February 15, 2008

Briefs: Gore, Oz among Dan Prize winners; Dems dis Lieberman

Jewish Journal February 15, 2008

News briefs.

Los Angeles Regional Family History Center

Jewish Journal February 15, 2008

Opera: Restoring Nazi-suppressed ‘Recovered Voices’

Naomi Pfefferman February 15, 2008

When James Conlon premiered the \”Recovered Voices\” program at Los Angeles Opera last year, the Los Angeles Times noted the \”evangelical zeal\” with which he conducted works that had been suppressed by the Nazis — Conlon\’s musical mission since discovering the vast (and largely forgotten) repertoire in the 1990s. \”We presented the work of seven composers to offer a glimpse of the immensity and the variety of the music — and we had a standing ovation even at intermission,\” Conlon said between rehearsals for the next \”Voices\” concerts, which will be performed Feb. 17 through March 8.\n

Oscar nod for ‘Unsentimental’ Jew

Tom Tugend February 15, 2008

Profile of screenwriter, novelist, and playwright, Ronald Harwood, nominated at this year\’s Oscars for \”The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.\”

Books: Epstein has a Yankee brio and a Yiddish wit

Rabbi David Wolpe February 15, 2008

For we have in our midst an essayist with a slightly more down-home American tang (Max Beerbohm was essentially, quintessentially, British). Joseph Epstein combines that Yankee brio with a Yiddish wit and an elegant erudition that recalls Beerbohm. He is funny, he is wise and you ought to be reading him.