In ‘Adam Resurrected,’ Jeff Goldblum reanimates controversial Shoah survivor

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 30, 2008

In order to play the lead in "Adam Resurrected," Jeff Goldblum said he spent "months crying and crawling around on all fours."

Math wiz clowns around to ‘serve God with joy’

By Amy Klein
Published on March 20, 2008

Yehuda Braunstein wasn't one of those kids whose childhood aspirations (to be a fireman, astronaut, actor) never came true. Even though he studied to be a mathematician at MIT and earned a doctorate at UC San Diego, and he also became religiously observant -- a ba'al teshuvah, through Chabad. Now, at 39, he's a mathematician, an active Chabad member -- and a clown.

Big fun under the big top

By Tom Teicholz
Published on July 26, 2007

When I heard that the circus was coming to town, I couldn't wait to take my daughter. I'm talking about the Greatest Show on Earth, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, appearing in Orange County until Aug. 5.

Singles - Painted Clowns

By Teresa Strasser
Published on June 29, 2006

I'm drinking at a bar called the Dirty Horse on Hollywood Boulevard. Well, that's not the real name, but I never got a look at the sign and that name seemed right.

Clowning Around With Cancer

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on September 4, 2003

After Stanford University graduate Jonna Tamases survived two different cancers in the 1980s, her life took an unexpected turn: She ran off to join the circus.

Send in the Clowns

By Teresa Strasser
Published on February 18, 1999

Girl meets clown.

Girl is fascinated by clown, who is a bona fide graduate of clown college and can walk on stilts.