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Telling the Story

Naomi Pfefferman February 3, 2000

Retired bookseller Leo Bretholz, a Holocaust survivor, can hand you his own death notice.

Performance as Life, Life as Performance

Jewish Journal February 3, 2000

I have been thinking about \”performance\” for about two weeks now — its virtues, its limitations, its prevalence even when unintended.

What Makes Henry Tick?

Michael Aushenker January 27, 2000

Given the great heights of celebrity he has scaled, his 30-year career begs the question: what made Winkler last?

Struggle on the Steppes

Naomi Pfefferman January 27, 2000

Ruzena Berler first began to write about her experiences in the late 1940s, to exorcise her recurring nightmares about the war.

100 Photos by Teens in L A and Tel Aviv

Jewish Journal January 27, 2000

A bubbie standing in front of the colorful mural on the Workman\’s Circle building in West Los Angeles. Shopkeepers on Fairfax Avenue. The Tel Aviv skyline lit by a thousand cars on a freeway at night.

Recreating the World

Tom Tugend January 13, 2000

An innovative musical service will premiere simultaneously at 40 synagogues in the United States and Canada on Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of Song, on Jan. 21.\nEleven Southland synagogues will participate in the event.\n\n

Culture, High & Low

Gene Lichtenstein January 13, 2000

Billy Wilder made movies — not auteur films in the manner of Truffaut, not carefully composed scenes like Hitchcock, not \”cinema.\” But movies that were mostly witty and almost always entertaining.

Zen Cowboy

Michael Aushenker January 6, 2000

There\’s a new singing cowboy in town, and his name is Ken Kunin.\n\”I\’ve been in this crazy industry for about 10 years,\” says the lead vocalist/songwriter. And he\’s about to turn up the heat.\n\nHis band, davis waits, has been receiving radio airplay , including on local outlets KLOS and KTTC; and a cross-country tour in support of their new album, \”the evolution of…,\” will follow after the New Year.

Kabbalah: Scary Jewish Stories

Naomi Pfefferman December 30, 1999

At one point in the play, \”Kabbalah: Scary Jewish Stories,\” a yeshivabocher and a severed talking head careen across the Abyss.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Movies, Stardom and Judaism

Ivor Davis December 30, 1999

For Gwyneth Paltrow winning her first Oscar earlier this year for \”Shakespeare in Love\” was a dream come true. But for the beautiful 27-year-old superstar it was also something of a nightmare.

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