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carnival
Jewish hotspots during Brazil’s blockbuster Carnival season
Jewish Journal
February 4, 2016
Brazilians know how to party. Nowhere is that more obvious than at Carnival, Brazil’s most popular celebration festively combining its rich and multi-ethnic melting pot.
Carnival ride’s name upsetting Fla. Holocaust survivors
Jewish Journal
November 23, 2011
The name of a ride at a South Florida fair is offending some Holocaust survivors living in the area.
The Best of (Jewish) Los Angeles 2008
Jewish Journal
July 3, 2008
We like to think of our Annual Guide to the Best of (Jewish) Los Angeles as kvetch-proof. Our writers and editors provide personal favorites that are so idiosyncratic and eclectic that it\’s hard to argue. Year after year, by the way, Los Angeles is still our \”Best Jewish City.\”
Masquerade
Amy Klein
March 9, 2007
I didn\’t exactly mean to go incognito, but when my friend Ben didn\’t recognize me — even after chatting with me for a minute at the noisy Purim carnival — I realized I was onto something: I could be anyone.
This Week – Carnival Time
Rob Eshman
March 16, 2006
We arrived early for the Purim carnival last Sunday. The giant bounce house still lay in a wrinkled, uninflated wad on a corner of the parking lot. The only children around were, like our son, middle school volunteers, corralling the puppies for the puppy-petting booth, lining up bottles for the ring toss.
Mecca in the Valley
Amy Klein
October 18, 2001
Deep red curtains, dark lighting, cushiony pillows and pictures of camels and bellydancers adorning the walls: That\’s what you\’d expect from a restaurant reputed to be one of the best Middle Eastern eateries in Southern California.
Instead, what you find is a bright diner-like atmosphere, with orange and yellow arches on the walls, in a strip mall in Sherman Oaks. Oh, and a long line of Americans, Arabs, Druse and Israelis.
Carnival\’s green awning welcomes guests in Hebrew (\”Bruchim Ha\’baim\”) English and Arabic. Newspapers in three languages line the table of the anteroom, as people wait for a table or takeout on this busy Saturday night.
Purim Magic and Minutia
Charlotte Hildebrand
March 16, 2000
Hanoka was attempting to unravel the mathematical complexities of how Purim falls in Adar Bet, or the second month of Adar, this year, making 2000 a leap year, not only in the solar calendar but in the lunar, or Jewish calendar, as well.
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