Competition for postings to Los Angeles is fierce within the Israeli Foreign Ministry, and two young diplomats who made the grade, Yaron Gamburg and Gilad Millo, have joined the staff of the consulate general here.
As a student at Cal State Northridge more than 30 years ago, Aron Hasson wrote a paper about the Sephardic synagogues of his ancestral homeland, the Greek island of Rhodes.
The Tabach family left the settlement of Gadid last week, ahead of the Israeli withdrawal. Settlers who hadn\’t evacuated as of Monday were given 48-hours notice to leave, on threat of eviction.
In speaking about illegal aliens, President Bush says the time has come to bring \”millions of hard-working men and women out of the shadows.\”
However, Republican leaders in Congress claim that Bush\’s proposals would reward lawbreakers. They soon plan to pass legislation tightening the legal and physical screws on illegal immigrants. The idea is to make the bill veto-proof by tying it to emergency funding for U.S. troops in Iraq.
For me, the issue is of more than passing interest. It was to California, long an immigration battleground, that I came to the United States in 1941 as the only child of illegal aliens.
Jahangir Javaheri lived a full life in Iran as a pharmaceutical retailer, complete with a nice car, large house and the esteem and satisfaction that came with being a leader within the nation\’s small but cohesive Jewish community.
Obesity has reached record rates among children and adults, bringing with it increased risk for developing diabetes and related health problems. In addition to the more than 18 million Americans currently living with diabetes, another 41 million are considered prediabetic, and are likely to develop the disease unless they take action.
In her new book, \”Diabesity: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America — And What We Must Do to Stop It\” (Bantam), Dr. Francine R. Kaufman describes how reversing these trends requires efforts from all levels of society.
Lev Nussimbaum lived as though life were theater, inventing an identity, dressing the part, shifting scenes, seeking audiences everywhere. He thought he could keep rewriting the ending, believed he could talk his way out of anything including his Jewish past, but ultimately he could not.
Irvin Kipper may be 88 years old, but he still loves wooden blocks and Tinker Toys.
In fact for 60 years, \”Kip\”
has spent his days thinking almost exclusively about dolls and trains and stuffed bears, because he owns Kip\’s Toyland in the original Farmers Market.
Kipper just can\’t stay away from his store.
\”The few times when I haven\’t gone to work, I feel like I\’m kind of lost,\” he said. \”I might do a few things around the house, but I think, \’What am I doing here? I should be over there working.\’\”
And work he does, Monday through Saturday, still making sure that his customers find that special toy for their children or grandchildren.
\”Annulla: An Autobiography\” tells the story of Annulla Allen, a woman born in Lvov, Galicia, who survived the Holocaust by passing as Aryan, and eventually immigrated to London.
It\’s 4 p.m. \”Erev Christmas,\” and 21-year-old Adam Bodenstein is still rushing around his home in the Pico-Robertson area. He has yet to take a shower before Shabbat comes. In four days time, the Modern Orthodox UC Berkley graduate, who grew up in a Conservative household, will board a flight at New York\’s JFK Airport that will take him to his new home — Israel.
But this is no ordinary El Al flight. This is Nefesh B\’Nefesh\’s (NBN) eighth flight (and first-ever winter flight) in three years.
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