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January 29, 2009
Songwriter Solomon Finds Depth, Soul in Jewish Roots
Songwriter Sheppard Solomon won’t be watching the eighth season of “American Idol” now in full swing, even though the singing contest has gotten him a lot of work.
Edgy Israeli Film Enters Last Lap in Oscar Race
An Israeli film on the first Lebanon War and an American-German movie recalling World War II crimes entered the final lap of the Oscar race when the Academy Award nominations were announced last week.
Ramat Zion Breaks Contract With Menitoff
Rabbi Michael Menitoff has been notified that his position as spiritual leader of Temple Ramat Zion in Northridge will be terminated effective March 31. The termination would come 20 months into a five-year contract.
Jewish Community Library May Merge, Move
Linda Sanders needed some old Yiddish music to cheer up a 98-year-old woman she visited regularly, and she knew just where to find the obscure recordings — at the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles, in The Jewish Federation building on Wilshire Boulevard.
‘GED’-ing Out Early Saves Tuition
Most of the kids in Jacob Schiff’s classes at Santa Monica College don’t realize he’s the youngest one there. Last semester, for instance, several students in a math class got a shock when they asked him whom he planned to vote for in the presidential election.
As Economy Tanks, Schools Seek Survival Tactics
On a chilly night in early December, crowds of parents filed into the auditorium at Kadima Hebrew Academy/Kadima Heschel West Middle School, chatting and clutching cups of coffee. The atmosphere was almost festive as finance committee chair Brett Grauman stood at the podium, framed by blue tinsel Stars of David.
The Blog War
\”There is another battle going on, one that is not seen. It goes on in blog sites for the hearts and the minds of those who bring them up on their computers. Though it is a silent war, it has its casualties. Those casualties wind up misinformed and confused.\”
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