True confessions of an online dating addict #3: ‘I will not flake this time around’
August 21, 2008
1. Return all emails. 2. Return phone calls 3. Follow up on all the guys I contacted . . .
Amy Klein
True confessions of an online dating addict #2
August 14, 2008
Our heroine decides she has no choice but to return to online dating . . .
True confessions of an online dating addict #1
August 7, 2008
Amy Klein\’s \’confessions,\’ in graphic novel format. Illustrated by Amber Shields
With this list, I thee wed
July 3, 2008
The psychic told her to write down a list of 100 qualities she wanted in a man, even down to his socks, and to put that list away somewhere.
Gays get married and I’m still single
June 26, 2008
Maybe gay marriage is just what the world needs to make weddings sane.
Comic book strip draws on historical New York
June 12, 2008
Katchor said he doesn\’t think there is a message to his comics — just a model that people can contemplate. \”It should send you back into the world looking at the world in some more subtle way,\” he said. \”It\’s a lesson in how to look at the world.\”
LAPD seeks tips in identifying synagogue vandals, releases surveillance video
June 6, 2008
Police are requesting the public\’s help in identifying the perpetrator of synagogue vandalism. On December 5, someone spraypainted a devil on the back wall of Congregation Beth Israel in Los Angeles. The vandalism was captured on video, and police believe a citizen will be able to identify the perpetrator.
Shavuot 5768: Creative twists fill large field of holiday events
June 5, 2008
\”My sense is that people gathering in synagogue for all or part of the night is expanding,\” said Rabbi Mark Diamond, executive vice president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. \”A lot of great learning takes place in the Los Angeles Jewish community on Shavuot.\”
Double dating with Dad
May 29, 2008
Joe Morris looks pretty good for a 79-year-old widower, his son Bob says in a new memoir. Despite the fact that Joe needs a hip replacement — not to mention a dry cleaner for his yellow cardigan — he has \”smooth, tawny skin, silky silvery hair,\” is \”fully conversant with the idea of happiness, especially his own,\” and, although it\’s only been a few months since his wife of 50 years died, he\’s about to start dating — much to Bob\’s consternation
Los Angeles Israeli Film Festival put focus on social justice — and secrets
May 29, 2008
Critics and audiences alike can try to search for a political message in the 23rd Israeli Film Festival\’s premiere films
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