Julie Bien December 30, 2014

During a self-empowerment workshop titled “You Are Beautiful,” a 13-year-old girl raised her hand and asked, “Have you ever hurt yourself?”

Jewish humor in ‘Tent: Comedy’

Avishay Artsy October 14, 2014

Actor and comedian Jon Lovitz once offered this reason why so many Jews are funny: “To be funny, you have to suffer, suffer, suffer,” he said. “Jews, blacks, we’ve suffered a lot in the past. That makes us funny, I guess.”

Jerusalem film program focuses on young, aspiring cineastes

Kylie Ora Lobell March 5, 2014

Los Angeles may be the home of filmmaking, but Israel isn’t far behind. In recent years, movies made in Israel have been nominated for Oscars in the foreign-film category, and works coming out of that country are being included in film festivals worldwide.

ADL successfully expands Holocaust education workshop

Ryan Torok November 2, 2011

For nearly 30 years, Los Angeles secondary-school educators have attended the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Holocaust Education Workshop as part of their professional development. During the month-long series, L.A.-area teachers learned the history of anti-Semitism, listened to survivors’ firsthand stories and visited local Holocaust institutions, leaving them better equipped to teach the Holocaust to their students.