“Breakdowns” & The “Maus” that roared (or Art Spiegelman through the looking glass)
Tom Teicholz
December 25, 2008
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December 25, 2008
Jamie Sneider’s ‘Jewish Woman’ ain’t your bubbe’s 2009 calendar [VIDEO]
Jay Firestone
December 25, 2008
Racy, tongue-in-cheek calendars are also an inspiration for Jamie Sneider, whose photos appear on every page of the \”Jamie Sneider: Year of the Jewish Woman\” calendar for 2009
Artifact-rich Sports Museum opens downtown
Robert David Jaffee
December 25, 2008
Cypres\’ vast sports collection, which fills 30 well-lighted galleries, is extraordinary and reflects its owner\’s deep love of sports history.
Teriton tenants win battle to stay in historic apartment complex
Jane Ulman
December 25, 2008
After a three-year battle with alleged religious nonprofit Or Khaim Hashalom, tenants of the historic 28-unit Teriton Apartments in Santa Monica have won the right to remain in or return to their apartments for up to seven years under their former rent-controlled leases, according to a settlement made public Dec. 4.
An enduring miracle
Jewish Journal
December 25, 2008
Chanukah 5769: Will the Jewish flame of our era burn forth unto our children and our children\’s children?
Less controversy surrounds this year’s Oscar foreign film entries
Tom Tugend
December 25, 2008
In contrast to previous years, there have been no acrimonious controversies so far. Apparently all sides have tired of arguing whether the Palestinian entry should be officially designated as coming from Palestine, the Palestinian Authority or the Palestinian territory, and plain \”Palestine\” has won out.
Disraeli: The curious case of England’s Jewish prime minister
Rabbi David Wolpe
December 25, 2008
Benjamin Disraeli was born Jewish, baptized as a boy but (mostly) considered himself to be Jewish. He famously proclaimed to Queen Victoria — who began by hating him and ended adoring him — that he was the \”blank page\” separating the Old and New Testaments.
‘Defiance’ celebrates Jews’ daring acts of WW II resistance
Tom Tugend
December 25, 2008
\”Every day of freedom is like an act of faith,\” says Tuvia Bielski, one of three brothers who led a partisan group battling Nazi troops in the forests of Belarus.
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