Not to worry, though, there is, as always, a Jewish angle. In this case, it\’s two films, \”Shalom Ireland\” and \”Grandpa . . . Speak Russian to Me,\” set for Saturday evening, Oct. 4.
He realized that even though he had just been told he had cancer, he hadn\’t been told he was going to die. To prove it, he was going to do the one thing that showed he was very much alive, which was to make people laugh.
It\’s a glimpse of how Adam Nimoy grew up with a famous name, inherited his father\’s alcohol problem, met lots of interesting and famous people, and dabbled in law before becoming a successful TV director and starting a family, only to see his life come crashing down
\”I really, really believe that I have the skills, the courage, the conviction and the know-how to make a difference in the peace process in the Middle East.\”
With apologies to MAD Magazine
Parshat Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20) The purpose and path of teshuvah are close to us and known to us
The Westside Jewish Community Center (JCC) has announced plans for an Oct. 29 groundbreaking on its Harriet and Jeanette Weinberg Aquatic Center, a $4 million renovation of the center\’s pools and related areas.
Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin, head of Chabad of California, has a dream — a block-long, five-story \”village\” on Pico Boulevard that would provide a girls day school and boarding school along with affordable, safe housing for Holocaust survivors and other elderly people and for teachers with large families.
As the events unfolded, it was a story that could only be measured against the biblical account of Job. It was everyone\’s worst nightmare.
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