Bagel Factory Wages
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
These days, the CEOs of Noah\’s New York Bagels andWestern Bagels may be getting less sleep at night, thanks to theBagel Factory.
Category
May 14, 1998
Singles
Teresa Strasser
May 14, 1998
I\’m not mental. Really. I\’m not manic-depressive,hypomanic, borderline schizophrenic or psychotic. I don\’t hear voicesor imagine I\’m being followed by Marie Osmond. I don\’t have tics or acompulsive need to wash my hands or avoid cracks in thesidewalk.
Like a lot of people, I could just use someone totalk to. That\’s all. I figure it can\’t hurt.
After all, my family is like a Who\’s Who of mentalillness.
Torah Portion
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
May 14, 1998
In April 1994, following numerous suicidebombings, 400 American Jewish leaders took a two-day trip to Israelto show American Jewish support for the besieged State.
Payback Time
Marlene Adler Marks
May 14, 1998
You\’ll never find \”The Cadillac,\” on any critic\’s list of top 10 \”Seinfeld\” episodes, but I don\’t care. \”The Cadillac,\”episode 124 in the Seinfeld oeuvre, IMHO (in my humble opinion, for those who don\’t use Internet shorthand), is the real thing, among the show\’s most authentically Jewish episodes, revealing the uncircumcised heart within a sitcom generally acknowledged to reflectonly callousness, narcissism and an urbane hipness in post-shtetl America. And, in a small way, \”The Cadillac\” changed my life.
Here\’s the plot of the show that ran February 8,1996 as a 60-minute \”Seinfeld\” special.
Seining Off
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
American Jews woke up in a different country today, now that \”Seinfeld\” signed off.\n
Musical and Comic Legends
William Yelles
May 14, 1998
If all you knew about composer George Gershwin washis body of work — \”An American in Paris,\” \”Rhapsody in Blue,\”\”Porgy and Bess,\” plus countless enduring melodies — you would thinkhe lived to a ripe old age. But, in fact, the musical legend was only38 when he died.
The Editor’s Corner
Jewish Journal
May 14, 1998
Several months ago, I happened to be present when Yoram Ben Ze\’ev, Israel\’s ConsulGeneral in Los Angeles, addressed a local group at the Jewish Federation offices on Wilshire Boulevard. The talk, of course, was about politics: the conversion bill, the peace process, Israel andAmerica — the standard fare.\n\n
An Unlikely Inspiration
Larry Derfner
May 14, 1998
Early Sunday morning, just before 1 a.m. Israelitime, a roar was heard coming out of living rooms across the country.Israel had just won the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held thisyear in Birmingham, England, and watched by as many as 100 million TVviewers in Europe and Asia. Wildest of all, Israel\’s representativeat the contest was singer Dana International, a tall, dark,thirtysomething transsexual who had grown up as a boy named YaronCohen.
Breakfast with Mr. Security
Rob Eshman
May 14, 1998
Last Saturday morning, as the Middle East peaceprocess careened toward yet another crisis point, Ariel Sharon washolding court at a back table in the Peninsula Hotel in BeverlyHills.\n\nSharon\’s ample presence was further magnified by astony security detail and a handful of well-heeled local supporters.\”This is a real hero!\” proclaimed Uri Harkham, the Israeli-immigrantowner of the Jonathan Martin clothing company.
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