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Category Archives: Danielle Berrin
Danielle Berrin Lives Large
There’s much to feast on in Danielle’s high holiday report. Here’s my favorite sentence: "There is a particular vantage point, however, from which the social aspect becomes especially manifest." Here’s my favorite paragraph: As a "shul hopper," one is not … Continue reading
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Tagged berrin, high holiday, holiday report, jewish worship, rich spectrum, vantage point
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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines – Danielle Berrin Now Single!
A month ago, the Jewish Journal Calendar Girl wrote about her relationship with a rabbi (the bloke who leads the twice monthly Friday night service at Ikar). Shortly thereafter, the Jewish people’s brightest hope for the future broke up over … Continue reading
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Tagged friday night service, gentlemen start your engines, humble reporter, Jewish Journal, jewish pride, musical differences
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Putting Michal Taviv In A Box
I’m collecting Danielle Berrin’s greatest hits. Here’s her lead for a story on the administrator of JConnectLA: "Just try to put Michal Taviv in a box — she won’t fit." Your honor, I object. Michal is not obese. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged berrin, boxes, greatest hits, holy books
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Danielle Berrin Goes Out On A Limb
In the latest issue of the Jewish Journal, she writes about blacks and Jews: "Even while certain members of each community suggest a diminishing relationship among blacks and Jews, the foundation’s ability to attract high-powered Hollywood to support its mission … Continue reading
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Tagged berrin, Jewish Journal, Jews, proof, ties
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Who’s Editing Danielle Berrin?
Somebody is asleep at the wheel of the Jewish Journal. Don’t they ever edit their writers? I like Danielle Berrin. She’s really hot. But she badly needs a strong disciplinary hand. I find myself paging through the Jewish Journal these … Continue reading
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Tagged dissenting voice, dose of reality, Jewish Journal, jewish religious life, journal article, orthodox woman, religious conflict, torah scholars
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Is It Me Or Is It Danielle Berrin?
Danielle writes in the latest issue of the Jewish Journal about Lag B’Omer: "Spread across the cold, damp sand Nashuva, JConnectLA, Aish HaTorah, Bais Bezalel, Jqueer and COEJL all demonstrated that freedom is not limited to putative Jews practicing their … Continue reading
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Tagged Aish HaTorah, hubby, Jewish Journal, omer, oy ve, what the heck
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70 artists from the Sudan to South America Collaborate In Music
From JewishJournal.com: "Israeli music sensation Idan Raichel, creator of The Idan Raichel Project shares his thoughts with Danielle Berrin of JewishJournal.com before his Nov. 2007 performance at UCLA’s Royce Hall." Danielle Berrin says: "During a recent tour stop at UCLA’s … Continue reading
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Jewish Journal Calendar Girl Danielle Berrin Violated Me!
The Jewish Journal’s Danielle Berrin steals my photo (original here). I’m honored Danielle used my photo (she’s way hotter than Perez Hilton who also steals my photos, though at least he adds some of his distinctive art work to them). … Continue reading
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Skirball builds a real rainbow for Noah’s Ark
Danielle Berrin reports (there’s video of her lovely self): Longtime collaborators architect Moshe Safdie and artist Ned Kahn were busy designing the new headquarters for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Washington D.C. when Safdie invited Kahn to … Continue reading
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JDate Party Bust
Danielle Berrin writes: The August 18 cocktail mixer and "Lost 80s" Live Concert was supposed to be the centerpiece event of JDate’s Schmooz-a-Palooza, a weekend-long extravaganza beginning with an oh-so-LA poolside party on Friday night at the Hyatt and ending … Continue reading
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