Steve Getzug

Frank McCourt, Let Our People Eat

Published on April 15, 2004

Consider the hot dog.

For some of us, it's nature's perfect processed food -- with bun or plain, grilled or steamed, sliced up and cooked with beans or lathered with spicy brown mustard, sweet onions and pickle relish. But always enjoyed best at the ballpark -- especially at Dodger Stadium.

Or so they tell us.

If you keep kosher and you're a Dodger fan, enjoying a hot dog in Chavez Ravine is about as remote as right field, about as unlikely as a championship pennant or of even harboring thoughts of baseball in October in Los Angeles. And that's too bad.

Happy Campers

Published on November 23, 2000

Norman and Lela Jacoby are talking about Camp Ramah again.

Alternative Scene

Published on October 26, 2000

The Shabbat morning services last Saturday were wonderful.

A New Center

Published on December 9, 1999

After nearly a decade of planning, fund- raising and hard work, the Ferne Milken Youth & Sports Complex opens its doors Sunday, and organizers say the $4.5 million facility is certain to help the center achieve its goal of becoming a true hub for community life in the Valley.

Atoning for Sins of the Past

Published on December 9, 1999

As a successful entrepreneur and businessman, George Gregory understood the power of a deal, For more than 30 years, Gregory had steered Products Research & Chemical Corp. to prominence with innovation after innovation.

A Temple’s Pride

Published on November 4, 1999

In the just-the-facts world of the Los Angeles Police Department, rocks and other objects thrown through stained glass windows at the David Familian Chapel last February were categorized as acts of vandalism motivated by hate.

World/Mideast Briefs

Published on November 4, 1999

World/Mideast Briefs

The Circuit/Around Town

Published on November 4, 1999

What makes this familiar setup fresh and involving is Margulies' wise, funny, wry dialogue and Lavin's strong performance.