Janet’s Retro Planet
Michael Aushenker
February 6, 2003
It could have been a scene aboard the deck of the Titanic — before that pesky iceberg hit.
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Living Part Is Key for Brody
Naomi Pfefferman
December 19, 2002
On a bitterly cold day in February 2001, actor Adrien Brody struggled to scramble over a wall into a nightmarish moonscape of a destroyed city.
Lighting Up Your Life
Journal Staff
December 5, 2002
One depicts six grandchildren. Another is gold-plated and marks the 50th anniversary of Israel. Yet another was smuggled out of Russia and made its safe passage through Ellis Island in a brown paper bag.
Take It to the Church
Michael Aushenker
November 28, 2002
The church is not a place that one typically associates with Chanukah.
Rabin’s Funeral
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
October 31, 2002
Given the atmosphere in the Middle East today, it is hard to believe that just seven years ago, on Nov. 6, 1995, a Jewish funeral took place where the deceased was surrounded and eulogized by Jews and Arabs. Yes, this week marks the seventh anniversary of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin\’s funeral. Rabin was publicly eulogized (in this order) by Israeli President Ezer Weizman, King Hussein of Jordan, acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A Jew, followed by an Arab, followed by a Jew, followed by an Arab, all standing together at one graveside in Israel, eulogizing one Jewish leader. Children born that year in the Middle East probably have a hard time understanding how such an integrated funeral was really possible, given the Middle East they have witnessed since they were born.
Was Rabin\’s funeral, which brought together Jews and Arabs for one brief moment, the first of its nature in the history of the Middle East?
“Dream” a Reality for Ethiopian Teens
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
October 10, 2002
For three months in 1984, Routhy Wonvimgen\’s family walked from Ethiopia to Sudan in order to reach Israel. \”They walked barefoot and had very little water or food,\” she said of her family\’s part in Operation Moses, one of Israel\’s efforts to help Ethiopian Jews.
The Russian Club
Si Frumkin
September 5, 2002
What the Russian Jewish immigrants of Orange County lack in numbers they make up for in passion.
Homecoming From Hell
Naomi Pfefferman
September 5, 2002
One day during his junior year abroad in Vienna in 1978, Jon Marans told a professor of his intention to visit the concentration camp Dachau. Her response stunned him. \”She said, \’Why do you want to go there for? It\’s just a bunch of dead Jews,\’\” recalled the Pulitzer-nominated playwright, whose \”Jumping for Joy\” opens Sept. 7 at Laguna Playhouse.
Festival Welcomes Amigos, Haverim
Wendy J. Madnick
June 27, 2002
Bagels, Broza and Brentwood. Enchiladas, Enrique and East L.A. On the surface, the Jewish and Latino communities of Los Angeles don\’t seem to have much in common.
Israel Bound
Rachel Brand
February 21, 2002
Birthright is an umbrella organization which is the result of a partnership between the Israeli people and government, local Jewish communities, and leading Jewish philanthropists. It provides funding for the trip and sets up the basic guidelines, such as standards and security policies.
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