When Pam Acosta\’s mother, Rose, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June of 1996, Acosta was at a loss. The only thing she knew about the disease was that it claimed actor Michael Landon\’s life. \”The doctors offered no answers, no hope. Only a three- to six-month sentence,\” says Acosta. In anguish, she wondered, \”If Michael Landon couldn\’t save himself, how can I save my mother?\”
Los Angeles residents Pam and George Smith never expected to create a foundation that would raise more than $4 million for research.
Rabbi Eli Herscher is leading a discussion about the December holidays with about two dozen participants of Stephen S. Wise Temple\’s Holiday Workshop Series. The class attracts a good number of intermarried couples and those considering conversion, but they are not the only ones who squirm over the topic.
When Julian Diamond was a boy, seltzer water was the traditional dinner drink at his family\’s table. The bubbly stuff came in old-fashioned glass bottles (called siphons), complete with chrome-plated pewter nozzle tops, inner glass tubes and decorative labels with distributors\’ names etched into the glass.
With unpredictability the only certainty about the current market, opinions about the best course of action vary, but the consensus seems to be \”stay the course.\”
The ad caught our eye: an all-expense paid Shabbat weekend at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute for couples married withinthe past 18 months. I had been to Brandeis before, so I knew that, if nothing else, my husband, Neal, and I would experience a tranquil Shabbat in a beautiful setting.
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