Angels in America
Rob Eshman
January 5, 2006
This week\’s cover story celebrates not make-believe angels, but real live ones.
Category
good.
Moshe Salem: Giving a Voice to Israelis
Amy Klein
January 5, 2006
Although the organization originally began in 2001 as a pro-Israel advocacy group, when other organizations like StandWithUs began to effectively fill that role, the CIC changed direction to try to foster a relationship between Israelis and Israel, its culture and values.
Yaelle and Nouriel Cohen: Kindness Starts at Home
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
January 5, 2006
The Cohens understand desperation. Eight years ago, Nouriel\’s beauty supply business went under, and the family had to give up their Beverly Hills home. He hasn\’t had steady employment since then and has had to rely on his parents and family to get by.
With Us — Always
Rob Eshman
November 10, 2005
The communitywide memorial rally held in Los Angeles just days after the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was heart-wrenching, tearful, agonizing and awful.\n\nBut it was also good.
Juvenile Offenders Taste Teshuvah
Sue Fishkoff
October 13, 2005
Four years ago, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles funded the joint project between Centinela and two L.A.-based Jewish groups, the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) and Beit T\’Shuvah, a Jewish recovery program.
First Person – A Mother of Wisdom
Jack Goldfarb
September 1, 2005
Calcutta\’s kaleidoscope of teeming streets, sprawling markets and chaotic taxis has always mesmerized me.
At times, it seems as though all 10 million denizens of this eastern Indian metropolis are roaming the city at once, surging in tidal waves, an urban sea of humanity. It was here that Mother Teresa pursued her humanitarian mission for almost 70 years.
My wife, Simone, and I have visited Calcutta (now called Kolkata) often, setting aside time to plod our way through the cacophonous traffic along Chandra Bose Road to the calm oasis of Mother Teresa\’s shelter for children, Shishu Bhavan. We would spend a day or two volunteering, as do so many others from around the world, to care for the youngsters. The volunteers always included Jews, who were welcomed as all others in this basically Catholic institution.
Remembering Tibor
Gloria Baran
June 9, 2005
After the war, Tibor Reis was caught helping Jews escape to Austria, and was put into a Russian prison for three years. Although he was tortured, he never revealed the names of those working with him.
So Uncool, It’s Cool
Teresa Strasser
May 12, 2005
I favor the type of acrylic French tip nails that are considered fashionable only by midlevel porn stars.
Web Links Your Wallet to Gifts From Israel
Lauren Korduner
December 2, 2004
Presents from the Holy Land have resonance for both the recipient and for Israel, whose economy could use a little boost from American consumers.
Create a Bridal Look That’s Made for You
Donna Gordon Blankinship
November 11, 2004
Both brides were beautiful and the dress was a focal point each time, thanks to the loving restoration work by dressmaker Camila Sigelmann, who made it possible for Amee Huppin Sherer to be married in Grandma Marian Huppin\’s 1925 wedding gown.
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