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November 13, 2008
Briefs: Secular candidate new Jerusalem mayor, Netanyahu would nix talks
Secular businessman Nir Barkat appeared to be the new mayor of Jerusalem, according to exit polls.
Annie Leibovitz, Ed Asner, Shelly Berman, Lainie Kazan and Elliot Gould
So you want to be a DJ . . .
For those who have dreamed of going from an infinite iPod playlist to playing live on the ones and twos, the bar and bat mitzvah party scene is a great place to get your start. Setting up a DJ business takes practice, planning and professionalism, but it beats baby-sitting and burgers.
Pinched pocketbooks no bar to party planning
Have tough economic times forced you to scale back your child\’s bar or bat mitzvah party plans? With your 401(k) down, is the ice sculpture out? Is your resetting ARM making you reconsider that 18-piece orchestra?
Sephardic film fest opens with gala at Paramount; Young Iranian Jews
\”Yes we can,\” Rabbi Daniel Bouskila said, invoking President-elect Barack Obama\’s ubiquitous mantra.
Rahm Emanuel is a fighting policy wonk with a Jewish soul
One thing Rahm Emanuel is not, all agree, is the president-elect\’s conciliatory signal to the Jewish community after a campaign fraught with worries that Obama would tip toward even-handedness in dealing with the Middle East
Begone, bygones! Green is the new blue and white
\” . . . It is troubling that some Orthodox rabbis have joined with the Christian right to eliminate same-sex civil marriage. Banning same-sex civil marriage is about as relevant to Orthodox Judaism as banning the sale of shellfish . . . \”
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