\”Zucky\’s was designed by Weldon Fulton as a prime example of the Googie or California Coffee Shop Modern architectural genre,\” Biondo said. \”In any remodeling, we want to preserve the main Zucky\’s signboard, exterior ceramic tiles and stonework, the diagonal treatment along Fifth Street, and the brick wall and window sills.\”
What books must every Jew read? What books are critical to informing your understanding of your faith, your culture, your people? With this issue, The Jewish Journal introduces a new weekly column: My Jewish Library.
I chose not to attend Tarbut\’s trial of King David. Billed as \”the people against King David,\” it promised to be a trial that was \”3,000 years in the making.\”
Matthew Asner and Danny Gold, the two Reform Jews who wrote, directed and produced the documentary, say that while they don\’t necessarily believe in the codes, they find them interesting.
\”Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events,\” by Richard Greene, offers the annotated text of modern history\’s most memorable spoken words.
In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing\’s "Nathan the Wise," now at the Lillian Theater, a bloody war ravages the Middle East. Jerusalem is the flashpoint.
\”Before [the crisis], our approach to teaching Israel was just positive and idealistic. It was all about kibbutzim and how Israel is so beautiful and we all want to go there,\” said Ellen Goldberg, the principal of Temple Isaiah Religious School.
As told in the biblical Book of Esther, the Purim story recounts how Haman, the chief minister to King Ahasuerus, plotted to destroy the Jews of Persia.
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