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music
Cancer gives musician a new song
This time, Charlie Lustman hadn\’t come to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for medical tests or to endure another round of chemotherapy. Despite having lost three-quarters of his jawbone, Lustman had come to celebrate, to inspire — and to sing.
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 16-22: Politics, dance, education and music
Paul Shapiro’s ‘vout’ mishegoss
In 1945, the hippest Hollywood nightlife destination was Billy Berg\’s, on the corner of Vine and DeLongpre. A tall, suave black man named Slim Gaillard, who favored pinstripe suits, held court there. Black entertainers were seldom booked west of Western Avenue in those days, and Gaillard\’s appearances at Berg\’s were, in a very real sense, where Hollywood\’s racial integration began.
Lebhar’s Dream
Our Moroccan ancestors, the rabbi explained, were Torah romantics. They were so in love with Shabbat that they didn\’t want it to end
VIDEO: Girls of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Girls of the IDF. Video photo montage plus music
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 26-August 1 — Rothman, Pressman live
JDub throws off the label and opts for change
JDub was never supposed to be just a record label, and as JDub records celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free concert on July 27 downtown at California Plaza, it is more clear than ever that the organization\’s founders have greater ambitions than merely putting out good Jewish CDs
From klezmer to country — linking the soundtracks
What are the inks between Europe\’s obsession with things Jewish and the Wild West?\n\n