One day, a tall, youthful Stanford grad named Jeremy Cowan decidedthat it was time to chuck his career in computers and create the verything human society lacked most: a Jewish beer.
The urgent telephone call came on Monday, Oct. 20, for Rabbi JohnRosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood. A crisis was brewing in Israel,said Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, head of the Association of Reform Zionistsof America.
The news hit me as hard as a stale mandlebrot: Noah\’s Bagels wasgoing treif. They were abandoning us, tossing aside Los Angeles\’loyal kosher consumers like so many day-old minis.
This earthy, lyrical film by writer-director Ali Nassar is easilyone of the festival\’s brightest highlights.
Sixty one and still full of surprises, that\’s Warren Beatty. This weekend, Beatty goes head to head at the box office with \”The Horse Whisperer,\” starring that other senior icon Robert Redford. Redford, like his contemporary Beatty, not only starsbut also directs and produces his movie. May the best man win.
Hillary and I were saddened to learn of your husband\’s death, andwe extend our deepest sympathy. We hope that the love and support ofyour family and friends will sustain and comfort you during thisdifficult time. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Mitzvot, acts of loving kindness or just plain charity:Whatever you call them, Jews are commanded to do more than simplypray for good things — they have to do good themselves in order tohelp repair what is wrong in the world.
The big stories of the year were not Jew vs. Black, or Jew vs.Gentile, but Jew vs. Jew — a continual war of words fought overreligion, sex, politics and history. At least we can\’t be accused ofpettiness.
On Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4, about 100 people stood around the black stone sculpture. Some knelt and lit candles. The memorial was covered with flowers and wreaths. One was inscribed, \”Remember, and sound a warning.\”
I keep a folder of newspaper items that fall intotwo categories — the informative and the outrageous.
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