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‘Almost’ a Beginning in Paris

It\’s a bit like that with Holocaust films: The protagonists are either killed or liberated, but if they survive, we do not see how they get back to \”normalcy\” and cope anew with everyday life.\n\nThe modest, low-key French import \”Almost Peaceful\” (\”Un Monde Presque Paisible\”) remedies this omission.

You Gotta Be in it to Win it

Synagogues and Jewish institutions will help sell tickets, which can be purchased via credit card through The Jewish Federation of Orange County.

Even Bullies Go to Summer Camp

Directors at three of California\’s Jewish sleep-over camps describe them as nurturing environments where every child is made to feel safe and part of a caring community. Campers, they say, generally meet the high expectations for mensch-like behavior.\n\nBut despite everyone\’s best intentions, camps occasionally see aggressive or exclusionary behavior, and each camp has a policy to firmly and fairly discourage bullying.\n\n

The Scent of Controversy

Ronald Lauder, the billionaire cosmetics heir, philanthropist and conservative political activist, has been unanimously selected by a nominating committee to become the next chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

Wiesenthal Report:

Jewish refugees fortunate enough to make it into Switzerland during World War II, were, in most cases, interned in forced-labor camps, required to perform hard physical labor under primitive living conditions, and separated from their families.\n

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