Welcome to the multicultural Los Angeles landscape of \”For Here or To Go?,\” a 42-character play in rhymed verse about the challenges of life in L.A., courtesy of the Cornerstone Theater Company.
Rabbi Alan Lachtman began Shabbat services at Temple Beth David in Temple City on Dec. 8 by having the children\’s choir sing \”Light One Candle,\” a song by Peter, Paul and Mary. The song had symbolic meanings, both positive and destructive, for the congregation. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 6, 1980, the fifth day of Chanukah, two neo-Nazis broke into the synagogue, poured gasoline on the pulpit, and set the synagogue on fire. The sanctuary was gutted, the cabinet containing the Torah scrolls was singed and two Torah scrolls — one of which had been rescued from the Holocaust from a temple that had burned years ago — were damaged.
With images of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip flashing across television screens around the world, it did not take long for Israel\’s tourism industry to start feeling the pinch.
It\’s still unclear whether former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to run in the upcoming election, but analysts already are wondering how a second Netanyahu administration might differ from the first.
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