Theater: De-fusing ‘Random Sharp Objects’
Naomi Pfefferman
September 28, 2007
In the semi-autobiographical play \”Random Sharp Objects,\” two Jewish women engage in a kind of impromptu psychoanalysis session.
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September 28, 2007
Theater: Sax on the mic molds music into ‘Clay’
Karla S. Blume
September 28, 2007
Since the beginning of human history, man has struggled to figure out the meaning of life. Writer and solo performer Matt Sax\’s hip-hop musical, \”Clay,\” doesn\’t just explain the notion of pain and struggle, but makes audiences part of the cure.
Books: A stranger on a journey
Sandee Brawarsky
September 28, 2007
In Amy Bloom\’s novel \”Away,\” Lillian Leyb makes her way from the Lower East Side to Seattle and then Alaska, hoping to get to Siberia to find her daughter.
It’s the mitzvah, not the bar, that counts
Sharon Duke Estroff
September 28, 2007
It\’s been said that when it comes to raising children, the days go slow and the years go fast. As I find myself in the thick of planning my second son\’s bar mitzvah, these words ring all too true.
Get the best baruch for your buck when you hire a tutor
Jay Firestone
September 28, 2007
One way to ensure your soon-to-be bar or bat mitzvah is on track and ready for the big day is to hire a tutor.
The Shabbat the lights went out in Calabasas
Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes
September 28, 2007
A funny thing happened to young Jeffrey Rosenberg on his way to becoming a bar mitzvah — the lights went out all over town.
Party planning in the Holy Land is just a mouse click away
Francesca Lunzer Kritz
September 28, 2007
Planning a bar mitzvah in Israel? The Israeli Ministry of Tourism has just posted a Web site to help you get started
Flamenco and tango melodies strike Jewish chords
Robert David Jaffee
September 28, 2007
Ethan Margolis, co-founder of Arte y Pureza (Art and Purity), a Seville, Spain-based flamenco troupe, says three influences stand out as soon as you begin reading about flamenco: Sephardic, Arabic and Indian.
The rise of the independent b’nai mitzvah — bane or boon?
Jane Ulman
September 28, 2007
Gabriel Shacket stood on the bimah, before the Holy Ark, and led the morning service for a group of 75 family members and friends. He recited the prayers and blessings, chanted from the Torah and delivered a speech. In short, the 13-year-old became a bar mitzvah.
Latino pastors celebrate Sukkot and Israel in Westwood
Brad A. Greenberg
September 28, 2007
About 200 Latino evangelical Christians were guests for a Sukkot meal and Israeli flag ceremony hosted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Israeli consulate. The event was designed to strengthen relations between Jews and a specific segment of the Latino community — evangelicals.
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