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January 31, 2002
On Hertzberg’s Horizon
Even though Robert Hertzberg will step down from the speakership of the California Assembly on Feb. 6, he still has plenty to say. The Sherman Oaks Democrat, as a rule, keeps busy.
He’s Always Been Fyvush
Comedy Nite 2002 started out as a fundraising evening for Hillel at Pierce and Valley colleges on Saturday, Jan. 26. It quickly turned into a mutual admiration society meeting when Fyvush Finkel showed up. The evening\’s honoree gave as good as he got, praising Hillel for providing \”a bissel of Yiddishkeit\” and encouraging the parents in the audience to \”tell these students never to give up.\”
Opening ‘The Box’
Like most of his grad student peers at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), Rabbi Brian Zachary Mayer always thought he would eventually become a pulpit rabbi, even taking an assistant rabbi position at a prominent San Fernando Valley synagogue as training for the day he would lead his own congregation.
A magazine with attitude
She\’s young, sexy, defiant and Jewish. And now, journalist Jennifer Bleyer has created a magazine that is … well, young, sexy, defiant and Jewish.
Skiing With a Purpose
As people shoosh down the California mountains, one group will be getting more than just snow: Torah.
Skiing in God’s Country
A California gal for most of my life, I endured jabs and digs about the dearth of culture and the abundance of silicone in our fair city during my two-year stint in New York. (I am neither blessed with blond hair nor an 18-inch Malibu Barbie waistline, nevertheless my East Coast friends had many a laugh at the expense of my geography.)
It was on a weekend ski trip to Vermont that I got to wave my California banner with pride.
Contemporary Commandments
There is little doubt that Aseret Ha-dibrot, the Ten Commandments, form the centerpiece of Parshat Yitro and probably the entire Torah.
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