Danielle Berrin is a writer — and mom — in Los Angeles.
Danielle Berrin
By Danielle Berrin
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Fast Forward Cyberattack disrupts Israel Philharmonic Orchestra virtual concert
A free virtual concert featuring the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) was disrupted on Sunday by a suspected cyber attack, preventing tens of thousands of viewers worldwide from watching and participating in the event. Hosted by actress Helen Mirren and featuring some of Israel’s world-renowned soloists — including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman and Yefim Bronfman —…
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News ‘Racism is very prevalent in the Jewish community.’ A Black, Jewish, gay leader speaks out.
Gamal Palmer was 9 years old when he marched into the local synagogue and demanded an appointment with the rabbi. “His secretary looked at me, this little brown child, like, ‘What?’” As the son of a white Jewish mother and a Black father, Palmer was used to these kinds of looks, the ones that consciously…
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News In ‘On the Record,’ Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick take on Russell Simmons, without Oprah
The first thing I asked Oscar-nominated filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick was: What was more difficult, taking on the United States military or Russell Simmons? “Be nice,” Ziering laughed. “We’ve been through enough.” Ziering was referring to the hoopla surrounding the duo’s latest effort, “On The Record,” their third documentary about sexual violence. This…
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News In Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, protests leave behind destruction
At 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, building security alarms were still ringing at retail establishments in the affluent Los Angeles neighborhood around the Beverly Center, where the night before, what began as a peaceful protest for racial justice took a darker turn into destruction, looting and vandalism. LAPD had cordoned off the hardest-hit areas, including…
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News Why Danny Pearl’s parents are fighting to keep his killers in jail
Asra Nomani remembers the day in January 2002 when she stood in the driveway of her home in Karachi, Pakistan, waving goodbye to her friend and colleague Daniel Pearl as he headed out for an interview. “It was a beautiful, sunny day,” Nomani, a journalist and co-director of The Pearl Project recalled in a recent…
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News Love in the time of coronavirus
Bella Staav and Jonathan Sunshine arrived at Holmby Park wearing the accessories du jour in the Time of Coronavirus, a face mask and gloves. What set them apart was their formal attire, which had the whiff of a special occasion. Holmby Park is a verdant oasis in Los Angeles, not far from Beverly Hills, the…
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News In Miami, handicapping the election, without the deli
Pre-coronavirus, you could walk into a trifecta of Jewish delis, all within a seven-mile strip of South Dixie Highway, to get a sense of which way Miami Jews are leaning on Trump v. Biden. But now that the ground zero of the Jewish kibitzing scene is off-limits due to social distancing, you have to do…
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Forward 50 2018 Aly Raisman
Champion of Gymnastics and Justice During the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London, the Jewish world watched with particular interest and pride when the American Jewish gymnast Alexandra “Aly” Raisman, then 18, became the first American woman in Olympic history to win a gold medal in the floor exercise. The achievement itself was a dayenu…
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