Serious Fun
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
March 13, 2003
No matter what the profit, most synagogue administrators agree that the yearly celebrations are helpful morale boosters.
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Call of the Kiwi
Henry Benjamin
March 6, 2003
Jews in distress are being encouraged to seek out a trouble-free environment way, way down under — in New Zealand.
To Life, L’Chayim
Ellen Jaffe-Gill
February 27, 2003
Chayim Frenkel grew up in the Pico-Fairfax area, where his father, Uri Frenkel, was cantor for Judea Congregation on South Fairfax Avenue. With his mother, Shari, working as a kosher caterer, both parents were \”servants of the Jewish community,\” Frenkel told The Journal, and \”role models of what a mensch (good guy) should be.\”
Cry, Argentina
Sally Ogle Davis
February 27, 2003
It\’s a balmy night as we join those filing into the basement social hall of the venerable Libertad Synagogue in the heart of downtown Buenos Aires. It resembles any Friday night service crowd anywhere in the United States, except that it\’s standing-room only. An elderly man sings Yiddish songs in a still-strong tenor followed by a young duo on saxophone and clarinet playing selections from \”Fiddler on the Roof.\”
Your Letters
Jewish Journal
February 13, 2003
Your cover picture on Feb. 7 showing the breakup of the Columbia accompanied by the quote from Psalms 68 is the most beautiful, touching cover I have ever seen.
Your Letters
Jewish Journal
February 6, 2003
While Sharon Schatz Rosenthal\’s cover story notes that day schools are costly, it fails to address cost efficiency (\”Who Should Pay?\” Jan.31).
The Ground Floor
Rob Eshman
December 12, 2002
A lot of the problems and promise of Los Angeles Jewish life were on display last Tuesday evening in Bob and Marcia Gold\’s living room.
Jews Say Bonjour to Club Lampadaire
Gaby Wenig
November 28, 2002
In between the prayers at the Pinto Shul in the Pico-Robertson area, people who only speak English might feel a little lost.
A Thanksgiving to Fill the Spiritby
Elliot Fein
November 21, 2002
On the evening before Thanksgiving, my synagogue, Congregation Eilat in Mission Viejo, always gets together with a neighboring church, Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist, for an interfaith service.
A Tale of Two Torahs
Andrea Adelson
October 3, 2002
About this time two years ago, congregants of Tustin\’s Congregation B\’nai Israel lined their synagogue\’s sanctuary, making a human chain as Rabbi Eli Spitz unrolled a 150-year-old Czech Torah that survived the Holocaust. In places, its letters were faded and illegible making it un-kosher, ritually unfit for use.
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