As a loyal Jewish Democrat and longtime advocate of social justice, she never thought she would find herself fighting Jerry Brown, a man she voted for three times for governor. Yet the 94-year-old is suddenly on the wrong side of Brown’s proposed budget cuts that would slash state spending by $12.5 billion, ripping a hole in numerous social service programs and eliminating others entirely.
Director Steven Spielberg has purchased the screen rights to the WikiLeaks story. Spielberg bought the rights to \”WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange\’s War on Secrecy,\” written by Guardian journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding, the Guardian reported Wednesday.
Thursday, Feb 11 2010. Avi Schaefer, a young man of 21, was killed by a drunk driver near Brown U campus grounds, where he was a student. That Thursday started like any other day at the L.A. office of the Israeli Consulate, where I was serving at the time as Consul for Culture, Media Public Affairs. However, in a matter of hours, things changed. The first to break the news to me was my assistant, Maya Buenos, a close friend of the Schaefers, an announcement which was soon followed by a torrent of callers, calling to let the Consulate know of what had happened.
Jewish right-wing activists demonstrated on a main street in Jaffa to protest what organizers see as the \”Islamic Movement gaining control over the city.\” At least 16 counterdemonstrators were arrested during Wednesday\’s march as a result of clashes with police.
Fashion designer John Galliano denied accusations of anti-Semitism and racism that cost him his job, but he also apologized for his behavior and \”personal failure.\” \”I must take responsibility for the circumstances in which I find myself,\” Galliano said in a public statement issued Wednesday, adding that he is \”seeking help.\” The fashion house Dior announced Tuesday that it was firing its star creator after a video surfaced this week showing Galliano praising Hitler, and a second complaint of anti-Semitism was filed against him regarding events that took place last October.
Journalist Marilyn Henry, an authority on German reparations and the recovery of Jewish properties looted and displaced in Europe during the Nazi and communist eras, has died. Henry, of Teaneck, N.J., died of cancer on Tuesday, four days before her 58th birthday.
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