Category
spanish
Following apology from Spanish festival, Matisyahu confirms he will perform after all
After being re-invited, American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu confirmed he will perform at a Spanish music festival.
Matisyahu ousted from Spanish festival for not endorsing Palestinian state
Matisyahu was disinvited from a Spanish music festival because he would not publicly endorse Palestinian statehood.
Israelis, Palestinians vie for Latino support during Pope’s visit
The first Latin American pope brought a wave of Latino love with him on his trip to the Holy Land last weekend.
Growing the fruits of peace in El Salvador
Don Israel speaks no English, and I speak almost no Spanish. But I understood him well enough to realize that, as I began to plant one of the mango trees that would be placed in his field that day, he obviously thought I was doing it wrong.
How Do We Do It?
I\’ve been a single parent a long time now. I knowa lot about it. When Jewish organizations need a speaker on single parenting, they often ask me — and I\’ll be at the Westside Jewish Community Center this Sunday for the daylong conference, \”Creating Family Life as a Single Parent,\” sponsored by Jewish Family Service\’s new Jewish Single Parent Network (818-762-8800.)\n
Soup, Sandwiches
Amid a blizzard of Spanish-language signs for passport photos, discount shoes and wedding gowns, Langer\’s Delicatessen & Restaurant sits proudly at the corner of Alvarado and 7th streets, the location it has occupied for the past 50 years. The hours are shorter — 8 to 4, Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays — and the price for a pastrami on rye is certainly higher — $7.50, versus a quarter in 1947. The conversation emanating from the brown naugahyde booths is as often in Spanish as in English. And the Ramparts police substation across the street keeps a close watch on the multiethnic parade of humanity that mills about the busy intersection, once the hub of a lively Jewish neighborhood, second only to Boyle Heights.