Olivia and Olivia (plus Ava and Jacob)
In the new Giants TV ad, the cute blonde in the driver’s seat being cheered on by Bruce Bochy, Brian Wilson and Pat Burrell is Olivia Hornstein, 16, of San Rafael. Her mom, Cynthia Pepper, writes that Olivia “worked a full day, then went to her rehearsal at 3 (as dance captain) for her ‘West Side Story’ gig” at Terra Linda High, where she’s a sophomore. Val Hornstein reports that “random people” are coming up to his daughter commending her on the great ad, and one blog credited her as doing a good imitation of the ditzy teenager Haley Dunphy from “Modern Family.” “Not intended, but cute,” Val says. The big question: Do Giants tickets come with the paycheck?
Another Olivia … Infant triplets Olivia, Ava and Jacob Aptekar will be featured in “Brothers & Sisters,” the ABC series starring Sally Field, on May 1, writes grandpa Richard Aptekar (who goes by the stage name Allan Richards) of Burlingame. The triplets play Sarah (one of Field’s daughters and a mom herself, if you’re not familiar with the show) as an infant in a flashback. The triplets’ parents, Jeff and Nicole Aptekar of Chino Hills, who are active in the showbiz community, got word of a casting call for newborns, and the nearly identical babies were cast.
Social — or not?
When New York Times columnist David Brooks was in the Bay Area recently touting his new book, “The Social Animal,” Tom Kasten of Hillsborough asked if him Jews are especially social animals. Brooks promised that he’ll address that exact issue at the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation’s FedFest 100 on Sunday, April 10, where he’ll be keynote speaker. Brooks was particularly funny and engaging (and not a bit political) at the Herbst Theatre in March. Describing his inability to be outwardly emotional, he said he goes by the tenet, “Think Yiddish, act British.” FYI: FedFest, at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, 1675 Owens St. is free for all federation donors, but you need to make reservations at www.jewishfed.org. And it’s never too late to make a donation.
Peaches in March?
The subject line of San Geronimo’s Congregation Gan HaLev’s
e-note said “It’s almost Peach,” which made me curious. So instead of filing it in the “look at it later” folder, I opened it. Turns out, there was a letter missing and the item was about — you guessed it … Pesach. So was it a typo, or a clever way to draw in readers.
Only editor Suzanne Sadowsky knows for sure. P.S. The newsletter’s next item was about Shabbat services at the home of Dick Lemon.
Short shorts
Jacob Cohen of San Francisco was awarded $10,000 from the Napier Awards for Creative Leadership. The award celebrates the outstanding leadership of college students in their senior year who are involved in the areas of global peace, social justice and care of the Earth … Congregation B’nai Torah in Antioch is one of 20 Reform congregations of 170 applicants to receive an Incubator Grant from the Union for Reform Judaism … Adene Sacks of the Jim Joseph Foundation received the JJ Greenberg Outstanding Young Professional Award at the Jewish Funders Network conference in Philadelphia last month … Finally, Camp Wise, the Jewish overnight camp in Ohio, would like to build its alumni network. If you were a camper and want to connect with others in your past, visit www.campwise.org and fill out an alumni
profile.
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