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A Crash Course in Hebrew

Lorraine Anishban, 38, has been trying to learn how to read Hebrew for years.

Haunting Visages

The show is the artist\’s first major West Coast exhibit in three decades.

Coming of Age

Like many Merchant Ivory films, \”Soldier\’s Daughter\” explores the conflict of cultures and the pressures experienced by protagonists living in exile.

Retracing History

Israel\’s 50th anniversary celebration has brought forth a stream of reminiscences.

JDC’s Priority:

The situation is dire. On its existing funds — about $40 million a year, most of which comes from the monies collected by Jewish federations across the U.S. — the organization can just about handle its caseload of 140,000 people.

Wall Street’s Wild Ride

With unpredictability the only certainty about the current market, opinions about the best course of action vary, but the consensus seems to be \”stay the course.\”

Trading Places

In a unique effort to redefine the future relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews, 14 Israeli 10th-graders arrived last week to participate in what may be the first student-exchange program between Israeli schools and a non-Orthodox Los Angeles Jewish day school.

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