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Sold-out concert garners 24,000 Hours of community service pledges
“When the ILC told me they planned to sell 6,000 tickets to this concert, I was skeptical,” Israeli media mogul Haim Saban said onstage at the Israeli Leadership Council’s “Do Something for Someone” community concert on Nov. 20. “I thought it was too tall an order.”
TRIBE 2.012
The first issue of TRIBE, with a great cover story about Latino converts to Judaism, hit newsstands in December 2009. The magazine’s goal, as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Rob Eshman wrote in this column, was to bring our readers the world through Jewish eyes. Another important aim was to bring the tribe closer together.
On fire
The old stereotype of Mizrahi music — an Israeli genre created by immigrant Jews from North African and Arab countries — was of teary, sorrowful love ballads: tales of lost loves, broken hearts and dashed hopes. You could say Mizrahi music was Israel’s version of country music.
Stop the Scoops
Temple Judea Wins Energy Oscar
The giving network
Later this month, the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk will become Caesarea, the Israeli amphitheater renowned for its magical atmosphere and unparalleled performances.
From the Editor: Getting that giving is getting
When Eli Tene, co-chair of the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC), first called to tell me about a new initiative they had cooked up, I knew it was something big. I could hear it in his voice.
On fire
The old stereotype of Mizrahi music — an Israeli genre created by immigrant Jews from North African and Arab countries — was of teary, sorrowful love ballads: tales of lost loves, broken hearts and dashed hopes. You could say Mizrahi music was Israel’s version of country music.
A whole new breed of dancing Chasids
Design yourself
I was inspired to create a fashion issue because I look at personal style as a shortcut to becoming whoever I want to be.
Scouting for Israelis
Shevet Chen, the San Fernando Valley chapter of the Israeli Scout movement, is proving that scouting is good for Israel, particularly here in the United States.
Good kavanot
The Hebrew word kavanot doesn’t have a direct translation to English, even though English is a far richer language: it beats Hebrew 250,000 words to 80,000.
Holistic by chance
Acupuncture terrifies me. Dozens of needles puncturing your skin looks more like ancient torture than ancient healing.
The Story of the Storyteller
A Braille Revolution
The Joshua Project
“Mommy, can I have some water?” asked Joshua Goldenberg, a 7-year-old with a beautiful mane of curls and a gap-tooth smile. His mother, Christie, handed him a bottle. “How do you know it’s water?” he asked. “Because it says so on the label,” she answered.
Prom Comes Early for Foster Care Girls
Angels Among Us
Israelis R Us
I wasn’t always as proud to be Israeli as I am today. I never hid that I was born in Israel — not that I could, with a name like mine. And I wasn’t embarrassed by my mom’s harsh Israeli accent, because she didn’t have one — she spent the first 10 years of her life in New York. I didn’t have to eat my school lunches surreptitiously. My sandwiches looked like everyone else’s.
Ruthie the Foodie
Everyone needs a happy ending (no, not THAT kind of happy ending)
Shabbat our way
Laurie Saidiner grew up in the same Sherman Oaks house in which she is now raising her children. But the family that fills this home with Legos and books and the scent of Shabbat dinner today is somewhat different from her childhood family. Laurie, 50, is married to Nina Jacobs, 55, and together they are raising Hannah, 11, and Avi, 7, whom Laurie conceived with the help of a sperm donor. April marks the couple’s 22-year anniversary. This is how the Saidiner-Jacobs family celebrates Shabbat, in their own special way.
We are family
How do you define family? A father, a mother and two children? A single mom raising two girls? A divorced mom and a stepfather, two stepkids and a half-sister? Two sisters, one half-sister from the same mother, and a half-brother and half-sister from the same father?
Mommy Camp
Matisyahu Highlights
The business bug
My Israeli father was always coming up with ideas for new businesses: a massive three-day cultural festival to boost tourism in Northern Israel; a massage table with mechanical fingers; a restaurant that would serve dozens of little dishes with Israeli salads before the main entrees (this was long before Itzik Hagadol). They never materialized into actual businesses, but the ideas were always flowing.
A Tasty Tu B’shvat Lesson
Value of a BFF? Priceless
My best friend is not a techie. But I recently texted her when my BlackBerry was acting weird. She called her brother, who is a techie, hunted through her BlackBerry menus and searched the Web before we finally found the solution.
Tribal Grounds
Israeli scouting just got hipper
By nature, Eli Fitlovitz prefers to stay in the background. The kibbutz-raised Israeli, who came to Los Angeles in 1982, has wise eyes, an endearing smile and a quiet confidence. A commercial real estate broker, he and his wife are now raising three teenagers. What finally forced Fitlovitz out of his life-long safety zone were his kids, and not in the way most teens make their parents uncomfortable.
The big switch: Eight practical steps to making a career change
Back in the olden days, Pops worked at the same manufacturing plant his entire adult life, waking up every morning at the same time, returning home with the same empty lunch pail, wearing the same faded work uniform. A carpenter was a carpenter for life; a lawyer stayed a lawyer and the town butcher never quit his job to pursue a career in fashion design.
Setting the stage
Name: Valley Performing Arts Center. VPAC for short. Location, Location, Location: In the heart of the San Fernando Valley — home to 2 million art-starved residents — on the campus of California State University, Northridge (CSUN), at the corner of Nordhoff Street and Lindley Avenue.
Masada National Park Destination: Desert
Israel’s Negev boasts a full itinerary of cool spots, unique experiences for adventurous travelers
Shalhevet Head of School Resigns
Shalhevet, a Modern Orthodox day school in Los Angeles, has been dealt a second major blow in a matter of months — head of school Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach announced his resignation for personal reasons on April 29, less than two months after the school declared plans to close its middle, elementary and early childhood schools at the end of the current school year.
