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February 16, 2006
Wandering Jew – Music to My Ears
A voice expert known for coaching singers and nonsingers, and working with deaf and autistic students and contestants for TV shows like \”Extreme Makeover\” and \”American Idol,\” Coury is unique and considered \”revolutionary.\”
Spectator – Young Historians Find Their Genre
When Erica Silverman was looking for a subject for her latest children\’s nonfiction book, she decided to seek inspiration from one of the most famous Jewish writers of all time, Sholom Aleichem.
Monologuist Pulls Plug on Ben Franklin
Josh Kornbluth grew up in a secular, communist household in New York City. He says that he\’s not trying to be flippant when he notes that his parents had an almost \”Talmudic reverence for Marxism.\”
The Grit Behind the Glamour of L.A. Life
Despite having a population of far more than 3 million and a cultural and economic diversity rivaled by very few places, Los Angeles is not quite viewed as a real city by much of the outside world.
‘Fools’ Writer Seeks Happily Ever After
\”I\’m more sensual and romantic than sexual,\” 50-something author Evelyn Duboff says. One might assume otherwise upon viewing \”Fools in Love,\” a theatrical performance of 10 Duboff short stories about her colorful (and sometimes off-color) love life.
Exposing the ‘Truth’ of Life at Warsaw
\”Scream the truth at the world, so the world may know all,\” Dawid Gruber, 19, wrote in his final testament. The place was the Warsaw Ghetto, the time August 1942, and Gruber placed his testament with thousands of other papers and documents on daily life under Nazi rule into 10 tin boxes and buried them in the cellar of the Borochow School.
First Person – A Miraculous Trip
It was a nippy, star-filled Friday night, and we were on our way to a bar mitzvah. We — Julius, my husband of 50 years; our son, David; and I — had traveled from the Valley to Santa Maria for the celebration.
Don’t Ignore the Quiet Majority of Muslims
Most Muslims — and especially American Muslims — cannot fairly be accused of hypersensitivity when it comes to the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. That\’s because most Muslims have not overreacted, despite the stereotypic images served up by the media.
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