Tourists Pass on Israeli Passover
Jessica Steinberg
March 7, 2002
It\’s known as the holiday of freedom, but Passover this year in Israel will likely be remembered for its sense of restriction.
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March 7, 2002
The Basketball Diaries
Carin Davis
March 7, 2002
Two standout Jewish hoop stars headlining the Pac-10 basketball tournament? It\’s all part of March Madness. David Bluthenthal, USC\’s 22-year-old small forward, and Amit Tamir, UC Berkeley\’s 22-year-old forward/center, each look to lead their team to the conference title at the March 7-9 tournament at Staples Center.
Mind, Body and Soul
Carin Davis
March 7, 2002
What do women want? Happiness, family and to shed those last 10 pounds. Women can learn how to accomplish all this and more at an educational conference produced by women and designed to meet the needs and wants of women.
A Hit-and-Miss Charity Event
Michael Aushenker
March 7, 2002
TV producer Barry Poznick has learned to juggle many balls in his life, but this week, he\’s going to have to throw them. On Friday, March 9, his company will sponsor the first Celebrity Dodgeball Tournament, benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
‘Big Bad’ Debra
Naomi Pfefferman
March 7, 2002
In a sunny hotel room overlooking the Pacific, Debra Winger is telling Jewish tales as big and bad as \”Big Bad Love,\” her first film since abruptly quitting show business seven years ago. Her turquoise eyes well up and her raspy voice breaks as she breathlessly describes attending Manhattan\’s Congregation B\’nai Jeshurun a couple of days before her son, Noah, became bat mitzvah in 2000. \”It was the first time I was ever called to the Torah,\” says Winger, who wasn\’t allowed to have a bar mitzvah growing up in the Valley. \”My Orthodox grandmother wouldn\’t hear of a girl on the bimah.\”
A Hand From the West
Wendy J. Madnick
March 7, 2002
Lay leader Marcy Howard said it was the biggest turnout she has ever seen at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus in West Hills on Super Sunday.
Mission to Heal the World
Charlotte Hildebrand
March 7, 2002
The event is expected to draw Jews, religious leaders and environmentalists from around the country and overseas.
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