Michele Ohayon was nursing her 2-month-old baby when the phone rang at 5:45 a.m. and the caller answered a silent prayer: Ohayon\’s film, \”Colors Straight Up,\” had been nominated as one of five documentary features in contention for an Academy Award.
Who needs Halloween or Mardi Gras? On Purim, the masquerade of characters is lively and intriguing: Spangled Vashtis, bearded Mordechais, snarling Hamans, bejeweled Esthers, silk-robed Ahasueruses.
It all begins on a Friday around sundown. You, theparticipant, are assigned to a family\’s house. Perhaps you arrive attheir doorstep, or maybe you meet them at Aish HaTorah\’s KabbalatShabbat services at Pico Boulevard and Doheny Drive and walk homewith them afterward.
Actor-composer Hershey Felder, 29, has a way with politicians.
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