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April 13, 2000

Ofra’s Spirit Lives On…

On Tuesday night, a largely Israeli crowd of more than 60 people gathered at Westwood\’s Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel to honor the late Ofra Haza.

Reaching Consensus

Spawned from the merger of the United Jewish Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations, the UJC says it is attempting to transform a system that had traditionally been top-down and somewhat mysterious in its decision-making to one that is more open.

A Lifetime of Seders

The Chicago-raised Mandy Patinkin is something of a poster boy for the warm, extended Jewish family — the children and grandsons and granddaughters of Eastern European immigrants who came to this country early in the 20th century to seek their fortunes and raise their families.

Lone Prairie

We think we know what a Jew looks like (Jews-by-choice are putting that to the test), how a Jew eats (Sephardim are expanding that notion) and certainly where a Jew lives.

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