A prominent Jewish organization wants to turn the mostly barren desert that is the Negev into a string of tree-lined, thriving communities dotted with verdant parks, flowering fields and pristine waterways.
Temple Ner Tamid: 9:30 a.m. Creational Service. Informal learning-oriented service with a creative, participatory style. Potluck lunch follows.
Wannabe Hollywood writers take over the L.A. Convention Center this weekend for Screenwriting Expo 3, a seminar offering panels, advice from experts, story-pitch meetings with managers and executives from studios, production companies and agencies and a writing tournament.
In its early days, Club Med catered mainly to single swingers, but when business dropped, the management wisely turned some of its resorts into family destinations.
In the past, the dynamic and innovative Pacific Northwestern city of Seattle has been associated with Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, The Pike Street Market, The Space Needle and grunge bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
On Sunday, Nov. 14, come to the second annual Jewish Children\’s Bookfest at the Triangle, Mount Sinai Memorial Park (6150 Mount Sinai Drive, Simi Valley, exit the 118 West at Yosemite).
Cast members from the new \”Ten Commandments\” musical performed for about 120 people at AMIT\’s Cherish The Children dinner on Oct. 25 at Brentwood\’s Luxe Hotel, with the organization event raising money for AMIT\’s 60 schools serving 15,000 at-risk Israeli youth.
Israeli officials are quietly confident that if Yasser Arafat\’s health forces him to leave office, new chances for Israeli-Palestinian accommodation will open up.
Who\’s up and who\’s down in Jewish charities? While a recent snapshot of some of the largest Jewish charities reveals that Jewish fundraising generally is stable, nuances in the numbers reveal the viccissitudes — and why.
How did it happen? How did a respectable candidate like Sen. John F. Kerry lose to President George W. Bush, the fumbling commander-in-chief and avatar of cronyism in government?
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