Based in large part on his 1986 autobiography, the movie revisits Zeffirelli\’s childhood before and during World War II, when he was an orphaned, illegitimate child adopted by a group of feisty expatriate Englishwomen and by a wealthy Jewish-American art collector in Florence.
As most every parent or grandparent in our community knows, preschools are the single most important innovation in Jewish family life in the last 20 years.
Rabbi David J. Forman, who has lived in Jerusalem for more than 25 years, goes on to claim that his message, while it may seem an all-out attack on liberal Judaism, represents the views of \”a vast number\” of Reform professionals in America.
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, on May 21, is about the last time of year you would want to talk to Beth Ginsberg or her boss, Michael Milken.
The legendary writer-director-producer was speaking at a program that was part of the Skirball Cultural Center\’s \”Spotlight\” series — which is devoted this season to television.
Like most Serbian-Americans, Dusica Savic Benghiat charges the American media with bias and historical ignorance.
A young woman called, asking if I would be willing to visit with her 95-year-old grandmother. She seemed to be slipping away from life more and more each day, and had been asking to speak with a rabbi.
The good news is that Roseanne may have finally found three nice Jewish boys as suitors for her three daughters. The bad news is that the boys live in England and the girls in Los Angeles.
State Sen. Richard Alarcon, along with state Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa and 16 other guests of the Anti-Defamation League, spent the week of April 24-30 touring Israel.
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