I spent some time over winter break rebuilding flood-ravaged homes in New Orleans. When I say some time, I mean four hours. The rest of our five days in the city, we toured around, ate tremendous food, made sure the Sazerac cocktails were as good as I remembered, and generally rebuilt New Orleans one tourist dollar at a time.
During a Nov. 18 autism conference hosted by Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services’ Julia Ann Singer Center, actress Julia Ormond presented Eustacia Cutler, whom she portrayed in “Temple Grandin,” with the Baron Inspiration Award as well as her 2010 Emmy Award, which Ormond won for her supporting role in the HBO feature. Cutler is the real-life mother of Temple Grandin, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, and who has since gone on to become one of the world’s leading animal scientists and autism advocates.
Best friends Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld argue occasionally. Most often their disputes involve commas, line breaks and word connotations.
Israel told the United States in 2008 that it planned to keep Gaza\’s economy \”on the brink of collapse,\” according to a diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks.
Lester Paley, civil engineer and longtime Jewish community leader, died Dec. 31 at 84.
Holocaust survivor Kurt Frankfurter died on Christmas Eve at 90, 17 years to the day after his wife, Giselle, died in New York.
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