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April 6, 2000

Pilot Project

Naomi Pfefferman April 6, 2000

During a pivotal moment in Elan Frank\’s award-winning documentary, \”Blue and White in Red Square,\” a Russian-Israeli looks about his old Moscow neighborhood with an expression of dismay. Eugene had excitedly made the trip home with fellow musicians in the Young Israeli Philharmonic, many of them émigrés returning for the first time to post-Communist Russia. But as the violinist gazed at his decrepit old apartment building, surrounded by garbage and graffiti, his exuberance turned to bitter disappointment. \”I feel like a stranger here,\” he said.

Endpaper

James D April 6, 2000

Long before last August, when he had his bar mitzvah at Santa Monica\’s Beth Shir Shalom, 13-year-old Alex Miller has practiced what he has been preached: charity and tikkun olam.
For him, it all began in 1996, when Miller\’s third grade class participated in Super Sunday.

\”I really enjoyed it,\” he recalls. \”Whenever a phone opened up, me and my friend would run for it.\”

Unintended Consequences

Susanna Crosby Perrin April 6, 2000

\”I tell you, there was never a trip like this before. The motives are terribly sad, but we are going to have a lot of fun. This is another dimension of history.\” With these words, Arnost Lustig and Jan Wiener, both Jewish survivors of the Shoah, embark on a trip to the Europe of their childhoods, documented in the film \”Fighter.\” Premiering at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, \”Fighter\” is a unique exploration of both the Holocaust and the Communist era of Eastern Europe.

Honoring the Righteous

Brianne Korn April 6, 2000

When the atrocities of the Holocaust came to public light, many unsung heroes remained in the shadows.
In a ceremony at the United Nations on Monday, some rescued Holocaust survivors met their unknown heroes, or those heroes\’ family members, for the first time since the war.

The international community honored government diplomats who risked their careers and lives to save thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi terror.

Demonstrating Support

Michael J April 6, 2000

After an appeal by Iran\’s chief rabbi, the Iranian judiciary has announced it will allow 13 Jews accused of spying for Israel and America to hire their own lawyers, said an American Jewish leader.
The 13 will also get a few extra days to prepare their case, according to Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

ERA –Israeli Style

Naomi Segal April 6, 2000

The Knesset has passed a landmark law granting equal rights to women in every sphere of Israeli life — after the bill\’s sponsor gave up her committee seat to a male colleague.
Along with granting women equality in the workplace, the military and in other spheres of society, the new law also lays out the rights of women over their bodies and protects women from violence and sexual exploitation.

Coming Full Circle

Naomi Pfefferman April 6, 2000

Before Robbie Baitz was Jon Robin Baitz, the playwright, he was, in his words, \”a smart-ass little spoiled Beverly Hills snot\” who worked as a gofer for a couple of Hollywood con artists. Rather than sensibly going East to college, he had elected to remain in Los Angeles to glean some life experience, and so had fallen in with \”a den of thieves,\” he says.

Million Mom March

Marlene Adler Marks April 6, 2000

Until Buford O. Furrow, Jr. opened fire on the North Valley Jewish Community Center (NVJCC) in Granada Hills last August, the fight for sensible gun laws was something most of us left to our elected representatives.

Passover Events

Rita Berman Frischer April 6, 2000

A 1998 article about Chicago collector Stephen Durschslag\’s haggadah collection set the number of different haggadot on his shelves at 4,500, increasing almost daily.

Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

Beverly Levitt April 6, 2000

Although I\’ve been attending Passover dinners from the time I was knee-high to a scrupulously set seder table, there\’s something I\’ve never really thought about until recently: how does all this storytelling relate to me?

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