A Gift That Keeps on Giving
Marilyn Brown
December 21, 2000
Chatter Matters is the kind of present one person gets and the whole family benefits from.
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Judaism
Making Light
Michael Aushenker
December 21, 2000
Looking to buy something kind of demented this Chanukah? Faithful Journal readers may recall Up Front\’s dish on the Punching Rabbi Puppet earlier this year.
Steimatzky in Tarzana
Adam Wills
December 21, 2000
Tarzana may fast become the Israeli cultural center of Los Angeles.
Best-Kept Secret
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
December 21, 2000
The Catholic-Jewish Women\’s Dialogue, one of the best-kept secrets in the Jewish community, was created in 1977, its instigators a group of Catholic religious sisters.
Dream On
Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh
December 21, 2000
Just as the morning light begins to shine through my windows, my dreams become vivid movies. They combine images from the past, worries of the present, and a confusing dialogue that takes place in a strange but familiar parallel universe in time.
Loving “Life” ‘s Lessons
Michael Aushenker
December 14, 2000
Heather Paige Kent, an attractive Bronx-born brunette loaded with charm and New York wit, discussed with Up Front the complexities of transcending stereotypes on her ethnic-flavored, freshman-year program from the patio of her Newport Beach residence.
Groovy Kitsch
Carvin Knowles
December 14, 2000
\”Let My People Go-Go\” is a very kitschy CD, but this isn\’t your ordinary, everyday kitsch.
Move Over Santa — It’s the Guy on the Big Flying Dreidel
Michael Aushenker
December 14, 2000
Any grownup interested in getting a hearty chuckle out of this doomed holiday reader will be hard-pressed to find a copy at the local library. For some reason, \”Chanukah Fable\” never really caught on.
Choosing to See the Forest
Rabbi Dov Fischer
December 14, 2000
Santa Clauses and tannenbaums and songs of a virgin mother and her infant. The songs are ubiquitous and cannot be escaped, whether at the malls or in the movie theaters or at the supermarket. The television programs all have special Christmas episodes. It really is quite everywhere.
A Modest Proposal
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
December 14, 2000
Chanukah is a minor holiday that commemorates the victory in 165 b.c.e. of outnumbered Jewish forces over the army of the oppressive Greco-Syrian empire that ruled Palestine at that time.
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