Writing a New Chapter
November 27, 1997
The People of the Book is the Los Angeles area\’s first attempt at a Jewish book festival
Naomi Pfefferman
Honor Thy Father
November 20, 1997
Yvonne Sylva Maritza Josephine Kálmán, sixtyish,blond and glamorous, is named for all her father\’s favorite operettaheroines. So perhaps not surprisingly, she has dedicated much of herlife to seeing that her father\’s operettas have been performed allover the world.
An American Story
November 20, 1997
At the heart of \’A Life Apart: Hasidism in America\’ is aculture war that mirrors the conflict in today\’s Jewish community
All in the Family
November 13, 1997
Author Annie Reiner is tall, elegant, poised — and politelyexasperated when you ask about her famous father and brother.\n\nYou can hardly blame her: It\’s the umpteenth time she\’s beenasked.
From Worst to First
November 13, 1997
After the Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles crosscountry team won the Westside League finals on Nov. 6, a competitorwas puzzled. \”You guys were so bad last year,\” the rival asked RaphyHulkower, 15. \”What happened?\”
Taking Their Case to Israel
November 6, 1997
The urgent telephone call came on Monday, Oct. 20, for Rabbi JohnRosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood. A crisis was brewing in Israel,said Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, head of the Association of Reform Zionistsof America.
Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz
October 30, 1997
For their free tickets, worshipers also get a Rosh Hashanah eve \”Schmooze and Cruise Singles Party,\” a study session for women only, by the rabbi\’s wife, Olivia, and songs by the Schwartz Family Tabernacle Choir, consisting of the couple\’s seven sons.
Passing the Torch
October 30, 1997
For Friedman, the CyberPeace idea began in September 1993 with thehistoric White House handshake between Israeli Prime Minister YitzhakRabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat. The Internet projectcrystallized after Friedman\’s own handshake with Rabin one morning inNovember 1994.
Finding Gould in L.A.
October 23, 1997
Jennifer Gould\’s new book, \”Vodka,Tears and Lenin\’s Angel,\” recalls her four years in the formerSoviet Union. It could be subtitled, \”Jennifer\’s Romp in the WildEast\” or \”Fear and Loathing in the FSU.\”
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