December 23, 1999

Playing Favorites

Susanna Crosby Perrin December 23, 1999

About six months ago, The Journal published a ballot asking readers to pick their LA Jewish favorites: delis, party places, bookshops, etc.

Happy and outgoing, three-year-old Brandon Lefton sits on a rocking chair holding his guitar. \”I gotta be a rock \’n roll star now,\” he announces and then lets loose a wild strumming of the open strings.

Tales Told Out of School

Jewish Journal December 23, 1999

Some of the differences between The Jewish Journal and the Los Angeles Times are obvious.

10 for the History Books

Jewish Journal December 23, 1999

History isn\’t always the way we remember it. Memory plays tricks, stories grow in the telling, narrators fudge for effect. The passing of a century — or a millennium — seems a good time to look back and set things straight.