March 9, 2000

Put On Your Happy Hats

David Landau March 9, 2000

Sheri Schrier got the idea to do Happy Hats for Kids in 1991 after losing her father, grandmother and younger brother to cancer.

Holocaust revisionist David Irving mocked victims of the Holocaust by \”feeding and encouraging the most cynical anti-Semitism\” in his speeches, it was alleged last week at a trial for a defamation suit that Irving has filed against a U.S. scholar.

Keeping Their Promise: JHA Launches Huge Capital Campaign

Wendy J. Madnick March 9, 2000

Citing the growing elderly population in Los Angeles, representatives of the Jewish Home for the Aging announced plans this week for a new capital campaign, titled \”Keeping the Promise,\” to raise $72 million to expand and renovate the Home\’s facilities.

A Jaundiced Lens

Rochelle Krich March 9, 2000

An edgy moodiness pervades \”Kadosh,\” Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai\’s jaundiced examination of haredi Jerusalem women oppressed by religious extremism.

Changing Places

Ellie Kahn March 9, 2000

\”Adult children are the ones who are going to make the heroic efforts and attempts to provide daily care or monitoring, if that\’s necessary,\” said Merril Silverstein, Ph.D., associate professor of gerontology and sociology, at USC Andrus Gerontology Center. Many seniors are retiring to warmer spots, but subsequently moving back to be near children. \”The family is really the safety net for older adults.\”