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Livin’ La
Singer-songwriter Diex sees himself as an ambassador, a bridge between the unlikely worlds of the prayer filled synagogues and the groove-shaking beats of J Lo, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin.
Comedian Provides Laughs to Israel
Avi Liberman likes to keep his jobs separate. A Sinai Akiba Academy teacher\’s assistant by day and a stand-up comedian by night, Liberman doesn\’t do arts and crafts on stage and doesn\’t tell jokes at school.
7 Days In Arts
Linda Richman types be warned. The American Cinematheque\’s \”Can\’t Stop the Musicals!! A Celebration of Hollywood Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s\” presents the plotz-inducing Barbra Streisand Double Feature tonight.
Cantor Steven Puzarne of Breeyah.
Carole Levine had been a member of Temple Israel of Hollywood for 28 years. During that time, she attended temple only during the High Holidays. Recently, Levine has started going to temple more often. As a flautist for The Chai Tones, a 10-piece temple band, Levine finds herself at the temple now at least once a month, playing jazzed-up versions of the regular synagogue melodies.
Maseng of Many Hats
Somebody must have perfected human cloning, because no way is Danny Maseng just one person.
When the singer-songwriter-guitarist-actor-poet-dramatist-lay rabbi-teacher-visionary, who will headline the Fund for Reform Judaism\’s annual fundraiser at Temple Isaiah in Rancho Park on June 13, isn\’t performing, he may be teaching the Zohar, leading a service at his New York congregation or dashing off a new setting for a passage in Jewish liturgy.
Or he might be working institutionally on innovations in Jewish arts, Jewish worship, Jewish music or Jewish camping.
The Music Men
Move over Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras.\n\nThe Three Jewish Tenors are coming to the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa next month, accompanied by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
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