Superskater and silver Olympic medalist Sasha Cohen lit up the runway recently at the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style event in Beverly Hills. It was a night of chowing down on yummy foods and stargazing as the Rodeo Drive Committee celebrated the illustrious careers of costume designers Edith Head (posthumous), James Acheson and Milena Canonero.
Aaron \”Red\” Finkel, who volunteered to become one of Israel\’s first fighter pilots during the War of Independence, died on Feb. 23 in Woodland Hills at the age of 86.
The tables were filled and the clock turned back at Canter\’s on Monday, as the landmark Fairfax deli lowered the price of a corned beef sandwich to 75 cents in honor of the restaurant\’s 75th anniversary.
Shimon Peres joins a young couple having lunch at a seaside restaurant and asks them who they are voting for in Israel\’s upcoming election. They smile nervously, glance up at the swarm of photographers and TV cameras that surround the former prime minister and admit the truth: They don\’t know.
Israel confirmed its first contagion by a deadly strain of avian flu. The Agriculture Ministry officially announced Monday that a virus that killed turkeys and chickens at three Negev farms was H5N1, a virulent strain that has spread across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia over the past three years.
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