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Saturday, November 12 Temple Isaiah’s Festival of Jewish Artisans returns for its 25th year this weekend. Help celebrate and stock up on Chanukah presents and other Judaica by attending the opening night concert, artists reception and preview sale today, or artisans show and sale and children’s concert tomorrow. 7:30 p.m. (Sat.), 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (Sun.). $2-$50. Temple Isaiah, 10345 W. Pico Blvd., West Los Angeles. (310) 277-2772. |
 
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Sunday, November 13 Is marriage between two celebrated authors more gratifying and blissful? Rabbi David Wolpe gets some insight this morning as literary super couple Jonathan Safran Foer (“Everything is Illuminated”) and Nicole Krauss (“Man Walks Into a Room”) grant a rare joint interview at Sinai Temple’s Blumenthal Library. 11 a.m. $15-$20. 10400 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 481-3217. |
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Monday, November 14 Delicious, delightful delis are the subject of author Sheryll Bellman’s new book, “America’s Great Delis: Recipes and Traditions from Coast to Coast.” Vintage photos, menus, signs and recipes from America’s best-loved delicatessens crowd the pages of this new release, depicting the slice of Jewish life that became an American institution. $35. Tuesday, November 15 More holidays a-comin’, which means more food. Go beyond the passé deep-fried turkey this year, with the help of the University of Judaism’s “Cooking with Judy Zeidler: A Thanksgiving Dinner.” The author of “The Gourmet Jewish Cook” promises side dish and dessert suggestions, as well as tips on how to cook the bird. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. University of Judaism, 15600 Mulholland Drive, Bel Air. R.S.V.P., (310) 440-1246. Wednesday, November 16 First-time, 60-something author Myriam Chapman reads and signs her historical fiction novel, based on her grandmother’s memoirs, this evening at Duttons Brentwood. Set in 20th-century France, “Why She Married Him” tells the story of Nina Schavranski, a young Russian Jewish émigré forced into choices that take her away from her dreams. 7 p.m. 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 476-6263. The name alone beckoned us. Now monthly at the Friars of Beverly Hills comes “Hoodzpah! A Black and Jewish Comedy Experience.” Tonight, see stand-up and sketch comedy by Sunda Croonquist, James Harris, Tommy Savitt, Roz Browne and Darren Carter. 7:30 p.m. Free. 9900 Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 443-1992. Thursday, November 17 More unity through comedy today, this time from Middle Easterners of every persuasion. The Levantine Cultural Center presents “Sultans of Satire,” a lineup of comedians headlined by Israeli American Iris Bahr, and featuring Persian Maz Jobrani, Palestinian Mormon Aron Kader, Assyrian New Yorker and Iraq War vet Vince Ouchana, and Peter the Persian, an attorney by day and Iranian comic by night. 8 p.m. $10-$15. 5920 Blackwelder St., Culver City. R.S.V.P., (310) 559-5544. Friday, November 18 Russian Jewish immigrant Eugene Yelchin offers up an intensely emotional series of paintings he has titled “Section Five,” now on view at the Jan Baum Gallery. “‘Section Five’ refers to the fifth section of the former Soviet Union passport, which stated a citizen’s ethnicity,” Yelchin writes. “In the passport I carried until I emigrated from Russia to the U.S., the fifth paragraph listed me as ‘Yevrei,’ Jew.” Yelchin used no brushes, but only his hands, to paint his works that recall passport photos. Through Dec. 21. 170 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 932-0170. The man behind the 1994 FIFA World Cup is chairing The Beautiful Game: The Untold Story as the Holocaust Museum L.A.’s Goldrich Cultural Center prepares to open in mid-August. Through The Equalizer (Sha’ar Shivion), children from Jewish, Arab, Druze, Bedouin, religious and secular communities meet through soccer – not only to compete, but also to build friendships and break down barriers that often keep their communities apart. It’s important to the owners, Lenny and Adaeze Rosenberg – and the neighborhood – to stay true to its longtime recipes. A symbol of hospitality, families bake batches for holidays, family celebrations and visits with friends and relatives. UCLA has an opportunity to become a national model for confronting antisemitism through principled leadership, transparent accountability, and meaningful action. I can imagine many Israelis rolling their eyes: OK, where’s he going with this? When is he telling us what he really came here to say? Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, can’t stop speaking about her pain and the public love her body cannot always receive. She talks to the Journal about her son’s legacy and her new book. An Open Letter to My Fellow Jews on Peoplehood, Memory and Israel This week’s “Constitutional Crisis” is typical of the way the government operates. It issues a statement, or a tweet and then walks it back. Oops, we did not mean it. Or rather, we did, but we also meant to deny that we did. Moral consistency is not a Republican value or a Democratic value. It is an American value. If we want to see a less polarized society, both internally and beyond, we must emphatically reject the idea that political alignment is the predominant commonality for friendship. Jews spoke in two voices about Ruth, a kind of national schizophrenia, one with joyous chanting on Shavuos as the Book of Ruth was read; the other, removing her name from the chain-link of repeated names throughout the generations. Saying kaddish every day tested my faith and commitment. It made me realize that there is no room for excuses. It taught me how to show up. It taught me that my voice can be heard, even when not expected. A manufacturer of olives, pasta and tomato sauce, agreed to give my grandfather a job. Accountability worthy of a democratic society begins with evidentiary discipline: corroboration, transparency, context and standards proportional to the gravity of the accusation. Phillips’ letter – with its faith in Congress’ Declaration – now sits in display not far from the Liberty Bell and its inscription from the biblical book of Leviticus. While there’s nothing wrong with keeping your eyes on the horizon for that magical heifer to appear, be sure to appreciate what you already have. In the wake of celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence, we should also consider the role of lesser-known revolutionaries, like Thomas Paine and the great Jewish patriot Haym Salomon. If we agree that antisemitism is only one example of a widespread and pernicious instinct toward division and “other-ization,” then it becomes clear that we can only eradicate these animosities as part of a far broader effort. | |||||||||||||||||
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