As Easy as Aleph, Bet, Gimmel
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
November 7, 2002
\”It\’s no sin to be a lefty and she\’s always right,\” instructs Rabbi Elie Stern of Westwood Kehilla in West Los Angeles.
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November 7, 2002
Sharon’s Elections Gambit
Leslie Susser
November 7, 2002
Early elections may not have been Ariel Sharon\’s first choice, but his decision to go to the polls as soon as possible enables the savvy Israeli prime minister to make a number of political and diplomatic gains.
By calling the shots, Sharon comes across as a powerful leader still setting the national agenda. By calling elections for late January, he makes it difficult for the Labor Party, which left his government only last week, to establish itself as a credible opposition force.
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Jewish Journal
November 7, 2002
Letters to the Editor, Point of View in response to Articles.
Mom, Can We Keep Him?
Rachel Brand
November 7, 2002
If your kids are out of the house and you\’re experiencing empty-nest syndrome, how about considering adoption?
JAKKS Jumps for Children
Rachel Brand
November 7, 2002
When the Jewish actor-comedian wanted to do something to help brighten the lives of Israeli children wounded in suicide bombings, he contacted his friend Stephen Berman, president and COO of JAKKS Pacific toy company.
The collaborative effort resulted in a donation and shipment of more than 500 toys to hospitals in Tel Aviv, each with a personal note from Sandler included. However, while the celebrity\’s name was probably the most recognizable to the children, it was the lesser-acclaimed Berman whose massive donation made the whole thing possible.
Storybook Romance
Keren Engelberg
November 7, 2002
Kathy Angel Eisenberg and David Eisenberg first met at Rose Nails salon in Woodland Hills. David was taking his 16-year-old daughter to get a manicure and Kathy was bringing her kids with her for her own appointment. The kids were \”bouncing off the walls,\” Kathy said. David quickly assured her that as the kids get older, \”it only gets worse.\”
And with that opener, a romance was born. The two were married this past August and are working on creating a personalized storybook to record their love story for posterity.
Behind the Music: The Wedding Singer
Michael Aushenker
November 7, 2002
In the 1998 hit comedy \”The Wedding Singer,\” the eponymous character was a nice Jewish boy named Robbie. At the Sept. 2 Century City Park Hyatt reception of 30-something newlyweds Daphna Ghozland and David Hollander, the wedding singer is a nice Jewish boy named Robbie. True, the latter — singer/pianist/bandleader Robbie Helperin — will occasionally perform the odd \’80s pop song with his Simcha Orchestra as Adam Sandler did in the movie, but that\’s where the parallels end, or at least, that\’s where Helperin would like them to end.\n\n\”It was kind of painful to watch,\” Helperin said of the movie that immortalized his profession as a \”Loserville\” populated by \”creepy musicians,\” in his words.
New ‘I Do’ Tunes
Suzanne Weiss
November 7, 2002
\”If music be the food of love, play on,\” wrote Shakespeare four centuries ago. And all this time, the music has been playing and lovers have been listening.
Tradition tends to govern the choices Jewish couples make in music for their wedding ceremonies. A number of Bay Area experts agree that the old Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches are out and Israeli music is in, but opinions are mixed about \”Sunrise, Sunset\” from \”Fiddler on the Roof.\”
A Jewish World Without Denominations
Michael Berenbaum
November 7, 2002
A new president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) was inaugurated in a moving ceremony held Oct. 13 in the ornate Plum Street Temple in downtown Cincinnati.
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