The Chanukah effort is one of the first outcomes of Morasha\’s involvement with a three-year national research project of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles.
Dr. Yonatan \”Yoni\” Peres acknowledges that being the son of former Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres can be a mixed blessing.\n\n\”The name helps open some doors,\” he said, \”but sometimes it closes them.\”
On the wall of philanthropist and humanitarian Richard Gunther\’s office hangs a photo of a man triumphantly standing atop a Western Nepal mountain peak.
Blanche Ruth Sacks of Calabasas passed away suddenly on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2001.
Last year Hollywood unleashed woman of action Erin Brockovich, and won the Academy Award for its star, Julia Roberts.
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.