Calendar: May 18–24
Ryan Torok
May 15, 2013
Events throughout Los Angeles. Food festival, Shavuot activities, Allan Sherman and more.
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May 15, 2013
Memories of Auschwitz, on a return trip
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2013
How does any man survive unspeakable trauma? After 70 years of controlled silence, Otto Dov Kulka, Czech-born Holocaust historian and Professor of History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has come forward to show us his roadmap in “Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death: Reflections on Memory and Imagination” (Allen Lane/Penguin: $23.95), an intricate journey of muffled grief and remembering, translated by Ralph Mandel.
Letters to the Editor: Shavuot, Syria, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, more
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2013
Congratulations on a fine Shavuot cover story by Susan Freudenheim (“Becoming Jewish: Tales From the Mikveh,” May 10). Henceforth, I may well recommend it to conversion candidates who come to Judaism through our cross-denominational Bet Din.
L.A. city controller candidate attacks opponent for “misleading” Jewish mailer
Jonah Lowenfeld
May 15, 2013
Character reference: Wendy Greuel
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2013
I have known Wendy Greuel for almost 30 years, since she was a young UCLA graduate working for Mayor Tom Bradley.
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