The catalyst for a spate of violence here may have been an Israeli politician\’s visit to a Muslim and Jewish holy site, but Israeli officials are holding Palestinian leaders directly responsible for the bloodshed.At least 55 people were killed, mostly Palestinians, in rioting that touched off Sept. 28 when Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The Szyk show has its curveballs, such as \”Indian Negotiations, Polish American Fraternity,\” and the artist\’s penchant for depicting Hitler and Nazi commanders as porcine oafs in political cartoons.
Just before the \”Yizkor\” service on Yom Kippur, Christina Wright will drive over to Temple Beth Am. There, the 18-year-old Beverly Hills High senior will silently recite \”Kaddish\” for her nuclear family: her mother, father and little sister, all victims of AIDS.
An evening of great songs awaits you at UCLA tonight, with the collaboration of Alan Bergman and Karen Morrow. Bergman, with his wife Marilyn, has won three Academy Awards, four Emmys and two Grammys for projects including the scores for such classic films as \”The Way We Were\” and \”Yentl.\”
For those who don\’t remember, Attanasio is the brilliant creator and writer of \”Homicide: Life on the Street,\” the former NBC series that was always more beloved by critics and its small but fanatically devoted group of viewers than by the public at large. Among the talents spawned by that show, none made more of an impression than Andre Braugher, a Shakespearean-trained actor of enormous power who, during the show\’s run, got himself a cover of TV Guide which asked the question in banner headlines: \”Is this the best actor on television?\”
On Fairfax Avenue, a cursory poll of how seniors were coping with this strike revealed many who were either directly or indirectly inconvenienced.\n
\”It\’s almost magical,\” said Jon Friedman, a Democratic activist, of the effective coalition politics waged by the 47th Assembly District Committee. The committee, which covers a wide rectangular area including Culver City and the South Fairfax and Beverlywood neighborhoods, and extending east as far as central city areas north of the Inglewood city line, is comprised mainly of Black and Jewish members who have formed a bond of closeness and trust. The ages ranges from 20\’s to 70\’s. Members are civil servants, teachers, lawyers, show business folk, small business people, health care technicians.
As a scientist and a believer in human progress, I have been concerned about how well the established process of teshuvah (repentance) has worked. Yom Kippur after Yom Kippur – in fact, since the 11th century – we have recited the same confessional prayer, \”Al Chet.\” If we were any good at repentance, shouldn\’t the list have changed in 1,000 years? Even if we don\’t want to change the ancient formula, shouldn\’t we be able to feel that we had eliminated or reduced at least a few on the list? Yet the list of sins remains the same, as does the ritual for expunging them. Why haven\’t we improved?\n
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