September 2, 2010

Torah dedicated in Lenin’s birthplace

Jewish Journal September 2, 2010

A Torah was dedicated in the birthplace of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin.

With ‘The Town’ Ben Affleck aims for the A-list

Danielle Berrin September 2, 2010

Rabbi plans to appeal court order to turn over Torah scrolls to widow

Julie Gruenbaum Fax September 2, 2010

A superior court judge has given a Sherman Oaks rabbi 10 days to turn over four Torah scrolls to a widow, confirming a decision reached by a Los Angeles rabbinic court in May.
But an attorney for Rabbi Samuel Ohana says he will appeal the decision and Ohana will continue to use the scrolls at his synagogue, Beth Midrash Mishkan Israel, until the appeal has been decided.

From Myron Cohen to Jeffrey Ross: The origins of Jewish comedy

Jewish Journal September 2, 2010

Myron Cohen was telling his greatest jokes to an audience of one: me. I had grown up in the 1950’s and ‘60’s watching him perform countless times on the Ed Sullivan show, and now, in 1978, the aging stand-up comedian was sitting down in his living room, clad in a bathrobe (it was a radio interview, after all), and doing shtick.