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August 26, 2004

Chabad Cafe Makes Waves in Malibu

Evan Pondel August 26, 2004

The recently mounted mezuzah on the front door of a soon-to-be opened restaurant in Malibu is symbolic for many reasons.

It marks the first kosher eatery to open in the seaside community. It also symbolizes Chabad of Malibu\’s first foray into mainstream life in a city of surfers and celebrities.

Chabad has been cultivating its surf town persona since 2001, purchasing several buildings and a house across the street from the Malibu Pier. A sign posted in front of the property portrays the silhouette of a Chabadnik riding a surfboard.

Back to Breed Street

Gaby Wenig August 26, 2004

\”Boyle Heights was the Ellis Island of Los Angeles,\” said City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa at the Breed Street Shul Open Day on Sunday, Aug. 22. \”And this shul was the mother of all synagogues.\”

But the \”mother of all synagogues,\” which opened in 1923, was abandoned by its few remaining congregants in 1996, and left to molder away — unused and unprotected from the elements — in Boyle Heights, a primarily Latino neighborhood.

Until now.

Community Briefs

Jewish Journal August 26, 2004

The Brief, news from around the United States.

Want vs. Need

Jewish Journal August 26, 2004

Ki Tetze contains more commandments than any other Torah portion. Some commandments studding the text cause us to crinkle our brow. Rather than general ethical maxims, they are ethical baby steps — commandments that seem to be trying to toddle away from Hammurabi\’s Code of Laws and more severe systems.

20-Somethings

Amy Klein August 26, 2004

Do you remember what it\’s like to be in your 20s?

Spirit of Sportsmanship Boycotts Israel

Franklin Foer August 26, 2004

The Olympic Games are, of course, more than just games. As Bob Costas and the event\’s organizers constantly remind the world, they are a festival of humanity, a great coming together, the one moment when the planet gathers in a friendly spirit of healthy competition. Dogging your viewing of pummel-horse routines and synchronized diving, there is ample talk of the \”Olympic movement,\” a phrase intended to highlight these aspirations.

Last week, however, as the Athens games got under way, an Iranian judo champion exposed the hollowness of this rhetoric. Rather than compete against an Israeli, Arash Miresmaeili quit the Olympics entirely. As he told the Iranian government\’s official news service: \”I refuse to fight my Israeli opponent to sympathize with the suffering of the people of Palestine, and I do not feel upset at all.\”

Jewish Vote Polls Miss Big Picture

Arnold Steinberg August 26, 2004

A new poll claims 75 percent of Jews favor John Kerry.

Anna Greenberg said her findings prove President Bush has made \”literally no progress\” among Jewish voters.

\”Something smells here,\” responded Matt Brooks.

Democrat Greenberg\’s poll was funded by the pro-Kerry National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), and the NJDC published her poll. It predictably shows that Jews overwhelmingly back Kerry.

Cancer and Secrets

Homa Shadpour-Michaelson August 26, 2004

I have cancer. It\’s thyroid cancer, which has metastasized. In every bone in my body there is a tumor eating it from the inside out.

That\’s why I was at the Cedars-Sinai Outpatient Cancer Center on June 25, 2003, having a bone infusion. I sat there on one of those comfortable chairs as the drug slowly slipped into my veins to make my bones stronger.

And that\’s where I saw her — an old friend and a former client who emigrated from Iran. We were so happy to see one another. She was there with a friend, who was there perhaps for a reason similar to mine.

Jewish Advocacy, Guerrilla Style

Gaby Wenig August 26, 2004

The set is a converted garage in Pico-Robertson. Eight Hollywood hopefuls dressed in T-shirts and cargo pants, holding shovels and frying pans, are waiting for the camera to start rolling.

A boom mike looms overhead and a klieg light shines in their faces, but for screenwriter Shlomo Heimler, these things matter less than the fact that for him this shoot, which advertises volunteering in Israel, is one with soul.

\”This is the most meaningful work I have ever done,\” the 38-year-old former advertising art director said. \”When you go to work, there are typically no emotions involved, but this is all heart and soul, for everyone.\”

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