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March 14, 2008
Bruin coach is ready for March Madness
Growing up, Scott Garson\’s Calabasas family loved two things: Judaism and basketball. His mother, Corinne, was president of the Woodland Hills Reform congregation Kol Tikvah, while his father, Lee, is a UCLA alum who coaches youth basketball. So it\’s no surprise that Garson is a practicing Jew, as well as assistant coach for the UCLA men\’s basketball team.
Attack of ‘The Mothers’
I know how to handle men, but their mothers? An entirely different challenge. Until I moved to Los Angeles, I had never been \”hit on\” by women. Now women twice, thrice, even four times my age (I call them mothers-on-the-prowl) approach me nearly every Shabbat. Sometimes, they attack in the middle of the Amidah.\n
Why Israel must kvetch
If there\’s one question I\’ve heard a thousand times from Jews all over, it is this: Why is Israel so bad at PR? I know that when Jews ask me that question, they\’re also saying, \”Suissa, you\’re in the business, can\’t you do something?\”\n
The other ‘N- word’
Few words have the power to upset individuals and corrode a conversation more than the N-word. Its very use short-circuits rational discourse. Thrown around with frequency in certain circles, the N-word provokes and torments, gaining totemic power with each use. The N-word I refer to is, of course, \”Nazi.\”
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