An answer to cancer

Published on April 25, 2011

My mother, who for years dreamt of holding her own baby in her arms, beamed as she held me, her firstborn. My beloved late grandmother, whose diplomatic skills were on par with Muammar Gadhafi’s, took one look at me and proclaimed, “Now you have a daughter, so now you can worry.”

Moti the Mafioso

Published on April 25, 2011

By day, I slouched in the second-to-last row of AP Government and tried to make myself invisible. At night, I changed selves with a pair of black (p)leather pants that squeaked when I sat down. I smeared makeup all over my face, and if I avoided direct light, I was Monet pretty. A fog of hairspray, a flash flood of drugstore perfume and sticky lip gloss completed my disguise for Thursday night out at Tempo in Encino.

Thrown For A Loop

By Avi Liberman
Published on July 19, 2006

Looping is plugging in background sound for movies after they are shot so they sound more realistic. I had done some looping sessions before, but they were all in English. While this movie was also in English, there were plenty of scenes with Hebrew and Arabic in them. My Hebrew is far from perfect, but I can still pull off the Israeli accent so I was pretty sure I could do the job.

Alan King a Model for Seinfeld, Crystal

By Peter Ephross
Published on May 13, 2004

Many young Americans know comedian Alan King's work -- they just don't realize it.

Soulful Sounds

By Orit Arfa
Published on October 15, 1998

The sounds of heaven and earth merge when David De'or and Shlomo Bar, two internationally acclaimed Israeli artists, combine their musical talents.

Orthodox Voices

Published on July 10, 1997

From the day the first Reform temple opened, in 1810, Orthodoxy has not had one definitive, consistent response to heterodoxy.