Haggadah
Jewish Journal
February 25, 1999
A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.
Category
Culture
Living Single in the ‘New Hollywood’
Jewish Journal
February 25, 1999
Dear Jewish Journal: About five years ago, I ended a very serious relationship. I was devastated, but knew that my life could not end over this.
Send in the Clowns
Teresa Strasser
February 18, 1999
Girl meets clown.
Girl is fascinated by clown, who is a bona fide graduate of clown college and can walk on stilts.
What I Have Learned From the Clinton Affair
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
February 18, 1999
have learned from the Clinton affair how unprepared our technologically sophisticated society is to deal with moral issues, and specifically how to transmit moral wisdom to our children.
Teachers and Technology
Rebecca Kuzins
February 18, 1999
Marcy Goldberg, director of education at Temple Aliyah of Woodland Hills, sums up the obvious fact about religious schools: For children and their parents, a school is \”only as good as the teacher they have that year.\”
Movie Memoirs
Diane Arieff
February 18, 1999
Some of the best recent American documentaries are nonfiction, highly subjective narratives that explore the Sturm und Drang of family relationships.
Valley Briefs
Jewish Journal
February 18, 1999
When Roberto Benigni won the grand prize at Cannes for his Holocaust tragicomedy, \”Life is Beautiful,\” he rushed to the stage and kissed the feet of juror Martin Scorsese.
From Paltrowitch to Paltrow
Naomi Pfefferman
February 18, 1999
Gwyneth Paltrow, the beautiful, blond Oscar-nominated heroine of \”Shakespeare in Love,\” is descended from a distinguished rabbinical dynasty, called Paltrowitch, which may stretch back to 17th-century Russia.
Raising Eyebrows
Naomi Pfefferman
February 18, 1999
It\’s not always easy to contend with an artist who decides to bite the hand that feeds him.
An Advertising Tale
Rob Eshman
February 11, 1999
After two years of nonstop global touring in support of her band\’s two albums, a weary Powell found herself in a state of flux earlier this week — without a permanent place to call home — just days away from recording the follow up to Save Ferris\’ 1997 major label debut, \”This Means Everything.\”
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