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March 9, 2006

Is the ‘Wicked Man’ Just Misunderstood?

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman March 9, 2006

Admit it. Don\’t you feel just a little uncomfortable on Purim night, beating the tar out of Haman, shouting him down, cheering ecstatically at his demise? Doesn\’t it bother you just a little bit that the same tradition that encourages us to spill drops of wine at the seder in memory of suffering Egyptian slave drivers also encourages us to drink ourselves silly while hanging Haman and drowning out the very mention of his name?

Obituaries

Jewish Journal March 9, 2006

Rabbi Zalman Ury, Day School System Leader, Dies at 92\nRabbi Zalman Ury, who dedicated more than 50 years to building Jewish education in Los Angeles and was rabbi emeritis at Young Israel of Beverly Hills, died last month at the age of 92.

Weisz Gets Gold; ‘Munich’ Out in the Cold

Tom Tugend March 9, 2006

\”Munich\” and \”Paradise Now,\” two films subjected to considerable controversy in the American Jewish community and Israel, came up empty-handed at Sunday evening\’s Academy Awards ceremonies.\nNot at all controversial was the selection of Rachel Weisz as best supporting actress in \”The Constant Gardner,\” in which she plays a passionate activist fighting an international pharmaceutical company.

L’Chaim to Kitsch!

Yasha Levine March 9, 2006

In a dark spotlight-lit stage, a man in a long, black suit; yarmulke; and tallit slung over one shoulder fervently sings into a microphone, while a dance troupe in similar — but sexier — garb twirls behind him.
He\’s not a cantor. He\’s not a rabbi. He\’s not even religious. He is Evgeni Valevich, a performer whose repertoire includes a program of Russian Jewish music in the genre called Estrada. Estrada may be a genre unknown to Westerners, but to Russians, the term is immediately recognizable.

Boyle Heights JCC

Tom Tugend March 9, 2006

Someone has demolished a part of Los Angeles Jewish history and at this point no one in the Jewish community or even the city\’s building department seems to know who did it and why. The architecturally significant Soto-Michigan Jewish Community Center, the focal point of Jewish social and political community life in Boyle Heights from the early 1930s to the late 1950s, has disappeared under the wrecking ball.

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