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Ed Guthman leaves legacy of fighting injustice
When Ed Guthman died Aug. 30 at the age of 89, the Los Angeles Jewish community lost one of its most distinguished members
Eating Bambi, Zell again, Bergson, broken heart
\” . . . Isn\’t it time that every Jewish child take at least one course in Herzl? If he isn\’t the modern father of the Jewish People, who is? For without Herzl\’s many contributions, the Holocaust would have excluded any chance of a Jewish state in Israel . . .\”\n\n
Zell it, Sam; Cool it, Orit; 40 million Frenchmen
\” . . . In Fairfax High School, I had a brilliant and wise instructor of advanced placement European History who used to say: \’Do not put all your faith in one man. For surely he will disappoint you.\’ And he also said: \’40 million Frenchmen can be wrong\’ . . .\”\n\n
Sell it, Sam
First they came for the Outdoor section, and I said nothing. Then they combined and demoted the Opinion and Book Review sections, and I said nothing.
Troubling (L.A.) Times
Maybe all the layoffs and buyouts have cut just a little too deeply into the newsroom, or Mr. Zell is purposely dumbing down his newspaper in hopes of making it more profitable
Don’t underestimate the power of the Jewish newspaper
Sophisticated Los Angeles Jews don\’t have to turn to a Jewish newspaper for political advice or for guidance through the pitfalls of American society.
The L.A. Times ‘frames’ the Presidential race
This assertion, which is totally irrelevant to the campaign of 2008, leads to a source saying that McCain would definitely not represent the third Bush term.
The Armenian Genocide debate pits moral values against realpolitik
All the attention is flattering, but its underlying cause confronts the Jewish community with choices that — perhaps oversimplified — pits its moral values and sympathies against the realpolitik of American and Israeli policymakers.\n
Reasons to book it to UCLA
Political provocateur Gore Vidal, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, industrialist Lee Iacocca, fantasy maven Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles crime novelist Lee Ellroy and Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua. Add more than 700 additional authors, readings, performances and panels, and you get a sense of the scope of the 12th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books — the largest event of its kind on the West Coast — which will take place April 28 and 29 at UCLA.
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