Israel’s Academic Probation Ends
Tom Tugend
April 5, 2001
California State University will reinstate its overseas study program in Israel after abruptly canceling the program last October.
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April 5, 2001
Menkes’ ‘Divorce’
Jewish Journal Staff
April 5, 2001
Dr. John Menkes\’ \”Lady Macbeth Gets a Divorce\” at the Beverly Hills Playhouse is a witty and diverting drawing-room comedy that elicits something most sitcoms don\’t: real laughs.
Chai-Level Jewish Contributions
Dennis Gura
April 5, 2001
In traditional Jewish life, parents often add excitement to Pesach (or Shavuot or Sukkot) by giving gifts to their children (and even each other). Gift-giving, not just reserved for Chanukah and birthdays, spices up all of Jewish life.
Family Affair
Naomi Pfefferman
April 5, 2001
At Wilshire Boulevard Temple\’s Westside campus this month, Juliet Landau, who was raised in an assimilated Jewish home, will again take a walk on the dark side, but in a very different kind of play.
Rapture in Color
Naomi Pfefferman
April 5, 2001
Artist Laura Lasworth was transfixed by the Orthodox Jewish woman she saw ecstatically praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in the summer of 1998.
Increase in Hate
Mike Levy
April 5, 2001
Though the number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in California was down slightly, from 275 in 1999 to 257 in 2000, figures across the nation show a 4 percent increase over the previous year, according to the ADL\’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents.
From Baptist to Beshert
Judy Gruen
April 5, 2001
Growing up in Mississippi, the granddaughter of devout Baptist sharecroppers, Delores Gray came from what she calls \”a praying background.\”
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