That Pioneer Spirit
Michael Aushenker
October 4, 2001
On Oct. 11, City of Hope will honor Edgar Bronfman Jr. with its Spirit of Life Award.
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October 4, 2001
Embezzling Charges Dropped
Tom Tugend
October 4, 2001
Charges of embezzling more than $1 million against a former bookkeeper at the Los Angeles campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion have been dismissed by the judge in the case.
Inclusion’s Importance
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
October 4, 2001
When Georgia Freedman-Harvey\’s son was born with a rare genetic disorder, she and her husband discovered \”the invisibility factor\” for Jewish children with special needs.
Fundraising Fears
Michael Aushenker
October 4, 2001
It is quickly becoming the largest philanthropic campaign ever mounted.
The Many Faces Of One God
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
October 4, 2001
Religion is multifaceted. The task of every responsible religious observer is to sort out the healthy from the unhealthy elements within faith, to distinguish the moral from the immoral aspects of belief.
Jew’s-Eye View TV
Catherine Seipp
October 4, 2001
Larry David is notoriously prickly. Still, at a recent HBO press conference for \”Curb Your Enthusiasm,\” the television series starring the comedy writer as himself (the second season premiered Sept. 23), he made a game effort to be brightly quotable. \”I might be the first bald man to actually be starring in a television comedy since Phil Silvers,\” David began.
Goldwyn’s Roar
Tom Tugend
October 4, 2001
Shmuel Gelbfisz was born in a Polish shtetl, the son of an unsuccessful second-hand furniture dealer. He studied in a cheder and at age 12, the penniless boy walked across Europe, took steerage to America, and \”Anglicized\” his name to Sam Goldfish. In 1918, he had graduated from glove salesman to budding Hollywood producer. He renamed and reinvented himself once more and became Sam Goldwyn.
Festival Explores Identity
Naomi Pfefferman
October 4, 2001
Actor-writer Doug Kaback never belonged to a synagogue while growing up in a non-Jewish area of Palos Verdes. He didn\’t receive any religious education or become a bar mitzvah.
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