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July 28, 2010
Judge blocks key provisions in Arizona Immigration Law
A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona\’s immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.
Netanyahu, Abdullah discuss peace in region
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jordan\’s King Abdullah II in Amman in an unannounced meeting.
IDF identifies, collects body parts of copter victims
An elite Israel Defense Forces unit identified and collected body parts of the seven military personnel killed in the crash of an Israeli military helicopter in central Romania.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: July 29-August 6, 2010
“The Extra Man” adapts Jonathan Ames’ 1998 comic novel about Louis Ives (Paul Dano), a lonely Princeton prep school teacher who seeks a fresh start in New York when he’s forced to leave his job. After renting a room from a failed playwright (Kevin Kline), Ives is mentored in the art of being an “extra man” — a social escort for wealthy widows in Manhattan high society. Fri. Various times. Laemmle Sunset 5, West Hollywood; Playhouse 7, Pasadena; and Town Center 5, Encino. laemmle.com.
The Circuit: Arts for All
Arts for All, a program to bring arts education to school districts in Los Angeles County, received $60,000 from the Arts in Schools! Giving Circle, an initiative spearheaded by the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. The funding for the artist-in-residency program — in dance, music, theater and the visual arts — was presented at the June Arts for All progress report meeting at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles. Pictured at the event are, from left, Laurie Schell, executive director, California Alliance for Arts Education; Amelia Xann, vice president of the Family Foundation Center and Grant Programs at the Jewish Community Foundation; Sonia Simon Cummings, Arts in Schools! Giving Circle co-chair and Foundation donor; Laurie Zucker, executive director, L.A. County Arts Commission; and Mark Slavkin, vice president of education, Music Center of Los Angeles County.
Opinion: One State or Two: Israel, Not U.N., Must Decide
It is conceivable within the course of realpolitik that despite obfuscation; political filibustering; dancing the diplomatic two-step (direct, indirect); wading through a plethora of plans, initiatives, think-tank reports, white papers and expert opinions (from Madrid to Oslo to Allon to Arab to Faya’d); it appears increasingly likely that all might boil down to a single resolution enacted by the United Nations Security Council.
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