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April 24, 2003

A Family Affair

In his 86th year and in his 86th movie, Kirk Douglas has fulfilled a long-cherished dream by uniting his clan in the film, "It Runs in the Family."

True Tales From the Holocaust and After

Until recently, the word Drohobycz (pronounced "Dro-ho-bit-ch") sounded to most American readers like an exotic Eastern European tongue twister.

New Releases Keep Shoah an Open Book

>\”The secret of redemption is remembrance,\” as a sign announces in Israel\’s Yad Vashem, an institution dedicated to remembering the Holocaust.

L.A. GOAL Opens ‘Doors’ at Skirball

Sherrie has cerebral palsy, which causes her hands to tremble. So when she was hired to work as an artist for L.A. GOAL in Culver City, she was concerned.

Flamboyant Ballet

When Boris Eifman\’s ballet, \”Tchaikovsky: The Mystery of Life and Death,\” premiered in Moscow in 1993, angry picketers surrounded the concert hall.

On The Road

Here\’s what you miss when you go on an organized mission to Israel: You miss the closed-top market in Rosh Ayin, where sellers out-shout
each other over megaphones, "Underwear, girls\’ underwear, three for 10 shekels."

Haitian Songs

The following piece was written after a recent trip to Haiti, during which a delegation from MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger was hosted by the Lambi Fund, one of MAZON\’S longtime grantees.

7 Days In Arts

Having survived the eight days, you\’re back to breaking bread, but questions about the Passover holiday still linger.

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