When Richard Weiner and Judith Forman geared up for their November nuptials last year, they didn\’t register at Crate & Barrel, Macy\’s or Bed, Bath & Beyond.
\”We\’re 65 years old,\” chuckled Weiner, a Philadelphia lawyer who has become bicoastal since marrying his Manhattan Beach bride. \”We\’re at an age when you start getting rid of stuff, not getting new stuff.\”
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Hillary Rodham Clinton scored a major victory with Jewish Democrats in New York and New Jersey in Super Tuesday voting, Barack Obama won a majority of Jewish support in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the battle was close in California.
World Alliance\’s Maryland Ally\n\n\”I breathe Israel. When I go there, I\’m 18 years old again,\” said Grace Anter, a genteel woman in her 70s.\n\n\”See? That\’s the attitude I want young people to have,\” said Esther Azal, executive director of World Alliance for Israel Political Action Committee (WAIPAC). \”Sometimes we think of the pro-Israel community as a monolith. But we\’re just individuals who care.\”
Lior Liebling davens everywhere: in the backyard, in school and on the swing set. Some congregants at his synagogue, Mishkan Shalom of Mount Arie, Pa., call him the \”little rebbe.\”
\”The Zohar tells stories of miracle children who were spiritual geniuses,\” one synagogue member said. \”Well, that\’s what Lior is.\”
Lior is the 13-year-old featured in the new documentary, \”Praying With Lior,\” which highlights the bar mitzvah of a Jewish child living with Down syndrome. The character study of this boy tells of how Lior\’s community successfully integrates him into communal life — a challenge many Jewish communities face with mentally and physically disabled members.
Senior and middle-aged Angelenos who grew up on the wonderfully satirical \”Li\’l Abner\” comic strip can get their nostalgia fix as the denizens of Dogpatch USA cavort on the stage of UCLA\’s Freud Playhouse through Feb. 17.
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