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Ask the expert: High Holy Days tickets

My wife and I decided not to buy High Holy Days tickets this year because they’re so expensive. What can we do to mark the holidays at home on our own?

Mitch Miller, renowned musician, singer, record executive, conductor dies at 99

Mitch Miller, museum, singer, record executive and orchestra leader died Saturday, July 31 at 99. Miller was born July 4, 1911 in Rochester, N.Y., and was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He is survived by his daughters, Margaret and Andrea; son, Mitchell; brothers, Leon and Joseph; two grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

The Circuit: Arts for All

Arts for All, a program to bring arts education to school districts in Los Angeles County, received $60,000 from the Arts in Schools! Giving Circle, an initiative spearheaded by the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. The funding for the artist-in-residency program — in dance, music, theater and the visual arts — was presented at the June Arts for All progress report meeting at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles. Pictured at the event are, from left, Laurie Schell, executive director, California Alliance for Arts Education; Amelia Xann, vice president of the Family Foundation Center and Grant Programs at the Jewish Community Foundation; Sonia Simon Cummings, Arts in Schools! Giving Circle co-chair and Foundation donor; Laurie Zucker, executive director, L.A. County Arts Commission; and Mark Slavkin, vice president of education, Music Center of Los Angeles County.

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