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Master and slaves, no longer bonded
One could never accuse Northlight Theatre of a lack of eclecticism in its programming. In a matter of weeks, subscribers there in Skokie have gone from chortling at Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple," of all things, to a drama that begins with the...
Tags: Judaism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Mark Twain
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In search of a Dominican feast
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Strange as it may sound, finding good Dominican food isn't so easy in Dominican restaurants. The best Dominican food, I'm told, is served in Dominican homes. If you get that kind of invitation, well, lucky you;...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Seafood, Lifestyle and Leisure, Haiti, Restaurants
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Rachel Patron: Obama's search for greatness should begin with unity ...
Greatness is a tough gig. Now that President Obama has been sworn in for a second term, people are asking what he wants his legacy to be. Perhaps Obama asks himself: How will people remember me? This "me" component is alien to greatness and...Tags: Passover Seder, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Matzoh, George Washington
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Drew Barrymore plans to raise daughter Jewish, convert
Drew Barrymore plans to raise her daughter Olive as Jewish and probably will convert to the faith herself. Appearing on ABC's "The View" on Friday, Barrymore, 37, told the ladies that her daughter would be following the faith of her father, Will...Tags: Judaism, Google Inc., ABC (tv network), Joy Behar, Walmart
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The long March -- to Los Angeles elections
Why do Los Angeles city elections seem simultaneously so anticlimatic -- and so exhausting? There may be many reasons, but no doubt one of them is the calendar. City elections take place the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March every odd-...
Tags: Fatigue, Politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elections, Barack Obama
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King of the con men
Long before Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o said he was duped by an imaginary Internet girlfriend, Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil was plucking the gullible. A regular entry on Chicago police blotters in the first half of the 20th century, Weil was dubbed...
Tags: Social Sciences, Crime, Law and Justice, World War I (1914-1918), Judges, Arts and Culture
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Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison
L.A. NOWA Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this week by a district court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi&#... -
2012 in review
It won't take much more than a few minutes into the new year to see the impact of the old one, with Baltimore's City Hall opening at midnight to begin performing same-sex marriages under a law that takes effect on Jan. 1. But if the state's newly...
Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Philip Glass, Arts and Culture, University of Maryland, College Park, Labor Legislation
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What is Chanukah?
Paul GreenbergIt's starting to look a lot like ... Chanukah. That's the minor eight-day Jewish holiday that's become a major one in our time, perhaps because of its proximity to Christmas and the demand for some kind of Jewish equivalent. But the same blessings are...Tags: Belief and Faith, Judaism, Heroism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Festivals
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Donald Margulies' multiculti holiday tale
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies talks about his inspiration for his new play, "Coney Island Christmas," which runs through Dec. 30 at the Geffen Playhouse. Tell me about "Coney Island Christmas." "Coney Island Christmas"...
Tags: Family, Religious Festivals, Gil Cates, Arts and Culture, Christmas
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Hanukkah gelt goes upscale -- and ethical
They're almost as much a part of Hanukkah as potato pancakes, the foil-wrapped chocolate candies called gelt that usually come in plastic-mesh bags at the checkout stand and taste pretty much like the leftover wax from the candles in the menorah. Embossed...
Tags: Religious Festivals, HIV, Arts and Culture, Labor Legislation, Customs and Tradition
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Celebrating the dear old turkey
Liz Smith"THANKSGIVING IS indeed the nearest thing we have to a national liturgy. From sea to shining sea, it calls forth a grand harmony of groaning boards. ... Yet, what must we think of a nation that, as the central motif of this gustatory concerto, insists...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Religious Festivals, Cranberries, Easter, Hanukkah
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