Worrysome Headlines
James D. Besser
November 1, 2001
If ever a president went into a period of national crisis with a surplus of good will, it was George W. Bush.
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November 1, 2001
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2001
Community Brief, news from around California, los angeles,United States.\n
To Shop Is to Cope
Teresa Strasser
November 1, 2001
I\’m in a Commerce outlet mall feverishly darting from store to store. A swirl of images plays across my frontal lobe.
Our Two Worlds
Rabbi Cheryl Peretz
November 1, 2001
In today\’s world, it is so easy to get caught up in the development and achievement of the many goals we set for ourselves. From the time we are very young, we are trained to begin thinking about what we want to be when we grow up and how we will get there. And as we grow up, those objectives multiply as we consider the many goals we set out to achieve: getting ahead in our careers, earning money, getting married, having children — the list goes on. And, as we continue through life, we set new goals and set out to do all the things necessary to achieve those goals. Once we achieve one goal, we are already planning the next, ready to run out to complete it and move on to another one.
Closed for the Duration
Larry Derfner
November 1, 2001
Whenever there\’s a wave of terror in Israel, the nation\’s hotels come up against a wave of cancellations, and the country\’s entire tourist industry — from five-star hotels to souvenir hawkers — goes into a slump. But in a few months the terror and fear subside, and the tourists come back.
The Forgotten Culture
Naomi Pfefferman
November 1, 2001
He calls them the \”other\” Jews. That\’s because Neil Sheff is partly one of those \”others\” (i.e., Sephardic Jews). In promoting the fifth annual Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival, Sheff, whose ancestors came from the island of Rhodes, promises that anyone who comes to the festival will learn much about a culture that is often forgotten.\n\n
To Laugh Again
Naomi Pfefferman
November 1, 2001
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, club owners told comedian Marc Maron to lay off the topic. But the premiere alternative comic just couldn\’t let it alone.
Secession Won’t Work
Mike Feuer
November 1, 2001
Last month, the ground lurched beneath the crowd trying to split the San Fernando Valley from the rest of Los Angeles. The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) determining whether and how breakup proposals reach the ballot, turned the rallying cry of Valley secessionists on its head. Brushing aside any meaningful definition of \”self-determination,\” LAFCO recommends that a new Valley city initially contract for basic services like police and fire from, well, the existing City of Los Angeles.
Separate Cities Pay Off
Jeff Brain
November 1, 2001
If the people of the San Fernando Valley want to vote to become their own independent city and it is not going to take any money away from the rest of the city, then why should any among us feel we have the right to deny them that right?
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