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A Tribute to The Prince of Yiddish Barroom Song
A Tribute to The Prince of Yiddish Barroom Song View Original Article -
Shining a Light on Showtime's 'Roadies' Series
Shining a Light on Showtime's 'Roadies' Series View Original Article -
Before Los Angeles became LA
Before Los Angeles became LA View Original Article -
Navigating Steinbeck Country
Navigating Steinbeck Country View Original Article -
Life, Death And Rabbi Leder: Inside "The Beauty Of What Remains"
Steve Leder, Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, one of (if not the) largest Jewish congregations in the United States, has written a new book, "The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift" (Avery Books) that is about death and how acknowledging and facing our own mortality can make for a richer life.With this book, Leder continues on his path of writing about the beauty and spiritual dimension of the most mundane of human experiences.… -
Tom Teicholz: Award-winning journalist, writer & producer
Tom Teicholz: Award-winning journalist, writer &Â pr... View Original Article -
Journalist and Author Tom Teicholz Shares His Early Archives in Being There - Writer's Bone
Journalist and Author Tom Teicholz Shares His Early... View Original Article -
Peace, Love & Ringo
Peace, Love & Ringo View Original Article -
Q & A with Zubin Mehta on Making Music After a Historic War
When the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), conducted by Zubin Mehta, played at Walt Disney Concert Hall in October, it was part of a farewell tour for the 81-year-old maestro, who will retire in October 2019.Born in India and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra from 1962 to 1978, Mehta is much attached to L.A. and has a home here. Earlier this year, the Journal caught up with him in the Republic of Georgia, where he conducted an IPO… -
Towering Voices at 9/11 Flight 93 Memorial
This Sunday September 9, 2018, The National Park Service will mark the dedication of "The Tower of Voices," a 93-foot high tower of wind chimes that stands in Pennsylvania, at the entrance to the 2,200 square National Memorial Park dedicated to the 40 heroes of Flight 93 who perished on 9/11. View Original Article -
The Getty Museum's Freakin' Amazing Ancient Hebrew Manuscript
"Freakin" Amazing!"Those are words I never expected to hear from Rabbi Steven Leder, the senior Rabbi at Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles (the congregation to which I belong).Rabbi Leder was marveling at the Getty Museum's latest acquisition, The 13th Century Rothschild Pentateuch (which is also the first Hebrew manuscript in the Getty's collection). View Original Article -
Woven Women: Helen and Dido Tapestries at the Norton Simon
As I stood before the magnificent tapestries and tapestry cartoons (full sized drawings made in preparation for weaving) on display in "Once Upon a Tapestry: Woven Tales of Helen and Dido" at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena (on view until May 27, 2019) I wondered if during the Middle Ages persons of means looked at the woven narratives unfolding serially across larger wall hangings as we do movies, TV and our smartphones â as entertainments, as chronicles of human…