…When "there's no place like home means growing new roots. " LYNNE MEREDITH COHN Staff Writer 1/2 1998 60 evan Sipher points out that Jews have always been wan- dering. Then look at Detroit, a city based on the automotive industry with little public transportation and popular commute-worthy outlying sub- urbs. Says Sipher, 33, "It's a city people have been leaving from square one." Whether for graduate school, career or to spread their wi...…
…ow- Lynn Isenberg, 37, has kind of been She headed to San Francisco, living schizophrenically — college at U- dreaming of a career in publishing, M,. a year in Los Angeles, then Paris and but "fell into high-tech," working for Prague, back to L.A. for a decade, then a multimedia publisher; Schey now Michigan for two years and now, L.A. works in high-tech PR. For the first 10 years she lived "One of the biggest things I miss there, Isenberg ha...…
…sr* x In The rmsr ow Sgt. Charles Nathan Ross:_ respect for the military with a Jewish bent. Not your run-of-the-mill recruit, Sergeant Charles Nathan Ross leads a Jewish life in the military. n SUSAN TAWIL Special to the Jewish News e's got the best posture you've ever seen. That's one of the marks the Army left on Sergeant Charles Nathan Ross, 33, an Oak Park native who joined the Marines fresh out of high school in _ 1983. "I alwa...…
…Trying To Answer Inconceivably, the curious question reproductive rites. JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR Special to the Jewish News ro erhaps I am just a little too sensitive. Perhaps I am mak- ing too much of a big deal out of what, on the surface, is really an innocent question. But I can honestly say that it has been just two weeks since someone asked me if I am "getting it on" with my husband, if my reproductive health was in fact OK, if I plan to...…
…In "Stalking Elijah," author Rodger Kamenetz explores loss, the exchange of religious thought, and Jewish rebirth. In his new book, Stalking Elijah (HarperSanFrancisco, 370 pgs., $22), Baltimore native Rodger Kamenetz, who is a professor of English and director of Jewish Studies at Louisiana State University, chronicles his spiritual journey by delving into his encounters with the 14th Dalai Lama, the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist movem...…
…aria ip 54 tia 11:1, haramsala, a small town in northern India, shelters a community of several thousand • Tibetan refugees. It's where my life changed dramatically in 1990 when I witnessed a dialogue between religious Jews and the Dalai Lama. Going back to a place where your life changed is risky. Especially if it changed for the better. Suppose the magic isn't there? Suppose it was invented in the first place? I knew one thing: I wanted t...…
…boards he found gold." The Dalai Lama's rich deep laughter filled the room. Behind him I noticed the gold- en statue of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of compassion. "Rebbe Nachman told this tale," I said, "to explain why a person might journey far away to find a teacher, who will show the student what is already close at hand. For me," I said, looking into his eyes, "and for many Jews, you have become such a teacher. By making us look more deepl...…
…years since my tiny son had died so unexpectedly. The voice gathered strength from all my defeats. "You're not going to make it," I heard. "You're no good. You'll never be able to write about this." What a weirdly confident demon. I felt myself lending energy to this voice, pushing it to be louder and stronger, to see where it would go. A dangerous game to play in a dark room in the foothills of the Himalayas. The next morning I woke, dazed an...…
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…FEATURES REVIEWS LISTINGS apeman o rc s d lotheth Paul Simon is Broadway bound. A Unabomber Victim Speaks Out GEORGE VARGA Special to The Jewish News A fter exploring the music of Africa and Brazil with his landmark Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints albums, Paul Simon has come full circle. With The Capeman, his long- awaited Broadway musical sched- uled to open Jan. 29, and its accompanying album, Songs From the Capeman, the Gramm...…
…`The Capeman' Cometh Amid controversy, Paul Simon's new musical is set to open on Broadway. CAPEMAN Paul Simon: From "Homeward Bound" to Broadway bound. 1/2 1998 70 from page 69 headed by Latin-pop stars Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony and Ednita Nazario. They will perform 38 new Simon songs, featuring lyrics he co- wrote with West Indian playwright Derek Walcott, who in 1992 was awarded the Nobel Prize for poetry. Simon's new album, Songs F...…
…which had been romanticized in Leonard Bernstein's hit musical, West /- Side Story. Yet, while many New Yorkers were appalled and incensed by Agron's deadly deed and lack of contrition, Simon was not among them. "No, I wasn't," the veteran musi- cian said. "I was too young; I didn't realize how terrible it was. I was a teen-ager, and it was like a movie. "I don't think teen-agers understand; you have to be older to understand that a terrible...…
…Here Come Da Judge SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to The Jewish News T he long-running TV series "The People's Court" has introduced a new judge this season — former New York Mayor Ed Koch. Real-life small claims cases are pre- sented in an interactive format, which updates the program from its 1981-93 version. Audience members at the tap- ings can express themselves on camera, while TV viewers can access the show's Web site (www.peoplescourt.co...…
…You PAID FOR THE BAT MITZVAH, THE ORTHODONTIST, COLLEGE AND A GOOD PART OF THE WEDDING. People's Court" brings to TV audi- ences? A: An alternative to the programs they now have available to them on whether somebody slept with his mother or whether a murderer is not responsible because his mother didn't like him. Q: Do you think being on television affects the way people represent their cases? A: No. I think they become oblivi- ous to the f...…
…Wilde Thing CONC ERT FOR T WHOLE FAMI L Moises Kaufrnan's play about the trials of Oscar Wilde has garnered rave reviews. DEBBIE FRIED LESLEY PEARL Special to The Jewish News rowing up Jewish in Cara- cas, Venezuela, Moises Kauf- man always felt a bit like an outsider. Within the tightly knit Orthodox community, the homo- sexual man felt equally estranged by his orientation. Now living in New York City, the gay, Jewish playwright, direc...…
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