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May 1, 2003
Israeli Folk Dance Fever Hits OC Feet
The songs of prayer and worship that Eyal Reuveni remembers as a toddler living in Israel seemed like muted background music from a distant time and place.
Holocaust Writing Contest Winners Announced
Themes for this year\’s submissions to the fourth Holocaust writing contest by Chapman University\’s Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education ranged from defiant public protesters in Berlin to the instigators of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising to hate mongers from Hitler to Osama bin Laden.
BJE Selects ‘Leaf’ for Reading Initiative
Written by Milton Steinberg, the book is based on a historical character, a renegade rabbi who lived during the Roman conquest of Judea and was excommunicated.
Lieberman Raises Funds in Newport Beach
When Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Lieberman made an April visit to Newport Beach, Orange County\’s most Republican stronghold, he found an attentive group of about 100 people at a $1,000-a-person fundraiser at the private Pacific Club.
Center Construction Moves Ahead Despite Shortfall
\”We\’re moving ahead as originally scheduled,\” said Ralph Stern, of Tustin, who is leading fundraising. In a communitywide appeal in May 2002, he promised a fiscally conservative stance: construction would start when financial goals were met.
Israel: Independence and Remembrance
Events remembering Israel\’s fallen soldiers, on May 6, and celebrating the nation\’s founding, officially May 7, include two local benefits to address gaping needs of Israelis.
Community
The master legmaker common to both athletes is Shahr Lopatin, 51, who found his career calling visiting a friend in the amputee ward of an Israeli army hospital during the Six-Day War in 1967.
Helluva Ball Club
First in war. First in peace. Last in the American League. — Legendary pundit remark about the old Washington Senators (later the Texas Rangers, formerly owned by President Bush).
Going Kabbalistic
Andrew Eiser of Los Alamitos doesn\’t have the time in his busy work schedule to devote to the teachings of kabbalah, the study of Jewish mysticism.
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