Across the spectrum, Jewish groups expressed concern about the report\’s conclusions but differed over exactly how the government should respond.
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Welcome to the next generation of Jewish humor, where beats become borscht in the hip-hop Cuisinart.
Prof. Kenneth Reinhard, the newly appointed director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, is upbeat about the future of his academic field.
All the time Deborah Oppenheimer was growing up, her grandparents remained silent, one-dimensional portraits in a silver frame in the living room. \”They were always there but never referred to,\” says Oppenheimer, who is in her 40\’s and the executive producer of \”Norm\” and \”The Drew Carey Show.\” \”I knew virtually nothing about them.\”
The Internet may prove a valuable tool for preserving a language spoken by Jews for 500 years. Sephardi Jews from around the world could help compile a dictionary of Ladino by providing their input via the Internet, according to Winfried Busse, a professor of philology at the Berlin Free University. Making the suggestion at a recent conference in the southern Croatian city of Dubrovnik, Busse said the Internet could serve as a global workshop for people to create the dictionary.
Home, sweet home. The process that began on Jan. 15, 1994, when the Northridge earthquake damaged the original 6505 Wilshire headquarters of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, came to a happy end last Monday, Sept. 11, as Federation staff moved back into a completely remodeled and upgraded headquarters.
Cold, hot, lukewarm – two months shy of the November election, local Jewish Republicans are still conflicted about the man at the head of their party\’s ticket. A sampling of attitudes indicates a wide range of attitudes toward Gov. George W. Bush.
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