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Relationship Haze

Teresa Strasser August 12, 1999

I wanted to try it out. You know, take the old b-word out for a spin in a totally non-threatening environment where I didn\’t know anyone and, therefore, could be neither mocked nor held accountable.

To Live and Date in L.A.

Michael Aushenker August 5, 1999

Daisy Lawrence is worried about her friends.\n\”They\’re really nice Jewish people,\” says the twentysomething single, \”hard working, very bright, nice looking, ethical Jewish people — and they all have tremendous difficulty meeting other Jewish people.\”\n\nSo when the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles put together a Jewish Singles Task Force to study the dating habits of Los Angeles\’ Jewish singles, Lawrence got involved.\n\n

Open to Interpretation

Tom Tugend August 5, 1999

Three years ago, the BBC decided to make a television documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1956 Sinai campaign.\n\nThe filmmakers were soon stymied in their search for one top-secret document: the Protocol of Sevres, in which leaders of the three temporary allies coordinated their plans to seize the Suez Canal, five days before the actual attack on Oct. 29, 1956.\n\n

Crypto – Jews Unmasked

Naomi Pfefferman August 5, 1999

This past October I found myself, along with four other North American Jewish journalists, flying business class — a wonderful way to fly — to Croatia on Lufthansa Airlines.

Late Night with Jenny Lerner

Charlotte Hildebrand August 5, 1999

I promised I\’d call her the next evening, but I never did. For five days, I felt guilty, but what could I do? To make the commitment to call Jenny Lerner is like signing on to a weekend of aerobics; you really want it — the challenge, the learning opportunities — but when the time comes, you take a rain check. Jenny talks and talks, rails against injustices, sings songs or reads from the Torah. Conversations go on for hours, and if one doesn\’t insist that it\’s time to go — my house is burning down, Jenny; sorry, gotta hang up — she can go on until dawn. She\’s got that kind of energy. I have a family to take care of; sometimes it\’s weeks before I can call. She has other friends, yes, but, basically, Jenny is like so many other lonely, older people in this city — she could drop dead one day, and no one would know.

Virtual Shabbat

Naomi Pfefferman July 29, 1999

Within minutes of my opening the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP) Virtual Shabbat CD-ROM, people gathered around my desk. Klezmer music was coming from my computer, and kitchen cabinets, appliances and refrigerators were all dancing on my screen.\nAfter an introduction by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, founder and director of NJOP, I clicked on a picture of a kitchen and started this lively revue; other choices could have been a dining room, a synagogue or something labeled Hebrew crash course.

Westward Expansion

Julie Gruenbaum Fax July 29, 1999

With its recent purchase of an office building near the corner of Pico Boulevard and Doheny Drive, Chabad has established a two-block stretch of facilities — which the outreach group plans to call \”Rebbe Square\” — in the heart of one of Los Angeles\’ prime Jewish neighborhoods.

Are You My Mother?

Naomi Pfefferman July 29, 1999

All her life, Jeanette Kopitowsky has been searching for a face in the crowd. She scans strangers\’ faces for someone, anyone who looks like herself. Her biological mother. Her father. A sibling.\nThe playwright-actress, who was abandoned by her parents as a baby, grew up in foster homes until she was adopted by a Jewish family at the age of seven. She describes the painful experience in her powerful, one-woman show, \”What\’s Your Name, Who\’s Your Daddy?\” which asks the question, \”Do I exist if I don\’t have anyone to claim me?\”\n\n

Writing a Successful Personals Ad

Jewish Journal July 29, 1999

So you\’ve finally decided to place a personal ad.Can\’t believe you waited so long. Just describe yourself, the personyou want to meet and — Shazam!

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