Inspiration Points
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 24, 1998
\”Yiddishkayt Los Angeles\” is returning this month with an eight-day fete, \”Yiddishkayt! A Celebration for All Ages — The New Face of an Enduring Culture.\”
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Twenty Years and Counting
Tom Tugend
September 24, 1998
With 400,000 dues-paying families, it claims to be the largest Jewish membership organization anywhere and has evolved from a self-defined Center for Holocaust Studies into what Hier says is \”a human rights organization… that fights intolerance and anti-Semitism around the world.\”
Police Get Lessons on Jewish Observance
Ruth Stroud
September 24, 1998
The citywide program was instituted several years ago by the Jewish Federation\’s Jewish Community Relations Committee at the request of a police officer.
Forgiving the Vatican
Wendy J. Madnick
September 17, 1998
Monsignor Royale M. Vadakin, pastor of St. Anastasia Church in Los Angeles, spoke of efforts on the part of the Vatican to address the \”bad blood\” between Catholics and Jews, so that \”the year 2000 and its millennium celebration may serve as a possible vehicle for reconciliation\” among the world\’s religions.
A Room of Their Own
Diane Arieff
September 17, 1998
Started in June as a once-a-month event, \”Friday Night Live\” has become a happening, of sorts. The most recent service easily drew 800 people.
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
August 27, 1998
The Chabad Telethon — that unique mix of caring, sharing and good production values — returns to the small screen this Sunday, Aug. 30, from 5 p.m. to midnight on UPN Channel 13.
Cover Story
Naomi Pfefferman
July 9, 1998
The expulsion of Jews from the IberianPeninsula 500 years ago brought a tragic end to a Jewish presencethat had thrived for centuries in Sepharad, the Hebrew word forSpain. It also set in motion the dispersion of Sephardicculture.
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