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May 12, 2005

UCLA Project Seeks Picture of L.A. Jews

Tom Tugend May 12, 2005

There\’s more to Jewish Los Angeles than Hollywood, outsider perceptions notwithstanding, and a wide-ranging UCLA project aims to paint a fuller and more accurate picture of the metropolis\’ 650,000 Jews.\n\n\”Los Angeles is one of the greatest Jewish cities in the Diaspora, the second largest in the United States, and it is time to subject it to serious inquiry,\” said historian David N. Myers, director of the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies (CJS).\n\nThe inquiry by the center, joined by the Autry National Center and the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, will focus on two critical questions:

Calendar

Keren Engelberg May 12, 2005

KEREN\’S CORNER, lectures, arts and entertainment, and events around town.

Prelude to a Tragedy

Tom Tugend May 12, 2005

Filmmaker Yehuda Maayan read a brief news story a couple of years ago about a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, who blew up a Tel Aviv café, killing herself and a 22-year- old Israeli woman.\n\nThe item started Maayan thinking and writing about the lives and attitudes of the two women and what led to their violent deaths.\n\nThe result is a 29-minute film, \”Dry in the Mouth,\” which will be screened at the Workmen\’s Circle/Arbeter Ring this Friday evening.

7 Days in Arts

Keren Engelberg May 12, 2005

For a more tolerable Barney that the kids\’ll still enjoy, take them to the Geffen\’s Saturday Scene this morning.

Letters

Jewish Journal May 12, 2005

Letters to the Editor, Point of View in response to Articles.

Kids Page

Abby Gilad May 12, 2005

In Los Angeles, our Israel Festival is on May 15 at Woodley Park in Van Nuys.

The Circuit

Julie Gruenbaum Fax May 12, 2005

Shoshanim, a magazine for Jewish teenage girls, is celebrating its fifth year in publication with a newly designed Web site, new features and an upgraded layout.

Cease-Fire Appears on Verge of Collapse

Leslie Susser May 12, 2005

Just three months after it was ushered in at a peace summit in February, there are growing signs that the cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians may be on the verge of collapse.

Briefs

Jewish Journal May 12, 2005

President Bush is expected to sign legislation that gives $200 million in aid to support the Palestinians.

Fired AIPAC Official Foresees Indictment

Edwin Black May 12, 2005

Steve Rosen, recently terminated as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee\’s (AIPAC) policy director in the wake of an FBI investigation, expects to be indicted as soon as June, according to sources who know the case.

Rosen has suggested to sources that if he were indicted, he would want an opportunity to clear his name. Rosen expects that a trial could begin as early as January 2006 and already is preparing for a long defense, according to multiple sources.

Along with AIPAC\’s former senior Iran analyst, Keith Weissman, and former Pentagon Iran analyst Larry Franklin, Rosen has been targeted by the FBI\’s counterintelligence division for allegedly verbally passing classified information to Israel.

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