When they first started dancing together, Noam Gagnon and Dana Gingras used to lock themselves in a studio for somewhere between five and seven hours a day. Together, they tried to make their bodies react in \”authentic ways,\” irrespective of how high they could jump, how fast they could turn or any other techniques their dance training had already taught them.
Peter Gould had his last drink on Purim night seven years ago — or, more accurately, his last drinks. \”I drank more alcohol in a day than a human body can handle,\” he said, relaxing on a puffy couch in Baltimore in jeans, sneakers and a black knit kipah.
Temple Emanuel was rockin\’ recently when it hosted the Temple Bryant A.M.E. Church Choir that performed with Emanuel\’s choir at a Shabbat Shira Service. The entire congregation and guests were on their feet singing and clapping in joyous rapture.
Contrary to Rob Eshman\’s analysis, protests against \”Paradise Now\” did not increase the film\’s potential audience (\”Not Our Movie,\” March 10). It already commanded attention because of its Golden Globe Award and Oscar nomination and because it was made by a Palestinian (actually an Israeli Arab who lives in Europe) and had a riveting subject: Palestinian suicide bombers.
Levia Pearl Abramowitz died Feb. 21. She is survived by her husband, Nathan; daughters Orit (Yitzchak) Cohen, Sharone and Judy; son, Harold (Lani); and grandchild, Harriet Theodore. Mount Sinai
Being a right-winger nowadays may seem like no laughing matter, but there really are conservatives with a sense of humor. Even ones who tell jokes professionally. Even Jewish ones. And some of them appear at \”Right to Laugh,\” a comic showcase staged most recently at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills earlier this month.
It appears Fox TV\’s \”American Idol\” has a Jewish contestant heading to the finals. Twenty-seven-year-old Elliott Yamin from Virginia, auditioned for the pop star search and singing competition in Boston, and has gone on to make it into the top 24, and then, on March 9, into the top 12.
Hot on the heels of Mardi Gras, a recovering Big Easy will soon play host to the inaugural New Orleans International Jewish Music Festival. The two-day gathering on April 1-2 will celebrate the rebuilding of Jewish New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Visitors to Israel are often looking for a spiritual uplift, and one of the country\’s best-kept secrets for achieving that transcendent state is not found in Jerusalem\’s Old City. Perhaps it is the oxygen-rich air coupled with the high-concentration of relaxing bromide. Or maybe it\’s the lure of natural therapeutic essences in the surroundings of scenic beauty. Simply put, there is no better place to unwind and rejuvenate than in Ein Gedi country.
\”There is no anti-Semitism in Venezuela, we don\’t know what that is,\” declared Bernardo Alvarez, the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States, in his recent two-day trip to Los Angeles to discuss his country\’s Bolivarian Revolution and the changing political landscape of Latin America.
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