The news that three Israeli movies are about to open at local commercial theaters may not shake the foundations of Hollywood, but for the small Israeli film industry, it\’s a big breakthrough.
Michael Berenbaum, a first-rate scholar and writer, who was founding director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has produced, in effect, a traveling museum, or in barely more than two score pages, a traveling museum exhibit.
\”I came to klezmer quite by accident,\” said virtuoso clarinetist David Krakauer.\n\nHe was a noted classical musician around 1987 when a chance encounter on a Manhattan bus changed the direction of his career.
Tricia called Jewish National Fund (JNF) to find out if she could plant a tree in Israel for each guest invited to Danielle\’s bat mitzvah. \”It turns out JNF has exactly such a program set up already,\” Tricia said.
The service was uneventful (including the requisite rabbi\’s sermon on \”The Passion\”). The party was great — classy in a way affairs that expensive rarely succeed in being. But as the day progressed, a subtle feeling I barely remembered kept sneaking up on me. The insecurity of 13.
So you\’re going to have a mitzvah — whether it is a bar or a bat, the planning begins early.
The index-card box is one of the most important items in your home and is referred to each time an affair is coming up — as well as when you need a gift for that person\’s party.
\”I don\’t want a bat mitzvah,\” she told her parents. \”It\’s just for you and your relatives. You don\’t even need me there. So why don\’t you just throw your own party?\”
It had been perfectly planned. For my brother\’s bar mitzvah reception, each member of our family was responsible for sitting with and entertaining a particular constituency.
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