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January 22, 2004

Kosher Consumers for a New Age

Meet the new kosher consumer: No, it is not a rabbi with a beard down to his navel and payot that graze his shoulders, but practicing Seventh-day Adventist Kay Meager, a mother of three and a first-grade teacher at Conejo Adventist Elementary School. Meager\’s husband, Larry, is senior pastor at the Thousand Oaks Seventh-day Adventist Church and when Meager goes to the supermarket to buy food for her family, a kosher label is the first thing she looks for.

Mix it Once, Mix it Twice

Ask anyone who cooks chicken soup what makes it taste so delicious, and the answer will likely be: \”A pinch of this, a dash of that.\” But no more.

Jacko’s Jewish Kids Going Muslim?

New allegations are being thrown Michael Jackson\’s way, but this time they\’re not child molestation charges. The reclusive Debbie Rowe, Jackson\’s Jewish ex-wife and the mother who surrendered custody of their two children, is worried that the singer is allowing Prince Michael I and Paris Michael Katherine to be converted to Islam.

Stuart D. Buchalter

Stuart D. Buchalter, a prominent Los Angeles corporate and securities attorney and philanthropist, died Jan. 7 at the age of 66.

Your Letters

I was deeply disturbed to read Marc Ballon\’s article on \”Low Wages Force Workers to Struggle\” (Jan. 2). Where is the outcry from the community?

For the Kids

For the Kids, fun facts and information for kids.

The Circuit

The Jewish Community Foundation awarded a $7,500 grant to the Access Center of OPCC (formerly the Ocean Park Community Center). The money will be dedicated to maintaining the project\’s critical core programs to assist homeless youth, adults and families.

Will Sharon Weather Israel ‘Watergate’?

As with President Richard Nixon in the Watergate affair, tapes and an attempted cover-up could be the undoing of Israel\’s scandal-haunted leader.

World Briefs

The World Brief, news, media, info, updates from around the world.

Joe’s Dark Days

With the startling victory of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) in the Iowa caucuses and the dismal third-place finish of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the Democratic presidential deck has been drastically reshuffled.

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