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June 21, 2001
All in the Family
When your husband is comedian Carl Reiner and your son is director Rob Reiner, and you count among your closest amigos Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Norman Lear and Dom DeLuise, chances are that your life is pretty darn upbeat.
Literary Jewish Girls
It\’s time to make room for a newer generation of American Jewish writers, many of whom are young women who have not even hit 30.
Redefining Beauty
\”Why don\’t we f— this audition and I\’ll play you right now for the part?\” she said. \”If I lose, you\’ll never see me again. But if I win, I walk out of here with the script.\”
Age of Restoration
No need to explain why I\’m late, I realize. It\’s an Iranian party. You\’re not expected to be on time — just to stay late and socialize.
7 Days In Arts
Performance artist Dan Froot makes the transition from the street to the set in \”Shlammer,\” a play that follows Danny Kleinman, an Eastern European immigrant in early 20th-century New York, as he evolves from gangster to Vaudevillian.
JCC Board Approves Major Reform
The changes approved by the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA) will eliminate after-school programs and senior services.
Assembly Yiddish
For the benefit of the 90 percent of Assembly-members who are not Jewish, and for other Yiddish-challenged lawmakers, Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) has published a 36-page booklet, appropriately titled \”Yiddish for Assemblymembers.\”
Uniting to Find a Cure
Bob Dole. General Norman Schwarzkopf. Harry Belafonte. Robert Goulet. The willingness of such well-known figures to make public their battle with prostate cancer has brought visibility to an issue that until the last few years, lacked the attention, funding and research interest befitting a disease that will strike more than 180,000 men in the United States this year.
The Games Must Go On
After weeks of debate, organizers of Israel\’s 16th Maccabiah Games announced last Friday that the Olympics-style sporting competition will open as planned July 16 in Jerusalem, despite widespread individual cancellations due to fears of violence.
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