Category Archives: Holocaust

THE L.A. JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL, 2012

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Baruch

Reviewed by Rabbi Baruch Cohon                 Film festivals gain in importance every year, for the filmmakers and for target audiences.  Once limited to nose-in-the-air programs like Cannes, they now offer varied and sometimes outstanding choices of features, shorts and documentaries … Continue reading →

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AN IDEA TO CELEBRATE

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Baruch

   At our Seder, a teenage guest named Natalie asked a question that is not in the Haggadah.   “We have Pesach to celebrate the end of Egyptian slavery,” she said, “so why don’t we have a holiday to celebrate the … Continue reading →

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