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Chat rooms, seniors and modern love in ‘Romance.com’
Senior dating in the digital age is the comically rendered theme of “Romance.com,” a production of the West Coast Jewish Theatre at the Pico Playhouse in West Los Angeles.
Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson to have reality show about her conversion to Judaism
Former porn star Jenna Jameson will be the subject of a reality show documenting her conversion to Judaism and her upcoming marriage in Israel.
Morgan Freeman visits Western Wall
American actor Morgan Freeman visited the Western Wall.
Ron Wolfson: A precious gift from his Zayde and Bubbe
The Jewish community in Southern California is richly blessed with high-profile pulpit rabbis, and we tend to turn to these influential women and men when we want to know about Jewish identity and practice.
Kosha Dillz raps your Back to the Future Day theme song
Back to the future day is that much better with Kosha Dillz rapping about it.
Actress Rachel Bloom’s ‘Ex-Girlfriend’ is the love of her life
While growing up in Manhattan Beach, Rachel Bloom sang along with show tunes and dreamed of being on Broadway. “I felt like a neurotic little New Yorker living in Southern California. I never fit in,” Bloom said.
‘Baba Joon,’ Israel’s Farsi-language film and official 2016 Academy Awards entry, to open the Israel
The Israel Film Festival kicks off its 29th season on Oct. 28 with one of the most unusual movies to emerge from the Jewish state, with characters who speak mainly in Farsi and represent a distinct thread in the country’s ethnic fabric.
James Franco’s bar mitzvah spectacular
Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer has helped plenty of students prepare for bar or bat mitzvah ceremonies, and, in some ways, the one he officiated on Oct. 3 was no different. It involved months of serious study, a special bar mitzvah speech and even a mitzvah project.
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