The Panic Retreats
Larry Derfner
February 12, 1998
After being caught up in a wave of initial panic,the Israeli public seems to be calming down a bit over the possibility of an Iraqi missile attack.
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February 12, 1998
‘Till Death Do Us Part’ — Enough Already
Linda Feldman
February 12, 1998
Many of us who said, \”Till death do us part,\”never went the distance. Gary and Barbara did. They were a great lovestory. The fact that her parents didn\’t approve of their marriage,because he was a saxophone player, made it all the morepowerful.
Fine Cut: A Festival of Student Film
William Yelles
February 12, 1998
Student films from throughout Southern California are currentlybeing featured on the three-part KCET series \”Fine Cut: A Festival ofStudent Film,\” airing on Sundays at 10 p.m. The series, hosted bydirector Michael Apted, will feature a total of 17 films fromstudents at UCLA, USC, CalArts, Loyola Marymount and the AmericanFilm Institute. Ranging in length from three to 32 minutes, theentries include dramas, documentaries and animation.
Foreign Aid as Shell Game
Jewish Journal
February 12, 1998
There was, if you listened carefully, an undertone of anxiety beneath the hoopla last month,when Israel laid out plans to wean itself off U.S. economic aid.While politicians and pundits celebrated Israel\’s generous offer to give up its $3 billion-a-year entitlement, some Jewish activists werequietly wondering what it would do to Jewish political clout.\n
How Do We Do It?
Jewish Journal
February 12, 1998
I\’ve been a single parent a long time now. I knowa lot about it. When Jewish organizations need a speaker on single parenting, they often ask me — and I\’ll be at the Westside Jewish Community Center this Sunday for the daylong conference, \”Creating Family Life as a Single Parent,\” sponsored by Jewish Family Service\’s new Jewish Single Parent Network (818-762-8800.)\n
Climbing Our Mountain
Rabbi Steven Z. Leder
February 12, 1998
As I, at 16, traveled through Israel for the firsttime, my Jewish nerve endings were hypersensitive. Every stone, face,taste, smell, breeze, star, touch, glimpse — everything — moved me.
Kissing A Lot of Frogs
Teresa Strasser
February 12, 1998
I am standing in the doorway looking at my first blind date, I\’mthinking: somebody could have said something about — how do I saythis tactfully — his face.
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