The Fires This Time
Sandee Brawarsky
September 21, 2000
This is a story of rebuilding family, of returning to Judaism.
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People Of The Book
Mike Aushenker
June 8, 2000
For the Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) and its parent organization, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, this day is a major victory. The Dodgers\’ $84 million star player has just held a press conference announcing his new role as spokesperson for KOREH L.A., an exciting culmination for the first year of JCRC\’s new literacy program.
Be Happy, It’s Adar!
Rita Berman Frischer
March 16, 2000
Purim is upon us. Time to stock up on story books to share:
Changed My Life
Marlene Adler Marks
January 27, 2000
For a time, I loved Harold Robbins, just as I loved the novels by Jacqueline Susann. When I was 13, and then 14 and 15, I read their low-brow books as a Real Life 101.
Struggle on the Steppes
Naomi Pfefferman
January 27, 2000
Ruzena Berler first began to write about her experiences in the late 1940s, to exorcise her recurring nightmares about the war.
Four for Chanukah
Michael Aushenker
November 25, 1999
When the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles celebrated the launch of its anti-illiteracy program KOREH Los Angeles in September, the focus was on educators and celebrities to read children\’s books to kids. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the spotlight at that event were some local women who are equally vital in the campaign against illiteracy: the creators of the children\’s books themselves.
Adrift in a World in Which God is Hidden
Rick Richman
October 14, 1999
It is remarkable how many great Jewish American writers first came to the public\’s attention through a volume of short stories.
A Dog Tale
Naomi Pfefferman
July 1, 1999
The mutt was shivering with fever, his nose bleeding from a beating he had received from some bad men. \”But there was something that drew me to him, a kind of human gaze in the eyes,\” says the author of 15 books and films such as \”Smoke\” and \”Lulu on the Bridge.\”
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