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April 27, 2007
Books: Yehoshua’s latest explores boundaries of responsibility
The U.S publishers hated the title of A.B. Yehoshua\’s latest book \”The Mission of the Human Resources Manager.\” It was, they argued, better suited to a personnel manual than the work of one of Israel\’s most venerated authors. Ignoring Yehoshua\’s pleas, they christened the novel\’s English translation \”A Woman in Jerusalem,\” and the book became a nominee for this year\’s prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize, to be announced at the Times\’ Festival of Books this weekend (see story page 36).
Reasons to book it to UCLA
Political provocateur Gore Vidal, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, industrialist Lee Iacocca, fantasy maven Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles crime novelist Lee Ellroy and Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua. Add more than 700 additional authors, readings, performances and panels, and you get a sense of the scope of the 12th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — the largest event of its kind on the West Coast — which will take place April 28 and 29 at UCLA.
Music, and fashion highlight Independence Day Festival
While there\’s no conflict with Mother\’s Day this year, organizers of the April 29 Israel Independence Day Festival at Woodley Park are facing another challenge. The celebration of Israel\’s 59th year falls on the same day as Big Sunday, a citywide Mitzvah Day, as well as the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA.
Briefs: Shoah Foundation broadens scope; OU essay contest offers Israel trips
Community briefs.
Jewish tradition says safety trumps privacy when it comes to mental health
Jewish law considers mental illness as serious and real as physical illness, says Rabbi Elliot Dorff, professor of philosophy and co-chair of the bio-ethics department at the American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism), with an accompanying obligation of treatment.
Jews and Muslims unite behind Iran divestment bill
Fourteen national and state Jewish organizations and dozens of Iranian Muslim groups opposed to Iran\’s regime have found common ground in support of California Assembly Bill 221, which would require state pension funds to divest an estimated $24 billion in investments from more than 280 companies doing business with Iran.
Outreach get kids in tune with Sephardic melodies
This was the high-energy moment, the \”money shot\” of an outreach program run by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony (LAJS). Attended by about 700 fourth- and fifth-graders from Jewish day schools and their counterparts from several largely Latino mid-Valley elementary schools, the concert on April 16 was the culminating event after a series of classroom workshops focusing on connections between Latino and Sephardic music.
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