Rhodesli Keep the Faith in L.A.
October 6, 2005
As a student at Cal State Northridge more than 30 years ago, Aron Hasson wrote a paper about the Sephardic synagogues of his ancestral homeland, the Greek island of Rhodes.
Beverly Gray
PhD on the Flying Trapeze
September 8, 2005
Edy Greenblatt is best known in Los Angeles as an energetic, knowledgeable folk dance teacher. But in search of a more stable career, she studied organizational behavior at the Harvard Business School, in a joint doctoral program involving Harvard\’s graduate schools of psychology and sociology.
Families Find Magic in ‘Miracles’ Musical
May 26, 2005
\”Everyday Miracles\” is an original musical about four Hebrew school students who travel back in time to interact with their biblical heroes.
UCLA Alumna Heads Film School
June 24, 2004
Barbara Boyle has come full circle. When she first entered UCLA in 1957, she was one of four female law students in a class of 140.
Power of Prayer?
April 15, 2004
In the wee small hours of Dec. 7, 2003, my husband and I got the phone call that every parent dreads. A matter-of-fact voice said, \”This is UCLA Medical Center. Your son, Jeffrey, has been hit by a car. He\’s got at least a couple of broken bones, but he\’s alert and he\’s asking for you.\”
As I gasped, unable to take it all in, the voice added, \”Your son was very lucky.\”
Awaken Your Inner J.K. Rowling
December 11, 2003
Scratch away at any Jew and you\’ll find a storyteller. The people of the book dream of spinning out personal memories and Old Country stories to a rapt circle of children. That\’s why the first-ever Jewish Children\’s Literature Conference, held in the fall at Sinai Temple through the auspices of Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries and the Association of Jewish Libraries, attracted 125 eager attendees. Many were there specifically to grapple with the question: So you want to be a writer of children\’s books?
Book Unpacks Shoah Memories
December 11, 2003
Karen Levine never had plans to write a book.
Then in 2001, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio producer came across an article in the Canadian Jewish News about a young Japanese woman, urged on by Tokyo schoolchildren studying the Holocaust, who traveled halfway round the world to find the owner of a child\’s battered suitcase. That child, Hana Brady, had died in Auschwitz at age 13, but the determined young woman tracked down Hana\’s brother George, who had survived Auschwitz and found a new life in Toronto.
Levine made a radio documentary chronicling the meeting between Fumiko Ishioka and George Brady, and that led her to write a children\’s book, \”Hana\’s Suitcase,\” a gripping detective story and an inspirational saga.
Golfing Gran Takes Down Yiddishe Bubbe
October 2, 2003
Book publishers know that the marketplace is full of Jewish customers with a high level of secular education, a reasonable degree of Jewish awareness and strong aesthetic sensibilities. And now they\’re having children.
Is There a ‘Docta’ in the House?
September 4, 2003
"There\’s a big controversy on the Jewish view of when life begins. In Jewish tradition, the fetus is not considered viable until after it graduates from medical school." — Old Jewish joke.
Promoting Medical Care in Israel
September 4, 2003
Even when Jews packed medical school classrooms, there were few organizations dedicated to their special concerns.
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