IKAR’s Rabbi Sharon Brous and Rabbi Ronit Tsadok, American Jewish University’s Rabbi Aryeh Cohen and leaders of social justice organization Bend the Arc discuss the November ballot initiatives through a Jewish lens, addressing what Jewish tradition says about the death penalty, criminal justice and income equality.
There\’s a guy in line behind me whose name I can\’t remember but who is a good friend of a 50-year-old I once dated whose name I also can\’t remember, which is kind of ironic — I stopped dating him because he\’s too old, and it\’s my memory that\’s failing.
It\’s almost 2006, and I\’m almost proud of myself. Almost. I\’ve accomplished most of my 2005 New Year\’s resolutions: Been a devoted daughter/aunt/sister/friend, got a new job, got into grad school and bought a new, sumptuously soft forest green couch, complete with a plush, inviting ottoman.
I met Dan a few weeks ago at an awesome party downtown. It was held on the entire floor of an industrial building on Spring Street, where a dozen or so artists were showing their work — mostly photographs and paintings but with a couple of jewelry and clothing designers interspersed. The lighting and the ceilings were low in a way that made everyone look more scintillating than they might in a retro basement bar in Santa Monica. Of course, it could have been the flutes of wine or the chocolate truffles. Or could it really have been Dan?
My friend Lindsay\’s friend, Michelle, hosted a 30th birthday bash for her friend, Beth, last Saturday night. So of course I was there.
Christmas Eve 2001. Bing Crosby\’s on my radio, Jimmy Stewart\’s on my television and I\’m on my couch.
Oh where, oh where did my single friends go? Seems the chicks in my clique are all dating, married or hauling around gargantuan diamonds.
Barnes & Noble: 2 p.m. Author Peter J. Levinson discusses and signs \”September in the Rain: The Life of Nelson Riddle,\” a book about the famous band leader.
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