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Editorial
Hopes Dashed as Obama Avoids Calling Mass Killings of Armenians ‘Genocide’
By Rebecca Spence
This year, on Armenian Remembrance Day — when the mass killing of more than 1 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire is commemorated — Armenian-American activists had high hopes that a president who ran on a message of change would indeed change the pattern of previous administrations. That is, they hoped President Obama would use the term “genocide” to describe the human tragedy that occurred nearly a century ago.Read More
Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Strikes a Jarring but Muted Chord in L.A.
By Rebecca Spence
Leading Combatant in Gay Marriage Fight To Head Southern California Rabbis
By Rebecca Spence
Government Grant Helps California Synagogues Find Eternal Sunshine of the Holy Kind
By Rebecca Spence
In 1897, two New York policemen disrupted a public ceremony marking the Blessing of the Sun and dragged a rabbi down to court for failing to have a permit. More than a century later, on the opposite coast, government officials are not only giving a similar ceremony their blessing — they are also putting money behind a new environmental program in its honor.Read More
Hollywood’s Spring Fling With Blooming Israeli Actresses
By Rebecca Spence
In Hollywood, Israeli actresses are stealing the show. No fewer than three Israeli starlets will be appearing in major American studio releases over the next month, while others are scooping up roles on television shows and in theater productions. Ayelet Zurer plays the female lead in the forthcoming “Da Vinci Code” sequel, “Angels & Demons,” while Noa Tishby has a smaller part in the romantic comedy “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.” A former Miss Israel, Gal Gadot, is appearing in the fourth installment of Vin Diesel’s cars and babes franchise, “Fast & Furious,” and onstage, Meital Dohan, known for her role in the Showtime series “Weeds,” recently appeared in the Los Angeles run of the play “Stitching.”Read More
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