\”Mr. Reeve is an inspirational figure who has a unique story to tell Israel and the world,\” said Yuval Rotem, Israeli consul general in Los Angeles, who invited Christopher Reeve to visit Israel and convinced the foreign ministry in Jerusalem to follow through.
\”I got hooked peering into the lives of strangers,\” said Jed Weintrob, a self-described Jewish \”techno geek.\” \”It was both calming and mind-blowing to log on and see Jenni on Jennicam.org who was also awake at 4:30 a.m., but in the end it was also kind of alienating…. You\’re watching this person do the most intimate things, yet you\’re never going to know them or touch them.\”
Aviva Slesin\’s affecting but unsentimental documentary focuses on the psychological aftermath of hiding, such as the sense of abandonment child survivors carried into adulthood and the difficulty rebonding with parents.
Jana Rosenblatt\’s founding partners in Five Chicks Unlimited are four local businesswomen who have been touched by cancer. They bring expertise in finance, product research, Web design and customer service to the site.
In his new book, pop songwriter Seth Swirsky pays tribute to the sport that has played such an important part in his life.
Sami Michael, an Iraqi-born novelist who writes about the clash of Arab and Jewish cultures, knows what it\’s like to be a part of a beleaguered minority.
Herb Brin, one of the most colorful writers and editors in the annals of Los Angeles Jewish journalism, died of congestive heart failure\non Feb. 6 at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda.
Herb Citrin isn\’t your typical bar mitzvah boy. He celebrated his rite of passage at the age of 80.
This is a book for those who are or who some day may be ill, which is another way of saying for everyone. It contains wisdom culled out of ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary Jewish literature that is intended for the patient, the caregiver and the physician.
Either excoriated as illegal conquerors or praised as pioneers, Jews living in the territories conquered by Israel in the Six-Day War are never portrayed neutrally.
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