When people talk about the San Fernando Valley, non-residents may envision a vast sea of shiny new homes and retail areas, schools and parks, joined seamlessly by a pathway of soccer moms driving sports utility vehicles.
In reality, there are two Valleys — the one where the vehicles aren\’t new and the one with the million-dollar tract homes and gated \”communities.\”
Add Sheba Humanitarian Award to the accolades garnered by the recording artist who Rolling Stone once named \”showman of our generation.\”
Be careful when you open your mouth to make a promise, the Torah warns. If you say it, you ought to mean it.
Reform and Conservative leaders — who have been lobbying for years to have their rabbis, institutions and practices recognized in the Jewish state — do not expect the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak to usher in an era of change.
Being Jewish is to be bombarded by time-by seasons, weeks, history.
No matter what you\’ve heard about the inevitability of George W. Bush, the presidential candidate closest to the heart of Jewish Republicans is, at least for the moment, Arizona Sen. John McCain.
A film on the 1972 Olympic Games massacre of Israeli athletes has received an Oscar nomination for best documentary, while a Welsh film about the romance between a Jewish boy and a Welsh girl is in the running for best foreign film.
Is Judaism the next big trend to sweep American society? Is there a downside to this, and if not, why do some of us feel vaguely uneasy about this seeming infatuation with things Jewish on the part of non-Jews?
House pets eloquently dissecting their own primal instincts. Children verbalizing disillusionment in adultspeak. Patients and therapists locked in passive-aggressive combat. Welcome to the deadpan world of cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan.
The tale of an orphan\’s search for acceptance. A lawyer\’s fantasy of a Holocaust survivor\’s revenge. A book that may save your marriage. These are just a few of the interesting choices made for this year\’s People of the Book Festival.
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