Exhibit on Water Usage Upsets Israel Consul
A National Geographic photography exhibition, “Water: Our Thirsty World,” on display at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City through June 13, gives an overview of the world’s water usage, but the portion focused on the Middle East, and specifically Israel, caught the attention of Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles Jacob Dayan, who objected to what he saw as a deliberately negative view of his country, ignoring Israel’s role in pioneering water technology and advancing water management in the world.
Southern California Camps Name New Directors
Camp Ramah in Ojai and Camp Alonim in Simi Valley, two of the Los Angeles region’s largest sleep-away summer camps, have named new directors. Ramah tapped Rabbi Joseph Menashe, an associate rabbi at a Conservative synagogue in Dallas, to take the reins from Rabbi Daniel Greyber, who has served as executive director of Ramah since 2002 and announced his resignation in January to pursue a pulpit position. Greyber will stay on through the upcoming camp season, turning Ramah, which is under the educational auspices of American Jewish University’s Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is affiliated with the National Ramah Commission, an arm of the Conservative movement, over to Menashe on Sept. 1.
Reviving the Zionist Dream
A heavy haze thickened the air around the small cluster of prefabricated rectangular buildings, the result of a hot Negev wind forming swirls of dust along the dirt paths of the village. The normally blazing desert sun on this day glowed only dimly from behind a dusty veil.
Science and Zionism Bloom Side by Side in the Desert
“It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested,” David Ben-Gurion once famously said. Israel’s first prime minister was a passionate advocate of developing the sparsely populated and barren southern desert into a thriving center of learning, technology, culture and innovation. Three decades after his death, a university named in his honor is carrying out his vision. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), with campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sde Boker and Eilat, has as its central mission the goal of developing the Negev by attracting bright scholars to the region, conducting world-class research, promoting industry and agriculture in the desert, improving education, investing in the surrounding immigrant communities, and pioneering green technology and arid zone research.
Now You See It: Magic Castle Showcases Israel’s World of Illusion
For one week in May, the Magic Castle — Hollywood’s elegant Victorian mansion-turned-prestigious magic club — will be transformed into a lively hub of Israeli culture. The exclusive and formal den of world-renowned magicians and magic enthusiasts will showcase Israeli practitioners of the illusory arts, as well as musicians and artists, and the dining menu will offer cuisine from the Holy Land in a first-time celebration of Israel.
Donors Save Hen Family From Losing Home
Avinoam and Rachel Hen, the Israeli couple who suffered through a decade of tragedies and were on the verge of losing their Chatsworth home in March, will be able to keep the home thanks to the efforts of i Short Sale, the real estate company that negotiated a lower rate for their mortgage on their behalf, along with the generosity of several members of the Jewish community who offered financial assistance but asked to remain anonymous.
Chatsworth family torn apart by the deaths of two children now struggles to keep their house
Avinoam Hen stood in his dark living room, looking through a sliding glass door.
Shalhevet to close lower schools, high school will remain open
Shalhevet, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school founded in 1991, announced in an emailed press release on Wednesday that it will close the doors of its middle, elementary and early childhood schools at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. Shalhevet High School, which opened its doors in 1991, is the only division that will continue to operate.
Everyday Objects, Artist’s Whimsy Form Famous Faces
Bright pink salami cold cuts and tiny bottles of liquor make up the face of Boris Yeltsin. Madonna has a red kabbalah string for a mouth; Barbra Streisand a large black microphone for a nose. And Albert Einstein sports a mane of white electrical cables.
New Leaders Take Helm at 3 Camps
For three local Jewish camps ushering in new leadership, summer 2010 will be a season of change. Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa in the San Bernardino Mountains hired a new executive director in February, Camp Alonim in Simi Valley is narrowing choices to replace its current director, and Camp Ramah in Ojai will replace its resigning director, who is leaving at the end of summer.
Congressman Berman Steps in to Help Unfortunate Israeli Couple
The Separation Between Holy and Mundane
The spiritual and the secular are distinct realms that often collide, intersect, overlap and infringe upon one another. Nowhere is that phenomenon more visibly and more frequently at play than in the Jewish homeland: The state flag bears a religious symbol, civil marriages are sanctioned by a religious court, it is illegal to require an employee to work on Shabbat, and, as Israeli artist Nira Pereg illustrates in one of her videos, public city streets in some neighborhoods in Israel are blocked off to traffic in observance of Shabbat.
February 6-12, 2010
With over 250 sessions, the LimmudLA 2010 conference has something for everyone: Bible raps, poetry, LGBT Jewish history, medical ethics, a comedy festival, Israeli folk dancing, Torah study and much more. Fri. through Feb. 15. Prices vary (includes all kosher meals). Hilton Orange County, 3050 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. limmudla.org.
January 30-February 5, 2010
(TU B’SHEVAT)
Newly appointed Los Angeles Police Chief Charles Beck and Los Angeles Fire Chief Millage Peaks celebrate Tu B’Shevat with a dinner at Congregation Bais Naftoli. Also attending are City Controller Wendy Greuel as well as L.A. City Councilmembers Paul Koretz, Jan Perry and Dennis Zine. Open to the public. Sat. 8 p.m. $250 (per couple). Judy’s Restaurant, 129 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. (323) 931-2476. baisnaftoli.com.
Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger Rings in the New Year With a New Season and a New Ring
January 16-22, 2010
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