7 Days in The Arts… \”Auld Lang Syne\” it with the Santa Monica Playhouse this year, as it presents its New Year\’s Eve dinner theater event, \”Sing Sholom Aleichem.\” Highlights from the playhouse\’s repertoire of Jewish musicals will be featured in two cabaret performances.
We\’re not saying we believe any of this, mind you, but, yes, Jews, too, like to peek at horoscopes. But up until now, something\’s been missing — that Jewish touch. Sure, you could count on Bubbe and Zayde to dispense career advice and to forecast general doom, but that hardly suffices. And, yes, there are always those well-meaning, pushy relatives to talk up eligible singles as the man or woman of your future.
An unscientific, random sample of moviegoers who turned out for the new Steven Spielberg\’s film, \”Munich,\” overwhelmingly liked what they saw. All of these patrons saw the film at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.
Cecile Abers , died Nov. 26 at 90. She is survived by her husband, Emanuel; daughter, Laurie; one grandchild; and sister, Beverly Sloane. Malinow and Silverman
Kudos to Darcy Vebber for her evocative account of childhood Christmases in the Arizona desert and her spiritual journey to Judaism as an adult (\”A Midnight Clear,\” Dec. 23), particularly fitting this year, when Christmas Day and the first night of Chanukah happen to coincide. The \”surrender of her past,\” as she terms it, is described with poetic grace and an open heart exquisitely attuned to the feelings that underlie most religious experience: \”the longing for peace and the connection to something holy.\”
This section of the page will be a way for you as kids to sound off on an issue. This month\’s kein v\’ lo (yes and no) is about New Year\’s. Should Jews care as much about the regular New Year as we do Rosh Hashanah? Here\’s some info for both sides of the argument.
\”It\’s cozy out here,\” says Arthur Golden, author of \”Memoirs of a Geisha.\” Out here is in the Japanese garden in the back of Elixir, a teahouse in West Hollywood.
Here are a handful of people to watch in the coming 12 months — some on the way up; some on the way down.
Some 50 South Indian villagers are spread out along the sandy beach. Women clad in brightly colored saris converse in groups, while men repair fishing nets. Teenage boys playfully tackle each other.
Then, the residents of Vellakoil get some news from fellow clansmen: Dangerous weather is on the way.
A year ago, when the tsunami hit, 19 died in this village of less than 500; 14 were children. And everyone\’s house and belongings were washed away.
This time, they are ready.
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