January 27, 2005

Drugs? NIMBY

Amy Klein January 27, 2005

Two drug-related incidents occurred in the American yeshiva community in Israel last week, which may give all parents pause.

‘Aida’ Not So Tragic for Israeli Maestro

Tom Tugend January 27, 2005

Dan Ettinger looks nothing like the popular image of a classical conductor. The Israeli is making his American debut with the Los Angeles Opera in Verdi\’s \”Aida.\”

Feldshuh Enjoys View From ‘Balcony’

Kelly Hartog January 27, 2005

\”There are three female historical figures that I have wanted to play: Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi and Margaret Thatcher. And the last two haven\’t been offered to me.\”

What Lies Beneath

Rabbi Daniel Greyber January 27, 2005

\”A man sat opposite me in my study one evening: \’Two weeks ago, for the first time in my life I went to the funeral of a man my own age…. He died suddenly over the weekend…. That was two weeks ago.

When Jews Became a ‘Modern’ People

Jacob Neusner January 27, 2005

In the forward of \”After Emancipation: Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity,\” Michael Meyer explains: \”This book is directed especially to a broader readership … that is not likely to have read these essays when they first appeared in scholarly journals…\”

Q & A With Lewis Black

Marc Ballon January 27, 2005

Lewis Black is back. The New York Jewish comic with a razor-sharp tongue and even sharper social and political observations returns to the Southland Feb. 5 at the Wiltern LG after selling out The Grove of Anaheim last year.