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Back to Basics

Marlene Adler Marks October 21, 1999

Afraid to speak for any one faction, our leaders spoke for none, while the public schools declined.

Last week I spoke to a large crowd of parents at a \”Jewish Day School Expo\” at Milken Community High School. Most of the parents didn\’t know what schools were available or where they were located. But they were eager indeed.

Book Group

Teresa Strasser October 14, 1999

Here\’s the scene I most remember when I think about moving here from San Francisco: I\’m in my $385-a-month apartment, which is furnished only with a monolithic file cabinet I rescued from my uncle\’s garage and a day bed suited for a small child.

In the Name of Her Father

Naomi Pfefferman October 14, 1999

\”What my father experienced at Dachau framed everything he did later in life,\” Nina says, citing his portraits of Spanish Civil War refugees, Mexican migrant workers and residents of the South Bronx. \”He spent his entire life trying to prove that all races had to be championed.\” Walter\’s stories of Dachau motivated Nina to make \”Liberators\” in 1992. \”My father taught me that it is never art for art\’s sake,\” she says. \”It\’s art to combat evil.\”