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December 1, 2005

Forget Aesop, Think Kushner

Amy Klein December 1, 2005

children\’s fable \”In God\’s Hands,\” written by Lawrence Kushner and Gary Schmidt, fancifully illustrated by Matthew J. Baek. (Jewish Lights Publishing, $16.99). Kushner\’s other children\’s books include \”Because Nothing Looks Like God\” (Jewish Lights, 2000) and among his adult books is \”The Way Into: Jewish Mystical Tradition\” (Jewish Lights, 2004), Schmidt is the author of Newbery Honor Book \”Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy\” (Clarion, 2004).

Jews Who Can Hit

Jewish Journal Staff December 1, 2005

The 2006 edition of Jewish baseball cards features \”newly discovered\” Jewish players and Jewish players from the 1940s women\’s league. The set of 55 also includes cards for the 13 Jews who played last year in the major leagues

Madonna and the Elusive Isaac

Gaby Friedman December 1, 2005

Now, on her latest album \”Confessions on a Dance Floor,\” the track that is receiving the most attention and critical acclaim is one called \”Isaac.\” About a month before the CD\’s release on Nov. 15, rabbis in Israel claimed the song was about Rabbi Isaac Luria, the 16th-century kabbalist better known as the Arizal, and they blasted Madonna for using his holy name for profit.

Gift the Tree, Enjoy the Fruit

Mark L. Hefter December 1, 2005

There is a financial strategy that allows you to help Israel — and yourself. It can provide you or your loved ones with increased income for life, reduce your current tax burden and help you meet a variety of estate planning and personal goals — all while leaving a lasting legacy.

Jews Thriving on Peace of the Rock

Hilary Leila Krieger December 1, 2005

Long before there was a State of Israel, there was a state of the Jews. Its name was Gibraltar, and it was ceded to Conversos — Spanish Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism — in 1474 at the urging of Pedro de Herrera of Cordoba, himself a Converso.
Herrera convinced the Duke of Medina Sidonia, who had led the recapture of Gibraltar from the Moors in 1462, that special taxes and costs born by Conversos to build homes and maintain a cavalry on the rock would make it worth his financial while to give the Conversos control, as is detailed in a small book devoted to the subject published in 1976. For two years, 4,350 Conversos lived in Gibraltar, until the duke decided he would rather run the show and forced them to return to Cordoba and, ultimately, to the clutches of the Inquisition.

7 Days in The Arts

Keren Engelberg December 1, 2005

The weekly listing of arts events in the Los Angeles region for the week of December 3rd through 9th, 2005.

Italian Entry Locked Out of Oscar Race

Tom Tugend December 1, 2005

Even the annual Oscar competition can\’t stay clear of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\nThis year, the brouhaha is about \”Private,\” a film centering on a Palestinian West Bank family whose home is temporarily taken over by a squad of Israeli soldiers.\n\”Private,\” the work of Italian director Saverio Costanzo, was shot by an Italian crew and was selected as Italy\’s official entry in the foreign language film Oscar category.\nIt was promptly rejected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which accepted entries from 57 other countries, including Israel and the not-yet nation of Palestine.

Enter Three Little Maidelehs

Gaby Friedman December 1, 2005

For strictly observant women, being Orthodox can often mean putting a kibosh on artistic aspirations. Halachic prohibitions against singing and dancing in front of men means that many women who enjoy those art forms find they have little opportunity to perform.

Enter Margy Horowitz, a Los Angeles-based piano teacher from Chicago who\’d heard about all-women\’s productions in her hometown from a friend. Intrigued, she started envisioning an all-women\’s production for Los Angeles with women not only just in the cast, but also in the audience.

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