\”Mr. Reeve is an inspirational figure who has a unique story to tell Israel and the world,\” said Yuval Rotem, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, who invited Christopher Reeve to visit Israel and convinced the foreign ministry in Jerusalem to follow through.
When Temple Beth Am of Los Angeles extended a konnichi wa during Saturday services to its Japanese visitors, they answered \”Shabbat shalom.\” Small Hands, a group of Japanese goodwill ambassadors, ages 12-18, offered a cultural exchange on its July 26 visit.
\”Who\’s A Jew\” may be our tribe\’s favorite trivia game, but when it came to Bob Hope — who died July 27 at 100 — his ski-slope nose gave it away: the comedian was not Jewish.
Does Gov. Davis expect the 67 percent of the Jews that vote for the Democratic Party to become whores and support him for the $40.2 million donated to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Zimmer Museum and the Skirball Museum (\”Davis Recall Fight Plays Jewish Card\” July 25)?
Inside the cafeteria next to Hebrew University\’s Frank Sinatra Building, Arab and Jewish students gather for lunch. Though they sit at separate tables, they chat and laugh together, seemingly carefree.
With the Mideast "road map" inching forward and a new Palestinian leadership gaining traction both at home and in Washington, Jewish leaders here — with the usual exceptions — are ready to give peace a chance.
After President Bush\’s late July meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers, one thing is clear: Ariel Sharon no longer will have things all his own way in Washington.
When Esther Goshen-Gottstein\’s husband of 39 years died, she felt like her world had crumbled. \”The bottom had fallen out my life, as in an earthquake, when the ground on which one has stood firmly for years suddenly collapses,\” she writes in \”Surviving Widowhood\” (Gefen, 2002).
e Fridays, if I\’m lucky, I get to eat pastrami with Irv and Eddie at Langer\’s, the great old delicatessen on Seventh and Alvarado streets across from MacArthur Park. Irv and Eddie are in their 80s, so the fight over the check begins before they even order anything.
\”Keeping Ahead of Winter\” written and illustrated by Ruth Silnes (Xlibris Corporation, $21.99).
Run a Google search of \”Jews\” plus \”boats\” and you\’ll likely come up with something about steamships and Ellis Island.
Then there\’s Ruth Silnes, one Jewish mariner who refuses to go into dry dock.
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