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April 23, 2015
Have You Heard the Latest? Gossip Has a Dark Side
In the second half of this week’s double Torah portion, we encounter a disease that may be called “biblical leprosy.”
Takeout on Christmas isn’t the only Jewish connection to China
Hong Kong, like the favorite neighborhood Chinese restaurants that so often bring American-Jewish families together on non-Jewish holidays, is a welcoming expanse that offers delicacies for every taste.
Hip for Hungary
Inside a rundown courtyard apartment building on Kiraly Street lies a remnant of dark times past. A brick wall has been reconstructed to mark the point where the wall to the 1944 Jewish ghetto of Budapest once stood.
Obituaries: Week of April 24
Joseph Gary Buchbinder died March 26 at 90. Survived by daughter Sara. Groman Eden
Hebrew word of the week: Raq Rega’
This expression is commonly used in Israel as a sign of impatience, when more time is needed (as to bus drivers who zoom away before passengers are completely inside or seated).
Lucas Richman guest conducts Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
In America, having a wide range of musical taste has always been accepted. These days, it’s even encouraged. But in Stalinist Russia, the “wrong” taste, one diverging from the party line, could put a composer in jail — or worse.
Keren Ann returns to Skirball
Keren Ann Zeidel, better known as Keren Ann, isn’t afraid. She’s not afraid of technology, or change, or terrorism; in fact, she even seems to be handling motherhood with aplomb.
‘Félix and Meira’ traces Chasidic woman’s search for identity
A young Chasidic wife and mother from the Mile End district of Montreal feels suffocated by the strictures of her community, so she takes up with a secular French Canadian man and abandons her former life in the film “Félix and Meira,” scheduled to open April 24 in Los Angeles.
Will a Woman Be the Next MacGyver?
There have been many attempts over the years to address the underrepresentation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers: through college financial aid, internships specifically targeting women and networking communities. But one veteran television producer has another idea: Create a female engineering TV star.
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