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The Best of (Jewish) Los Angeles 2008 (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
We like to think of our Annual Guide to the Best of (Jewish) Los Angeles as kvetch-proof. Our writers and editors provide personal favorites that are so idiosyncratic and eclectic that it's hard to argue. ("No, that's not the best place to buy a $50 set of used Talmud, this is!")

Teacher prints works of her Orthodox Jewish students (Herald News)
Ruchama King Feuerman compiled the work of her writing students, mostly Orthodox Jewish women, for the recently published book "Everyone Has a Story."

Forward.com (Forward)
About a year and a half ago, Portland, Ore.-based artist Harrell Fletcher went to his local Trader Joe?s to do some shopping. By the time he went home, it was with far more than a few bags of groceries.

Forward.com (Forward)
On June 22, Hasidic singing sensation Lipa Schmeltzer stepped out to greet his fans in one of his first large-scale appearances since a firestorm erupted over the cancellation of his concert, ?The Big Event.?

Youth violence churns Paris district (International Herald Tribune)
The brutal attack of a 17-year-old Jewish boy by a gang of black and Arab youths tests whether Western Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish populations can live in close proximity.

Forward.com (Forward)
?Imaginary Coordinates? or Community Coordinates? The decision taken by Chicago?s Spertus Institute to terminate ?Imaginary Coordinates,? a controversial exhibition on Israeli-Palestinian issues, has drawn plenty of media attention ? and no small amount of criticism.

The Long Night and the New Day: Lithographs by Benton Spruance (Art Daily)
Benton Murdock Spruance (American, 1904-1967), Black Friday, 1958. lithograph. Sigmund R. Balka Collection. Photo: Adam Reich. WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.-

Guilford to host Jewish Festival (New Haven Register)
GUILFORD ? The third annual Shoreline Jewish Festival will be held noon to 6 p.m. July 16 on the Green.

Beating of Jewish Teen Forces France to Confront Ethnic Tension (Bloomberg.com)
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- When a 17-year-old Jewish boy was beaten unconscious by a gang of black and Arab youths during a balmy June evening on Rue Petit in Paris, residents weren't surprised.

Paris with a Jewish accent (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
I'm sitting in a Paris courtroom, and I might as well be in an art museum. There are huge windows, high ceilings, old chandeliers, and a very nervous group of people awaiting a decision.

 

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