Wingman Wanted
Carin Davis
November 14, 2002
Oh where, oh where did my single friends go? Seems the chicks in my clique are all dating, married or hauling around gargantuan diamonds.
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November 14, 2002
What’s the Beef?
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
November 14, 2002
A number of years ago, during the O.J. Simpson trial, I had a conversation with a non-Jewish merchant who told me that right after Simpson was arrested, he met a good friend of Simpson\’s at church. At the conclusion of the service, the merchant happened to stand right behind this man as he thanked the minister for his homily and then asked him, \”Reverend, would you please pray for O.J.\”
A New Home for Hillel
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 14, 2002
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller walks out of his office at the University Religious Conference, locking the door on its matted and stained rust-colored carpet, which for years has been covered with stacks of books and journals. On his way out, he doesn\’t bother to glance into the musty student lounge because he knows students don\’t hang out there. As he emerges onto Hilgard Avenue, he lets the glass-and-steel door swing shut on the building where UCLA Hillel has been housed since the 1950s.
An Orthodox Pursuit
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
November 14, 2002
This year the group has grown to about 40 students, having built up a community through informal and formal Judaic classes and study partnerships, Shabbatons and a Thursday night \”parsha and pizza\” group.
Lung Donor Needed to Save Young Life
Michael Aushenker
November 14, 2002
On a cool November evening, the Avrech family — Robert, Karen, and Ariel — sit within the cozy confines of their Pico-Robertson home, where an Emmy Award that Robert won for his 1999 Holocaust-themed drama, \”The Devil\’s Arithmetic,\” graces the mantle.
Hands-On Form of Philanthropy Grows
Marc Ballon
November 14, 2002
Ari Engelberg has always taken a personal interest in those less fortunate than himself.
Whether tutoring third- and fourth-graders in math and English while at UC Berkeley or coaching an inner-city youth basketball team as a UCLA law student, Engelberg has long dedicated himself to tikkun olam, the Jewish mission of repairing and improving the world.
Pet Project
Tom Tugend
November 14, 2002
Dr. Yonatan \”Yoni\” Peres acknowledges that being the son of former Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres can be a mixed blessing.\n\n\”The name helps open some doors,\” he said, \”but sometimes it closes them.\”
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