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Reality-Based Schooling

Marlene Adler Marks March 1, 2001

One of the most engrossing reality-based television shows is the thrice-weekly KLCS public broadcasting program, \”Conversation with Roy Romer.\” Unlike \”Survivor\” and \”Temptation Island,\” where contestants wearing cruise and safari garb compete against each other and the weather, \”Conversation\” features little more than a white-haired man in a black suit talking to off-camera live callers wearing who knows what. Nevertheless, the sharks are out. Romer is superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and what is at stake on the show is the education of some 700,000 Los Angeles children.

Groopman’s World

Ivor Davis October 5, 2000

For those who don\’t remember, Attanasio is the brilliant creator and writer of \”Homicide: Life on the Street,\” the former NBC series that was always more beloved by critics and its small but fanatically devoted group of viewers than by the public at large. Among the talents spawned by that show, none made more of an impression than Andre Braugher, a Shakespearean-trained actor of enormous power who, during the show\’s run, got himself a cover of TV Guide which asked the question in banner headlines: \”Is this the best actor on television?\”

To Let Go, to Love, to Forgive

Ellie Kahn October 5, 2000

\”I have good news! My cancer is in remission.\” I\’ve called Elsie Schwartz to talk about the High Holy Days, but the news about her illness is an unexpected surprise and a huge relief. At 89, Elsie has taught me a great deal about life and about choosing to face death by living fully and fully loving.

Mourning Israel’s Poet

Gil Sedan September 28, 2000

Yehuda Amichai, a world-renowned poet and one of Israel\’s most famous writers, has died of cancer at the age of 76.

Turning Knowledge into Power

Jason B. Kohn January 27, 2000

The connection between Jewish women and cancer is unsettling, even terrifying, yet undeniably real.

The Force Behind ‘The Group Room’

Wendy J. Madnick October 28, 1999

Some people take lemons and make lemonade. Selma Schimmel took a diagnosis of cancer and turned it into a vast support network which has changed the lives of thousands of people.

Kol Nidre on the Nightclub Floor

Deanne Stillman September 16, 1999

My father was a song-and-dance man of the first order. He loved to tell jokes and he had a million of them.

First Impressions

Marlene Adler Marks July 15, 1999

Samantha and I got home at midnight from the amazing Diana Krall concert at the Hollywood Bowl. I felt the rare, luxurious mother-daughter-school\’s out companionship that vindicates the wear-and-tear of parenting.

Soy Vey! A Shavuot Without Milk

Rob Eshman May 13, 1999

The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, on May 21, is about the last time of year you would want to talk to Beth Ginsberg or her boss, Michael Milken.

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