\nI sure hope Abe Foxman knows what he\’s doing, because no one else can seem to figure it out.\n\nBy summarily dismissing David Lehrer from his position as regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) here, Foxman has managed to unite a good portion of this often divided community. He has united them against Foxman.
The firing of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Regional Director David Lehrer has stunned and saddened a broad swath of the local Jewish community.
The close of Todd Morgan\’s tenure as chairman of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles could not have come at a more chaotic time: post-Sept. 11, with the umbrella outreach nonprofit still reeling from recent layoffs and its much publicized and scrutinized role in L.A.\’s Jewish Community Centers crisis.
Los Angeles Jewish spokesmen are generally taking a wait-and-see attitude in advance of the upcoming worldwide convention of the Nation of Islam, led by the frequently unpredictable and incendiary Louis Farrakhan.
It\’s been a long and sometimes winding road for neophyte filmmaker Pete Jones.
In the Middle East, \”Nothing is ever forgotten. Nothing is ever forgiven.\”
\nWhat\’s in a Jewish name?\n\nEverything, suggests \”The Royal Tenenbaums\” writer-director Wes Anderson.
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