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September 14, 2006
A friend remembers culture booster John Rauch
John Rauch, the founder of The Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity, whose recent death at the age of 75 is a blow to the Los Angeles Jewish cultural scene; Barbara \”Bobbi\” Asimow died Aug. 22 of cancer at 63.
If it wasn’t for Jews, Las Vegas wouldn’t be the town it is today
Located nearly 700 miles east of the The Strip, and founded 70 years before Sin City was first established as a railroad town, Las Vegas, N.M., was an early destination for Jewish settlers hoping to stake a claim in the burgeoning West. Today Las Vegas is largely a Latino town of about 16,000, located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, an hour\’s drive east of Santa Fe.
Films: just what made Adolf run?
Using little-known historical footage, the film touches Hitler\’s school days, failed artist\’s career in Vienna, World War I combat, unsuccessful 1923 putsch, imprisonment and early leadership of the Nazi Party to his better-known roles as initiator of World War II, murderer of millions, and defeated warlord.
Labeling ourselves as ‘right’ or ‘left’ limits us
While Israelis are furious with their government and military leaders over a war that was badly fought, very few believe that the effort was unjust. From their recent writings and in discussions with influential Israeli opinion makers, I was exposed to a variety of thinking.
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