During my genealogy research I was surprised to learn that my great-grandfather was a real scoundrel. While it\’s impossible to know what was happening inside of his head, I\’ve found clues that give me a better understanding of who he was.
Simply named \”Einstein,\” the nearly nine-month-long exhibit, the largest ever mounted by the Skirball Cultural Center, opens Sept. 14 and closes May 29, 2005.
In the new \”Body Worlds\” exhibit at the California Science Center, a plastic man called \”Chess Player\” sits at a table with his back hunched forward and his hands cupped under his chin. His lips pursed, his eyes stare intensely at the chess board.
With software packages like Family Tree Maker and the growing availability of genealogy databases online, family-tree research is being marketed to consumers as an easy, accessible hobby. According to a 2000 Maritz Research poll, nearly 60 percent of people surveyed expressed an interest in genealogy, a 15 percent increase from 1995.
Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have come up with an alternative way to preserve food, which promises to keep latkes frying-pan fresh — even months later — without extreme heat, chemicals or freezing.
Sometimes, adversity strikes gold. In Los Angeles, three major medical institutions, including Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai — the independent hospitals that merged to form Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — and the City of Hope sprang from Los Angeles\’ Jewish tuberculosis problem.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spans over 24 acres and encompasses 1.5 million square feet.
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, approximately 40 support groups raise millions of dollars for research, wards, departments, buildings and other medical and physical needs.
One hundred years ago, when Cedars-Sinai Medical Center\’s predecessor, Kaspare Cohn Hospital, opened its doors with 12 beds as Los Angeles\’ first Jewish hospital, such medical staples as penicillin and insulin remained to be discovered.
\”A woman came into my office yesterday needing to make a decision about the amputation of her husband\’s leg,\” said Rabbi Levi Meier, the chaplain at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. \”It was a very difficult case, because her husband cannot give proper, informed consent, because his mind is not functioning anymore
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