For most of this century, Los Angeles has been a city of two elites — one predominately WASPish, the other predominately Jewish. Although they occasionally collaborated on projects such as the MusicCenter, the two worlds remained largely separate and indifferent to each other, living in a ruling-class version of institutional apartheid.
Zigman said that after having watched the news of Rabin\’s death onTV, he awoke early the next morning with the notes of his openingmovement coursing through his head. He jotted down the music andplayed it for his good friend, artist Peter Max, who encouraged himto expand it into a major piece.
On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30, as he worked on his computer in hisoffice at B\’nai Tikvah Congregation in Westchester, Rabbi MichaelBeals saw a man he didn\’t recognize walking through the synagogueparking lot.
In the last four years the people of Israel witnessed two contrasting realities in their pursuit of peace with the Palestinians. True, there had been a stunning series of diplomatic breakthroughs between Israel and the PLO, that was followed by apeace treaty with Jordan and a web of new relationships with a half dozen Arab states. Israelis were filled with hope that at long last their state of siege had ended and they could look forward to an era of normalcy and safety.
If Los Angeles is the nation\’s undisputed film capital, in recent months it also seems eligible for the title of the Jewish film capital, and that is largely because of the efforts of the Laemmle Theatres organization. Laemmle\’s played host to the recent Israeli Film Festival and to its own screenings of independent films of Jewish interest throughout the year.
Tired of spinning the same old dreidels, eating the same old latkes, singing the same old tired songs year after year on Chanukah? Well, the personal computer and the World Wide Web provide a fresh approach to the holiday, combining ancient traditions with new technologies.
You\’ve read the newspaper ads or heard the pitches on the radio: Donate your old car to our worthy charity, which aids orphans/immigrants/homeless/the halt and the lame, and enjoy a generous tax write-off.
By deciding to introduce meat products into its formerly all-dairy outlets, Noah\’s Bagels has provoked a strong response from observant Jewish noshers
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