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October 7, 2014
From palm fronds to poppies: The Jews who brought them to L.A.
As we celebrate Sukkot with all its greenery and bounty, it’s also a good time to remember a couple of Jewish Johnny Appleseeds who added variety and color to the Los Angeles landscape.
Calendar Oct. 11-17
If you’re a senior or a boomer and are looking for a Roaring ’20s-themed afternoon filled with comedians, music, fun décor, video clips and Fred Astaire, you’re in luck.
Letters to the editor: Teshuva, Seoul food and a minyan a day
I am a sometime Christian (more “some” than “time”) who relates perfectly to those Rob Eshman describes in this most excellent column (“What For?” Sept. 26).
A rare and peaceful ‘Eid Kippur’ in Israel
This year, for the first time since 1981, the Jews’ biggest fast overlapped with one of Islam’s biggest feasts.
Obituaries: Week of Oct. 10
Lucy Abramowitz died Sept. 13 at 65. Survived by sons Robert (Cara), Ilan (Doraida); daughter Tamar; 2 grandchildren; former husband Alex. Mount Sinai
Yom Kippur in Nineveh or the teshuvah of Berlin
In Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, tourists gawk at Assyrian soldiers frozen in an alabaster relief, remnants from the ruins of Nineveh.
The true value of Birthright Israel
Sitting in a circle in coastal northern Israel, listening to a group of 46 American and Israeli Jews share their coming-out stories — stories of anxiety and relief, shame and pride, heartbreak and celebration — I realized that this trip was going to be different.
Should I talk to my enemies?
As I went through the long, exhausting prayers of Yom Kippur this year, reading a litany of sins, both personal and communal, and asking God for forgiveness, I occasionally reflected on the emotional reaction to my column last week about my debate with Israel bashers at a church in Culver City.
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