Inside Woody Allen’s TV Past
Michael Aushenker
January 28, 1999
Before films such as \”Radio Days,\” Woody Allen had his television days.
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January 28, 1999
Torah, Technology and Tolerance
Tom Tugend
January 28, 1999
David Wilstein is among the breed of men who built and shaped the postwar Jewish community in Los Angeles.
USC & HUC: A Winning Partnership
Ruth Stroud
January 28, 1999
In the annals of party-going, the dinner hosted by USC President Steven Sample and his wife, Kathryn, at their impressive San Marino estate home last week, ranked right up near the top.
Prime-Time Rabbi
Naomi Pfefferman
January 28, 1999
As part of the edgy juggling-magic-performance act The Mums, back in the 1980s, Albie Selznick ate razor blades, threw knives and produced doves from thin air while juggling torches.
Gordis, Alexander Leave UJ for Posts in Israel
Orit Arfa
January 28, 1999
Dr. Robert Wexler, president of the University of Judaism, has good reason to believe that the spirit of Zionism is alive at the institution.
Complaining the Jewish Way
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
January 28, 1999
Who are these men perpetually hovering outside the doors of the yeshiva? Who are these children, this gaggle of goslings, and these women, seemingly dutiful and unfazed as they stroll toward their place of prayer? Who are they?
Backing Up Their Claims
Tom Tugend
January 28, 1999
In a precedent-setting decision, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Monday that European companies can be sued in California courts for nonpayment of life insurance policies stemming from the Holocaust era.
The Ghosts of ‘Riga’
Naomi Pfefferman
January 28, 1999
While writing an aria based on a speech by Joseph Goebbels, for his 1991 opera, \”The Ghosts of Versailles,\” William M. Hoffman was visited by ghosts of his murdered family.
Debating the Future
Wendy J. Madnick
January 28, 1999
The rampant factionalism and firecracker unpredictability that marks Israeli politics these days came visiting Los Angeles last weekend
Is Cloning Good?
Shlomit Levy
January 28, 1999
Looking for a scenario that\’s chock full of ethical problems? Imagine this: Alexander Schwartz, a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician, is severely ill and depressed and has asked his doctor to terminate his life.
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