A passion for antique purses
Elyse Glickman
October 23, 2014
Lori Blaser’s home is a shrine to women’s handbags.
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Culture
Turning off the aging process
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2014
Studies in yeast, worms, flies, monkeys and even humans seem to prove that restricting calories is one of the few sure ways to combat the effects of aging.
Survivor: Mike Popik
Jane Ulman
October 23, 2014
The SS entered Mauthausen’s overcrowded barracks 30 one night in February 1944 to punish the 120 boys, including 14-year-old Mike (Miki) Popik, who were engaged in a shoving match to avoid sleeping next to the cold, damp wall.
TV’s Jewish characters of color
Jewish Journal
October 23, 2014
As of last month, ethnic minority characters with half-Jewish hyphenated last names are now featured on three of the most popular shows on television.
Molly Forrest plans the future at the Los Angeles Jewish Home
Danielle Berrin
October 23, 2014
It is just before noon at the Los Angeles Jewish Home, and Molly Forrest, president and CEO, is giving a tour of the home’s most populous campus, the Eisenberg Village in Reseda, when a silvery-haired woman in a shmatte starts roaming the hallway shouting, “Lunchtime! Everyone! Luuuuunnnnnch tiiiiime!” — with the urgency of air raid sirens.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer: “We Can Survive” Concert October 24, 2014
Lisa Ellen Niver
October 22, 2014
Distant Cousins find family in music
Avishay Artsy
October 22, 2014
The Los Angeles-based trio Distant Cousins blend soaring harmonies and a folk-rock sensibility to make pop music that’s quickly developing a devoted local following.
Monica Lewinsky joins Twitter. Should we listen?
Jewish Journal
October 22, 2014
Monica Lewinsky has come full circle. The Jewish woman who, with some justice, described herself as “the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet” returned to the cybersphere on Monday with a Twitter account.
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