Jewish filmmakers descended on this snowy townlast month for their annual 11-day-long holiday ritual of schmoozing,skiing and screenings, better known as the Sundance FilmFestival.
As Shabbat ebbs next week, try Young Israel ofCentury City for something a little sexy — namely, a lecture on \”TheFacts of Life: How to Teach Yeshiva Students,\” led by Rabbi Baruchand Michal Finkelstein.
In \’The Wedding Singer,\’ Adam Sandlerproves he can carry a tune and a movie.\n
These are more stories of beshert, of relationships that are \”meant to be,\” with a little help from The Jewish Journal. Over the past year, at least five couples have called us to announce their personal-ad-inspired nuptials. And, no, they weren\’t ashamed to admit how they met. Gone is the stigma that ads are for people who are really desperate, they insist.\n
Jonathan Tobin edits a Jewish newspaper inConnecticut, and his editorial opinions occasionally appear in TheJewish Journal. One such effort, \”Distinguishing Fact from FictionIsn\’t Getting Easier,\” was published on Jan. 23. Herewith some factto counter Tobin\’s fiction.
The mood in the Jewish state may not be one ofcelebration at the moment, but plans to commemorate the country\’supcoming 50th birthday continue, both in Israel and right here in LosAngeles. One of the more unique cultural offerings to be presentedlocally will be \”Jerusalem — A Mystical Journey,\” a newdance-theater piece to be performed by the Keshet Chaim DanceEnsemble on Feb. 21 and 22.
Television and film star George Clooney presents Leslie Moonves with the Sherrill C. Corwin Human Relations Award.\n
When I was asked to teach at a Bulgarian university, my only clear images of the Balkan nation included its infamous Communist-era spy system, its great Olympic weight lifters,and its national women\’s choir, whose haunting harmonies were popular in the West.
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