Can you ever grow up in LA?

Can one ever grow up in LA? I wonder.
On the one hand everyone stays young in spirit. Life's one long party. On the other hand, unlike being a kid, everyone's more goal oriented, and are always out there to get something out of life. I guess that's what makes the conversations more superficial.
It's not that people are superficial. They all want something, and so when they speak, instead of listening to what they're saying- people are trying to listen to what the other side wants.
When I was a kid, I also wanted stuff, but they were simpler stuff. I was kind of naive for most of my teens, and I wanted very little. Thus, friendships were a little simpler and more pure. It was all about wanting to be able to communicate with someone else- and less about trying to achieve anything, or do business with the other person.

Guess that's what growing up is all about. The same life but with a different perspective and a few more lines in the skin.

Life in party town continues.

MY LINKEDIN.COM profile:



The 21st century.
Linkedin.com

A personal yellow page for all to see- who we are. Who are friends are. Who are we linked to . Who's linked to us.

Transperency is the word for the modern person.
And yet, why do I feel that with all this transperency, we've become more isolated than ever?

Detroit Jewish Film Festival April 2007

Back from Detroit Jewish Film Festival.

Here's what they wrote about us in their catalogue. It was a very interesting journey.
I also toured Birmingham MI later, and saw a small town covered with Tigers.

A Special Director’s Selection

2006, 90 minutes, English and some Yiddish with English subtitles, Color, USA.

“...irresistible and deeply sentimental...”

Israeli director Dan Katzir has picked a Rocky story to tell, but the boxer is replaced by an 84 year-old, diminutive Yiddish theatre wonder. It features her struggle to sustain an art form seemingly destined to die with her. For more than 40 years, Zypora Spaisman, a Polish Holocaust survivor, has fought to keep New York’s Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre alive. Despite glowing reviews, however, the theater seems to have lost its audience and faces certain extinction.

Then, during the brutal winter of 2000, a last-ditch effort is made to move the Folksbiene from the Lower East Side to Broadway. For eight days and nights (during Chanukah!) Katzir follows their quest for a modern-day miracle to save the longest running Yiddish theater in America.

The film includes many of the leading experts and stars of the Yiddish world. Sure to elicit laughter and tears, this moving documentary celebrates the beauty of a centuries-old culture and the devotion of those committed to preserving it.

YIDDISH THEATER SCREENING AT THE SKIRBALL PART OF THE LA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL.

Two hours before the screening of our film at the LA Jewish Film Festival there was a power outage in the whole area surrounding it. Luckily, thanks to my producer who got us the Skirball, we were able to make an amazing screening and the hundreds who showed up got to see the film in one of the best venues in Los Angeles.
Many young people showed up- and also some LA Icons like Real Estate Mogul Jona Goldrich, and legendary actor Theodore Bikel

LA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT

The LA Jewish Film Festival kicked it's opening night at the WGA theater in Beverly Hills. It was a cool red carpet event with a wonderful attendence.
This is the festival's second year, and it seem that it's here to stay.
Guess we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that this festival will grow and develop and bring awareness to Jewish films also in LA.

Mazal Tov LA JFF.

XOX

Dan

BOUNCING CASTLE PARTY #3 2007

So, like in prior years, I had the bouncing castle party with a few friends.
This year was a greater success than previous years, as hundreds showed up.
Getting people to come to any event in LA is hard. Getting hundreds of high quality people to come, all of them our friends, was simply amazing.
There was a 68% chance of rain, but luckily we ended up in the 32% chance that it would n't rain.
I didn't bring my camera, but was lucky my friends Katalina and Karenpreet did bring.

FRENCH TUESDAYS

This week was the LA chapter of French Tuesdays one year anniversery.
I was very fortunate to become a member and see a new type of LA nightlife.
Unlike most other LA events, this one has a dress code, which is awesome as it forces everyone to dress a little more elegantly.