Los Angeles largely ignored Arnold Schoenberg, arguably the most influential and controversial composer of the 20th century, when he labored at USC and UCLA during the last 17 years of his life.\n\nAs if to make up for the slight, the city\’s musical and cultural institutions will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Schoenberg\’s death with an array of concerts, lectures and symposia through next March.
Interfaith relations between Christians and Jews have become a feel-good cliché among the well-meaning and a target of satire, a la Tom Lehrer\’s \”National Brotherhood Week,\” among cynics.\n\nFor readers in either category, the two-hour documentary, \”Jews and Christians: A Journey of Faith,\” provides a first-class history lesson and an antidote against oversimplification and easy stereotypes. The documentary will air Dec. 7 on PBS station KCET, starting at 10:30 p.m.
Getting cast in Steven Soderbergh\’s \”Ocean\’s 11,\” says Carl Reiner, was kind of like a scene from the Las Vegas heist movie.
\”Uprising,\” the TV miniseries about the Warsaw Resistance, is being released in theaters Dec. 7, and on DVD and VHS Dec. 18. Some actors shared with The Journal their personal experiences on the set.\n\n
Barnes & Noble: 2 p.m. Author Peter J. Levinson discusses and signs \”September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle,\” a book about the famous band leader.
Chanukah is a time to recall the miracle that occurred more than 2,000 years ago when the flame in the Holy Temple was relit with a one-day supply of oil that lasted for eight days.
We realized that Chanukah was coming when we smelled the aromas from the bakeries in the Jewish Quarter of the city, where we all lived.
The news from Israel these days takes me back to 165 BCE. We all know the story: The Maccabees, a small band of Jewish rebels, fight the mighty Syrians who rule the land and have desecrated the Temple.
When you have to take medicine and immediately think about adding \”A Spoonful of Sugar,\” you can thank Robert and Richard Sherman,
better known as the Sherman Brothers.
Why wait till tashlich to celebrate your Judaism at the beach? On Dec. 16, Pacific Jewish Center (PJC) will commemorate its recently wrapped renovations with a rousing Chanukah party.
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