NEW YORK -- Among the more popular U.S. Olympians is Aly Raisman, an 18-year-old Jewish gymnast from the Boston area whose star has been rising in London for a few reasons. First it was her song choice for the floor exercise routine -- an instrumental...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 25, 2012
Kathy Lebedun will celebrate Mother’s Day a little early when she proudly watches her daughter and personal hero, Laura Lebedun, 28, receive a 2012 American Red Cross Lifesaver Award. The ceremony takes place Friday, May 4 at the Frontenac Hilton. “I...
by Naomi Pfefferman, The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
• Published July 20, 2011
In her television studio in El Segundo, Roseanne Barr is singing the Israeli national anthem - and it's good."If I asked you to sing ‘Hatikvah,' would you slug me?" I had hesitantly asked her, remembering her screeching mangling of "The Star-Spangled...
