\”When you\’re out in the water, when you see the sunrise or sunset, and when you see how small you are in comparison to the massive water, and the current and waves, it humbles you,\” Shoshtain said. \”Everything in nature connects you to spirituality, if it\’s done properly.\”
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With the piecemeal services still failing so many children, it is time for our leaders and our community to take responsibility. The Jewish community of Los Angeles needs a Jewish special education school.
After her USY trip last summer, Daniela Bernstein, 16, of Los Angeles is already thinking about returning. \”The trip cultivated my love of Israel and the complete realization of how crucial Israel is to Judaism and the Jewish people,\” said Bernstein. \”I am already planning my next visit.\”
The upcoming Israel Film Festival represents the culmination of the consulate\’s developing ties with Hollywood.
\”Israeli filmmakers are not interested in politics,\” said Katriel Schory, the head of the Israeli Film Fund.
Although there are moments when \”Frozen Days\” feels more like a Calvin Klein commercial than a movie, Lerner ultimately manages to capture the raw emotion of a young woman who\’s desperate to make a connection and unable to do so in the shadowy world she inhabits.
The idea for \”Tied Hands\” began to take shape in the 1990s, when he visited director Amos Guttman, who was living with AIDS and had come back to Israel to die.
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