Picks and Clicks

Arsen Serobian as SpartacusAugust 15, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 16-22: Politics, dance, education and music

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

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Jamie M. Fox -- see WednesdayThursday, August 7, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 9-15: Tisha B'Av, music, opera, comedy and Brad A. Greenberg

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

There's nothing like a heated, intelligent political debate to get Jews' social synapses firing. Jewish Journal staff writer, Brad Greenberg, a.k.a. The God Blogger, will be holding the reins of "The Young Jewish Vote," where Republican Jewish Coalition Director Larry Greenfield will face Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) in a battle to win the hearts and educated minds of young Jewish professionals between the ages of 21 and 39

Rosanna Gamson in 'Tov' See Sunday's listingFriday, August 1, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks for August 1-7, 2008: Dance, comedy, sports, theater, politics

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

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Stephanie PressmanThursday, July 24, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 26-August 1—Rothman, Pressman live

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Painting by Eli Lesky See SundayFriday, July 18, 2008

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 19-25: Psychedelic justice, art on the sand, women on drums

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Cool events around SoCal, personally picked by the Calendar Girls

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for July 12 - 18—Hadassah, the cosmos and more

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Shipwrecked. See Friday listing.Thursday, July 3, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for July 5 - 11

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

'Live and Become'. See Saturday listing.Friday, June 27, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 28 - July 4

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Valerie HarperFriday, June 20, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 21-27

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Lewis BlackThursday, June 12, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 14-20

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Shat signs SundayThursday, June 5, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for June 7-13

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Walk for Darfur. See Sunday listingThursday, May 29, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 31-June 6

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin. With contributi

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 24-30

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin; with contributions from Celia Soudry

Cool things to do next week

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Calendar Girls clicks and picks May 17-23

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

When filmmaker Ben Byer sets out on a global quest to find a cure for ALS, the neurodegenerative disease crippling him, he discovers the will to survive.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Calendar Girl clicks and picks for May 10-16

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Events May 10-16, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 3-9

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for May 3-9

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 26-May 2

By Dikla Kadosh and Danielle Berrin

Winner of the Camera d'Or prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, "Jellyfish" is another example of the remarkable cinematic explosion of Israeli films garnering

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 19-25

By Dikla Kadosh

Events Calendar

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 12- 18

By Dikla Kadosh

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 12- 18

See listing on Saturday for His PeopleThursday, April 3, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 5-11

By Dikla Kadosh

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 5-11

Rhea Carmi: Les Voix Du Silence II. See Tuesday listingThursday, March 27, 2008

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for March 29-April 4

By Dikla Kadosh

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for March 29-April 4


Featured Stories

Arts
Herb Gold, elder statesman of the Beat Generation, writes on

It was at college that he first met Allen Ginsberg. "He was 17. He was a bit crazy, and he was more eccentric than I was," Gold said.

Food
Eating Bambi (recipe included)

Most of the anti-Semitic mail I get these days doesn't concern Israel, Hollywood or even the threat of a nuclear war in the Middle East -- it's about meat.

Israel
Israeli study: As negotiators, man smart, woman smarter

Forget the men when it comes to business negotiations. Women may be more skilled than their masculine counterparts, according to a new study by an Israeli researcher.

U.S.
Justice Arthur Goldberg, baseball’s Joe Berg spied for U.S. during WWII

Several prominent Jews spied for the United States during World War II, newly released documents show

Los Angeles
Ohr HaTorah ends 15-year trip in a walk down Barrington to a new home [VIDEO]

It was a sight Mar Vista doesn't see every day -- a guitar-studded procession of more than 100 Jewish revelers marching jubilantly down South Barrington Avenue with five Torah scrolls.

World
Ancient seal unearthed in Jerusalem; Leiberman reassures Muslims

A 2,600-year-old clay seal impression was uncovered in Jerusalem's ancient City of David. Bearing the name Gedaliah ben Pashur, the seal impression was uncovered intact recently during archaeological excavations just below the walls of the Old City near the Dung Gate.

Weddings
Sweet somethings for that special day

No matter how you serve up your wedding, you ultimately want your guests to leave with a good taste in their mouths

Music
Jazzman Frishberg charts own tuneful territory

One of the great joys of L.A. jazz, from the mid-1970s to the mid-'80s, was the blossoming of jazz pianist Dave Frishberg into a singer-songwriter of quirky, yet warmly satisfying, material.

Los Angeles
Ohr HaTorah ends 15-year trip in a walk down Barrington to a new home [VIDEO]

It was a sight Mar Vista doesn't see every day -- a guitar-studded procession of more than 100 Jewish revelers marching jubilantly down South Barrington Avenue with five Torah scrolls.

Calendar
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 16-22: Politics, dance, education and music

Sports
Mark Spitz: Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympic athlete ever

Former record-holder is gracious as Phelps grabs the glory

Torah Portion
How to comfort and be comforted

Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11) God tells Moses that although he's faithfully led His people through the desert these past 40 years, and although the Jews are now standing at the very border of the Holy Land, Moses himself will never be allowed entry, and will die and

Religion
Randy Pausch’s last lecture links morality and purpose

"Brick walls are there for a reason," wrote the late Dr. Randy Pausch, author of the best-selling book, "The Last Lecture."

Opinion
The Great Awakening

The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will hold back-to-back public conversations this Saturday, Aug. 16, with the two presumptive presidential
candidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. The conversations, on the topic of "Compassion and Leadership," will be