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The poisoning of Beverly Hills High

Amy Klein January 25, 2008

Joy Horowitz\’s \”Parts Per Million: The Poisoning of Beverly Hills High School\” (Viking) is a dense 350-page book detailing a four-year fight between 1,000 litigants who claimed oil wells at the school caused diseases, such as cancer, and defendants — including the oil companies, the city of Beverly Hills and school officials — who said there had been no harmful effects from the (profitable) derricks.

The great (non) depression

Rabbi Anne Brener November 30, 2006

Depression is a word that has been cheapened. We forget that it is a diagnosis for a bona fide disease. It becomes a catch phrase for the weighty feelings we experience as we come to terms with life\’s challenges and honor the process of change.

Calabasas evens playing field for special-needs kids

Adam Wills October 19, 2006

The city of Calabasas is preparing a play area where the thousands of special-needs children living in the Conejo and West San Fernando valleys can play alongside all children their age. Brandon\’s Village, the area\’s first universally accessible handicapped playground, is scheduled to open on Oct. 28 at Gates Canyon Park on Thousand Oaks Boulevard, just east of Las Virgenes Road.

There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on over Power Plate

Debbe Geiger October 5, 2006

The Power Plate features a vibrating platform that oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. The Power Plate Web site lists dozens of college and professional sports teams as using vibration training in their regimens.

A healthy hut — lighter side of Sukkot cooking

Rachel Kantrowitz October 5, 2006

A growing number of new cookbooks are oriented towards the more health conscious Jewish cook. One such book is Nechama Cohen\’s \”Enlitened Kosher Cooking,\” published just this year.

Macrobiotic principles fit Sukkot meals

Annabelle Stevens October 5, 2006

The seasonal aspect of contemporary macrobiotic cuisine seems to fit Sukkot perfectly, because it is a harvest holiday focused on food and hospitality and is set in an temporary exterior dwelling.

How to Be Jewish 101

Sue Fishkoff August 31, 2006

There are more than 3,000 synagogues in America. Why do some of them struggle week after week to make a minyan, while others are bustling with energy, song and laughter?

Producer Turns to Web For Faith-Based Edutainment

Amy Klein August 31, 2006

A young man drives up to his garage and tries to open the door via remote, but it won\’t open. In the driveway next door, a Chasidic man blows a shofar, the long curly ram\’s horn, and — presto! — his garage door opens. \”These High Holy Days, stick with what works,\” scrolls on the computer screen of the Internet film \”Shofar, So Good.\” The short film closes with the young man blowing his own shofar to open his car\’s trunk.

Don’t Hide From Outreach — It Will Find You!

Ross Hirschmann August 24, 2006

I don\’t know where I got the idea or who put it in my head originally, but during my whole childhood the idea was clear: Orthodox Jews were \”weird.\” Really weird. Of course as a kid my definition of \”weird\” ran closer to anyone who was the slightest bit different from me rather than someone you would actually see in a circus freak show. Still, while most things as a kid were not clear, save for baseball, one thing was: stay away from the Orthodox Jews. Which made sense.

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