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September 13, 2001

Anxiety and Anger

Gaby Wenig September 13, 2001

When Rabbi Shlomo Schwartz (Schwartzie) received a 6:15 a.m. phone call saying that the World Trade Center had been bombed, he told his caller he\’d been watching too many science fiction movies and advised him to get more sleep.

\”But then, when I received another eight calls in succession, I knew that it was serious,\” Schwartzie told The Journal. Indeed, the mood today in the Los Angeles Jewish community was one of shock, sadness and disbelief as people awoke to images of the devastation and destruction in New York.

17 Years Ago: Armageddon

Rob Eshman September 13, 2001

Early Tuesday morning, my wife and I stared dumbly at the television, mumbling words like hijacked, explosion, collapse. My daughter, 5, looked up from her cereal, confused and frustrated. What language are you speaking? she asked. They were words almost unspoken in American living rooms. But no longer.\n\n

The Circuit

Michael Aushenker September 13, 2001

Theo Wardell Spielberg, son of director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, was Bar Mitzvahed on Aug. 31.

Torah Lover Beats Odds

Beverly Gray September 13, 2001

Joey Schwartzman has a passion for clocks. He is also crazy about street addresses, dates and numbers of any kind. And he has one more enthusiasm not often seen in 15-year-old boys: he loves reading Torah and Haftorah at his synagogue, Westchester\’s B\’nai Tikvah Congregation.

What makes this truly remarkable is the fact that Joey has been diagnosed as autistic. A few years back, he was likely to disrupt services, or fall asleep on a couch outside the sanctuary. But he was fortunate to be part of a warm-hearted community that has known his family for three generations. As his bar mitzvah approached, a congregant with a background in psychological counseling devised a special Hebrew school curriculum for him and another boy with autism.

Terror Strikes Home

Tom Tugend September 13, 2001

September 11, 2001\nLOS ANGELES – Word of the terrorist attacks reached Angelenos when they turned on their radios at breakfast time and the Jewish community immediately went on heightened alert.\n\nThe Jewish Federation building, the nerve center of the Jewish community, was partially staffed by senior personnel, while its agencies serving school children, the elderly and synagogues were fully operational, said John Fishel, president of the Jewish Federation.

Calendar & Singles

Solange Borna September 13, 2001

Kol Tikvah Temple: 9 p.m. Selichot service with coffee and dessert. 20400 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. For more information, call (818) 348-0670.

A Peak Event

Julie Gruenbaum Fax September 13, 2001

The buzz started in small waves when we boarded the plane to Denver. By the time we got on the chartered bus to Vail, it had escalated to a steady stream of handshakes, Jewish geography, smiles of recognition among the newest members of the Wexner Heritage Foundation.

How Wexner Came Back To L.A.

Julie Gruenbaum Fax September 13, 2001

Ben Breslauer didn\’t know much about the Wexner Heritage Foundation, but he knew enough to be impressed.

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