The ‘Personal’ Touch
January 24, 2002
As the concern for a healthy lifestyle grows, personal trainers — exercise coaches who are employed privately to work out one-on-one with their clients — are becoming more popular.
Gaby Wenig
Rabbi Lau Headlines at O.U. Conference
December 27, 2001
Urging religious dialogue as a means to achieve peace, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau, the chief rabbi of Israel, addressed a crowd of 500 at the West Coast convention of the Orthodox Union Dec. 20.
Stepping Out
November 29, 2001
When 23-year-old Michal Gaon caught the No. 7 Egged Bus from Hadera to Givat Olga last November, a car bomb detonated nearby, causing severe burns and the loss of both legs.
Nice and Gruesome
November 15, 2001
Perhaps the most disarming thing about Jonathan Kellerman — best-selling author of gruesome crime mysteries that deal with the seedier aspects of human nature and society — is that he is nice and charming.
The pyschotherapist turned author has his 17th thriller \”Flesh and Blood,\” coming out on Nov. 20 (Random House).
Sin City Shaliach
November 15, 2001
The table is sumptuously laid out for 16, with appetizer plates and enough silverware to promise a multicourse meal. With smells of chicken soup and sounds of seven children playing, it\’s just a typical Friday night in … Las Vegas.
Community Designs
October 18, 2001
Although he owns more than 11 million square feet of office space, Charles S. Cohen is not your typical New York real estate mogul.
Anxiety and Anger
September 13, 2001
When Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz (Schwartzie) received a 6:15 a.m. phone call saying that the World Trade Center had been bombed, he told his caller he\’d been watching too many science fiction movies and advised him to get more sleep.
\”But then, when I received another eight calls in succession, I knew that it was serious,\” Schwartzie told The Journal. Indeed, the mood today in the Los Angeles Jewish community was one of shock, sadness and disbelief as people awoke to images of the devastation and destruction in New York.
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