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October 22, 1998
The Case of Runaway Teen Samuel Sheinbein
Amid the bizarre string of foreign-policy fiascos in which Israelfound itself mired as it greeted the new year, surely none was quiteso bizarre as the case of runaway teenager Samuel Sheinbein ofMaryland.
No Laughing Matter
Italian comedian-director Roberto Benigni was mortified by the journalist\’s accusation at Cannes. How, the reporter queried, could he be so tacky as to make a comedy about the Holocaust?
All Rise
Maybe Stanley Mosk isn\’t worried, but I am. Amid one of the most chaotic elections in recent history, when scandals in Washington and daily meetings at the Wye Plantation seem to influence how Californians might respond to local issues like the gubernatorial race and Indian gaming rights, I was summoned last weekend for coffee and blintzes at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club with the state\’s Senior Associate Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk.
Nick’s Bris — A True Story
Nicholas was 7 months old when we adopted him in Siberia. Though he was born near Birobijan, the Jewish colony set up by Stalin, it only took one diaper change to see that he wasn\’t a member of the tribe. \”We must to do something about this,\” I announced to my husband, Duke, who was still in shock over becoming a father and crossing 20 time zones.
Conference Explores Peace Through Education
Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and how to achieve it: That was the topic on everybody\’s lips when the 24th Annual Academic Conference convened at the Century Plaza Hotel last weekend. The panel, sponsored by American Friends of the Hebrew University, was followed by a luncheon featuring keynote speaker Dennis Prager, the KABC radio host best known for his \”Religion on the Line\” program.
For the Sake of Fun
Lisa Stern, a Hancock Park attorney and mother of three, has identified a syndrome afflicting women that she thinks is just as real as postpartum depression — post-Yontiff exhaustion.
Screenings
In Roger Hanin\’s semi-autobiographical film, \”Soleil\” (1997), 13-year-old Meyer is kicked out of school for being Jewish in Vichy North Africa. It is a sign that things have changed for his family in Algeria, where Jews had peacefully lived for centuries amid the Moslems. Now, Meyer\’s communist father must go into hiding; his mother, Titine (Sophia Loren), must raise her children alone, charming black marketeers into giving her food. She manages to talk authorities into keeping Meyer out of jail when he is caught writing anti-government graffiti.
A Sea Change
One of my favorite things to do is write children\’s songs. Over the years, I have written lots of innocuous little ditties for kids as a way of teaching them about Jewish holidays and rituals, ethics and values, and how to treat families and friends.
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