Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad; ‘West Bank Story’ screening

By Keren Engelberg
Published on March 1, 2007

Calendar of Events in Los Angeles.

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 19, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 5, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on September 28, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on August 31, 2006

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Jack Bender: ‘Lost’ and ‘Found’

By Keren Engelberg
Published on August 24, 2006

TV veteran Jack Bender will attend the Emmy Awards this Sunday. He's nominated again this year in the category of Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work on the hit ABC show "Lost," for which he is also an executive producer.

That’s What I Do

By Keren Engelberg
Published on June 29, 2006

If you're a single 24-year-old gal looking to meet a preferably Jewish single guy in Los Angeles, you'd think a good pick-up line might include the words "I work for The Jewish Journal." After all, what better way to convey to the guy-of-interest that you're a fellow MOT? But you'd be wrong.

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 25, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 11, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 4, 2006

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 27, 2006

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7days

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 10, 2005

Calendar; events over 7 days.

7 Days in The Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on September 15, 2005

Jews of the LBC rejoice as they finally get a film fest all their own. The first Long Beach Jewish Film Festival will be held today and tomorrow, thanks to the support of the Alpert JCC and the Cal State Long Beach Jewish studies program.

7 Days in The Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on September 1, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on July 7, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on June 16, 2005

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Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 19, 2005

Calendar.

Got Sababa?

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 12, 2005

More fashion for a cause? You betcha. After all, why "Livestrong" when you could "Get Sababa?"

Lance Armstrong's yellow "Livestrong" bracelets to benefit his cancer foundation are already passé. But hoping to start a fashion craze of her own, 27-year-old Traci Szymanski has launched Get Sababa, a clothing line in progress, complete with the now-requisite rubber-band bracelets. (Hers are blue-and-white tie-dye.)

Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on March 31, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 17, 2005

Calendar of events including upcoming events.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 17, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 10, 2005

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Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 10, 2005

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7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 13, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 13, 2005

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 30, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 9, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on December 9, 2004

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Jew of Arcadia

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 25, 2004

Becky Wahlstrom isn't a Jew, but she plays one on TV. As Grace Polk on CBS's "Joan of Arcadia," the blond Chicagoan looks refreshingly unlike your stereotypical Jewish character. Of course, Grace's character wasn't supposed to seem Jewish from the start. The contrary, politically outspoken, rebellious teenager in black has been packed with surprises since her character debuted in last year's first season. Recently, it came to light that her mother is an alcoholic. Toward the end of last year, it was revealed that her father was a rabbi and that, at age 16, she was finally giving in to his pleadings that she have a bat mitzvah. Tonight, then, is the big night. Grace will become a woman in the eyes of the Jewish community at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26.

Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 18, 2004

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7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 18, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 11, 2004

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How-Tos by Jews

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 11, 2004

There's something very American about a book that claims to be a "guide to life." There's also something very Jewish about it.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 28, 2004

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Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 28, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 21, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 14, 2004

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Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 7, 2004

Calendar of interesting events.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 13, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 29, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 15, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 1, 2004

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Free Fallin’

By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 1, 2004

I'm riding shotgun in Hawthorne's truck, and we're on our way to jump out of a plane together. As the truck bumps along to Perris Valley, I'm having one of those moments where the same word keeps repeating itself in my head: "requiem." Requiem, requiem, requiem. My brain has been saying it all day.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 19, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 5, 2004

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By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 22, 2004

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David Gamliel’s Weird Science

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 8, 2004

It's a wintery Saturday night in Hollywood, and I am having one of those quintessential L.A. outings. Sitting in the dank, stonewalled basement of the landmark Magic Castle, I am watching psychokinetecist David Gamliel move objects with his mind. Our well-dressed group stares at the short, intense, balding, goateed Israeli as his hands hover over a pair of eyeglasses that sit on a green felt table. His hands begin to make slow circles in the air, and soon the glasses levitate and circle, mimicking his hands' movements. There is an audible sigh. He never touched the glasses -- we all watched.

Happy Circumstance

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 8, 2003

Erin Falkowitz, 25, daughter of Ellen and Michael Falkowitz, and Jake Jundef, 26, son of Bracha and Moshe Jundef, met in the summer of 1997, long after the laws of probability say they should have. Both of them went to UC Santa Barbara and had numerous mutual friends -- Jake had even dated a few of them. But it took some random circumstances to get the two acquainted and dating. Six years later, they're engaged to be married.

A Double Mitzvah

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 8, 2003

If one follows the traditional Jewish philosophy that a lifetime is 70 years, Dr. Hy Goldman was symbolically reborn on April 22, 2000. It's a philosophy Goldman likes, and thus followed to the next logical conclusion -- that he should reaffirm his commitment to Judaism with a second bar mitzvah at the age of 83 (age 70 plus 13). That his grandson, Jason, decided to join him by becoming a bar mitzvah for the first time, at age 21, only added to the uniqueness of the occasion.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on April 30, 2003

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Business Thrives With Eye on Beauty

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 16, 2003

Shawn Tavakoli reads Women's Wear Daily, and he's not ashamed to admit it. He also reads Vogue, Mademoiselle and most other beauty magazines. It isn't pleasure reading he's doing. It's research.

Everyone Likes ‘Pie’

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 14, 2002

You could say actress Barbara Minkus has been studying for her current role her whole life. She's always been rather petite and has always loved to sing and perform.

Storybook Romance

By Keren Engelberg
Published on November 7, 2002

Kathy Angel Eisenberg and David Eisenberg first met at Rose Nails salon in Woodland Hills. David was taking his 16-year-old daughter to get a manicure and Kathy was bringing her kids with her for her own appointment. The kids were "bouncing off the walls," Kathy said. David quickly assured her that as the kids get older, "it only gets worse."

And with that opener, a romance was born. The two were married this past August and are working on creating a personalized storybook to record their love story for posterity.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 17, 2002

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Searching for Cohens

By Keren Engelberg
Published on August 29, 2002

When Andrea Kalinowski was a little girl in Montreal, her father had an unusual ritual. Any time the family stopped in a little roadside town, he would find a phone book and search for Cohens. He would inevitably get excited when he found even one, amazed and proud that his people were everywhere.

However, Kalinowski was more skeptical about her connectedness to Judaism. "What really turned me off from Judaism was that it was difficult to be Jewish," she said.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on May 16, 2002

7 Days In The Arts