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June 1, 2010
Calendar Picks and Clicks: June 3-11, 2010
The Israel Conference highlights technological innovation in the Jewish state. Guest speakers include Yosi Matias, managing director of Google Israel research and development center, and Moshe Lichtman, head of Israel research and development for Microsoft. Thu. 7:30 a.m-9:30 p.m. $240 (advance), $295 (door). Luxe Hotel, 11461 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 476-6571. theisraelconference.org.
Sacred Monologue: Parashat Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, the late Jewish Theological Seminary chancellor and rabbinic literature scholar, taught: When I pray, I speak to God; when I study, God\nspeaks to me. Brilliantly, Finkelstein answered skeptics of Jewish prayer, who might await God’s response in the course of worship, by turning us from the synagogue to the beit midrash (study hall), from prayer to Jewish study, to hear God’s voice.
Ireland to Israel: Let new aid ship break Gaza blockade
More than 100 of the activists who were aboard six-ship flotilla brought Jordan border for deportation; MV Rachel Corrie set sail Monday despite Israel Navy raid.\n
Lila Weinberg, Chicago historian and author, dies
Lila Weinberg, a Chicago historian, author, teacher and editor, has died.