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The Next Conversation
Can a conversation inspire a city? A people? Nextbook, an organization devoted to Jewish literature, culture and ideas (www.nextbook.org) came to L.A. last weekend, staging a full day festival at UCLA’s MacGowan and Freud theaters called “Acting Jewish: Film, TV, Comedy, Music,” the first of what it hopes to be an annual event. According to […]
'Rebel with a Cause' (Andrew Stevens)
Andrew Stevens, a longtime Beverly Hills resident, successful businessman, active philanthropist and Hungarian Holocaust survivor, is hard to resist. He’s in his late 70s but looks 15 years younger — not because of his hair, which is darker than nature permits, but because of his energy, drive and determination. He has a quality I find […]
Treasures of the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music
Can you tell the story of a people by its music? Last November, the classical music label Naxos released the 50th CD of its American Classics series, music from the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, so the time has come to give the archive its props (just imagine Randy Jackson saying: Yo! Yo! Dog, […]
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FOODIE-ISM (Barry Glassner & "The Gospel of Food")
This time of year finds me on the treadmill in the mornings, futzing around the gym, taking walks around the neighborhood, eating lots of grilled chicken salads. I’m in training — not for the recent Los Angeles Marathon, but for the marathon weekend in May when my wife and I travel to another city with […]
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ASSUME EVERYONE IS JEWISH
A couple of weeks ago I found myself in a seminar room at UCLA’s Royce Hall attending a presentation by professor David Shneer of the University of Denver concerning Jewish museums in Los Angeles, a city he calls, “The Newest Jewish City in the World.” As someone who has argued that Los Angeles is the […]
My Punk Self
Recently I asked a 15-year-old boy what music he listened to. His answer: “No one you ever heard of.” A perfect answer. Because what every fan needs, what every person should have, is music that is his own. Over the years, there’s been a lot of music that has mattered to me. That I have […]