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March 11, 2004
Divine Wedding
Years ago, my husband and I climbed the alleged Mount Sinai, the Perseus shower streaked the Egyptian night sky with shooting stars.
Jewish Groups Meet Bush at Conclave
President Bush hugged a cantor, listened to an Orthodox high school choir, walked with an addict-turned-rabbi and heard success stories of the Jewish-based Beit T\’Shuvah addiction treatment center during his March 3 Southern California visit.
Valley Cities JCC Slated to Shut Down
For more than 50 years, Valley Cities Jewish Community Center (JCC) has served as a magnet for San Fernando Valley Jews, a one-stop shop that offers a panoply of services, ranging from nursery school for the young to lectures for seniors.
Thriving Silverlake Faces Closure Peril
As the Valley Cities Jewish Community Center slips into a coma and the health of other JCCs declines, the Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center not only has survived but thrived. That makes it all the more strange the center is in danger of shutting down.
Study of Federations Finds Job Sexism
While a new report says that sexism pervades the North American Jewish federation system, in Los Angeles, the facts paint a much more positive picture of gender equality.
Caltech Seeks the Complete Einstein
He was a lifelong atheist who was offered the presidency of the State of Israel.\n\nHe was a dedicated pacifist who helped usher in the atomic age.\n\nHe was a modest man whose face may be the most familiar one in the world.\n\nThough pictured mainly as a frail, unkempt old man, he was adored by women, fathered an illegitimate child when he was 23 and after marriage engaged in a number of extramarital affairs.\n\nThe complex and contradictory man was, of course, Albert Einstein, one of the greatest intellects of all ages, who radically transformed our understanding of the universe.
Celebrating 10 Years of ‘Schindler’s List’
Ten years have passed since the premiere of \”Schindler\’s List,\” but the emotional impact of the film and its aftermath remain intense, not least for its creators, actors and the survivors whose lives were depicted.
My Culture War
I understand that by many peoples\’ standards, Stern is indecent, but he has been so for a long, long time. The incident that prompted Clear Channel to dump him, and for which the FCC may levy fines, has been so commonplace on his program that it could have been mistaken for a promo spot.
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