Barbara Cooper recalls being a snob when she was 14 years old. She and her family moved from New York to Los Angeles in the 1920s, and the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
It almost seems like normal life. Things seem to be calming down, or at least continuing in a slower pace. Here in Sderot, there are less rocket attacks. Yesterday there were only two Tzeva Adom (Color Red) alerts in Sderot. (Not unusual for daily life here.) We are hearing fewer planes overhead and less explosions coming from Gaza.
Picks and Clicks for Jan. 24–30, 2009
Galit Dayan: Diplomat’s Wife a Woman With a Mission
n a further sign that the American and international wings of the Conservative movement are moving in different ideological directions, American Jewish University’s rabbinical seminary has ended its longstanding residency program with Machon Schechter in Jerusalem, the only institution that ordains Conservative rabbis in Israel.
George Mitchell was introduced as the new special envoy for Middle East peace at a State Department news conference Thursday afternoon.
Six people from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network chain-locked themselves together in front of the Israeli Consulate building’s entrance
Iris Bahr’s “Dai” (Hebrew for “Enough”), a one-woman play about 10 people at a Tel Aviv cafe moments before a suicide bombing.
When the Geffen Playhouse commissioned a new piece from Donald Margulies five years ago, the award-winning playwright bided his time.
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