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March 12, 1998
Torah Portion
It was my third funeral of the week, and I was tired of death. I thought this one would be easier than the others,since it was an elderly woman who suffered terribly and truly wanted to die. Her name was Sarah; her only relatives left were her nephew, Harry, and his son, Joel.
Spectator
Attorney Gerry Schubert may be a relatively familiar face in Orange County; alongtime resident of Yorba Linda and a member at Mission Viejo\’s Congregation Eilat, Schubert is actively involved in Jewish Federation projects. But, soon, he may become better known for the release of his second musical CD, \”Life in the Moment\” (GalleryRecords).
A Woman’s Voice
To explain the almost cult-like appeal of writerRichard Rodriguez, best known as an essayist on PBS\’ \”News Hour withJim Lehrer,\” let\’s start with a story he told last weekend to anear-capacity crowd at the Skirball Cultural Center
How Jewish Fragmentation Alters Ties withCatholics
Interfaith understanding will take a big leapforward this spring.
On May 18, a group of 30 Jewish, Moslem andChristian scholars will gather at Auschwitz for a three-dayconference on religion and violence.
Editorial
Last weekend, I was at a gathering of maybe 80 people, brought together to listen to a prominent Israeli intellectual who proceeded to dazzle us with his accounts of political, military and religious life in the Mideast. Actually, it was more than dazzling. He was informative; he was insightful; he was witty.
50th Anniversary of ‘Calamity’
Palestinians have an official term for whathappened to them when Israel gained its independence 50 years ago:\”Nakba,\” or, in English, \”Calamity.\” In the failed Arab attack on theJews in 1948, some 600,000 Arabs fled the land or, in tens ofthousands of cases, were expelled.
Arts Briefs
British director Tyrone Guthrie, a non-Jew, once said: \”If all the Jews were to leave the American theater, it would close down about next Thursday.\”\nMaybe that explains why there\’s so much Jewish theater now in Los Angeles. Here\’s a roundup of the offerings: We can\’t guarantee they\’re good, but we can guarantee they\’re Jewish.
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