Real Spirituality: Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
June 28, 2011
Spirituality, kabbalah and meditation are buzzwords in today’s religious lexicon. But do they really describe religion?
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June 28, 2011
Spinoza’s Crucible: Faith, Reason Spar in ‘Jerusalem’
Tom Tugend
June 28, 2011
Some theater patrons prefer to switch off their brain cells and watch a light-hearted play, while others opt for strenuous mental exercise.
Mind, body and sole
Orit Arfa
June 28, 2011
The Grinberg Method, named for its Israeli founder, Avi Grinberg, is described as “a structured way of teaching through the body.” But a better way to explain it is through an example. Let’s take a universal source of anxiety that most women can relate to: waiting for the guy to call after a date.
Classes bring a bit of shul to yoga
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2011
In a dimly lit room overlooking Santa Monica’s bustling Third Street Promenade, prayers set to electronic music float between bodies in motion. Barely audible over the melodies are the deep exhales of students.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: June 28-July 8, 2011
Ryan Torok
June 28, 2011
The acclaimed author of “Coraline,” “Stardust” and the comic book series “The Sandman” discusses his award-winning fantasy novel “American Gods” with comedian Patton Oswalt. Presigned copies of the newly updated 10th anniversary edition of “American Gods,” which is being adapted for an HBO series, must be ordered in advance. Tue. 8 p.m. $15 (general), $35 (includes copy of book). Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. (213) 623-1773. sabantheatre.org.
The Legacy of the Kielce Pogrom
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
June 28, 2011
“… The sight of the large, modern apartment house on Planty Street was the ultimate in ruthless havoc. … The immense courtyard was still littered with bloodstained iron pipes, stones and clubs, which had been used to crush the skulls of Jewish men and women. Blackening puddles of blood still remained. … Blood-drenched papers were scattered on the ground — sticky with gore, they clung to the earth though a strong wind blew through the yard.”
Holocaust Documentary Screening Raises Funds for Japan Earthquake Victims
Ryan Torok
June 28, 2011
A documentary about Chiune Sempo Sugihara — who saved thousands of Jews while he was vice consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania during World War II — screened at the Skirball Cultural Center on June 23 to raise funds for Japan’s earthquake victims.
Video Sculpture of Survivor Testimony to Be Installed at L.A. Museum of the Holocaust
Jonah Lowenfeld
June 28, 2011
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, which opened its new building in Pan Pacific Park in October 2010, has announced plans to install a $1 million “video sculpture” using interview footage from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
Foundations Mentor Support Camps
Jewish Journal
June 28, 2011
Many California overnight camps have philanthropies to thank for their success as enrollment and interest in Jewish camp increases. Programs such as One Happy Camper and the Grinspoon Institute are helping send first-time campers to camp and offering free consulting to the camps, respectively.
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