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How Muslim women are changing the Mideast

Admissions remain open at School of Jewish Communal Service

Despite plans that could have led to the closure of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's School of Jewish Communal Service in Los Angeles, the board of governors decided Tuesday to keep admissions open for the 2010-2011 school year.

City Council approves Museum of Tolerance expansion

After almost two years of proposals, hearing and protests, the Museum of Tolerance's planned expansion received unanimous approval today from the City Council.

Rallies and Villagairosa appearance highlight local support for Israel

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other city officials joined with leaders of the Jewish community and pro-Israel demonstrators this week in a show of solidarity with Israel during its Gaza operation.

"[Israel] must act against the Hamas leaders targeting the innocent. And it must be allowed to exercise its right and responsibility to defend itself," Villaraigosa said Monday.

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Judge dismisses charges in ‘kidnap’ case

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge last week dismissed the criminal case against four Iranian American Jews. One woman and three men were accused of kidnapping and holding for ransom a man the defendants claimed had cheated them out of $100,000 in a business deal.

Synagogues re-group as economic downturn challenges building campaigns

" . . . People are thinking psychologically that they are poor, or less wealthy, so it creates this difficulty for institutions to raise basic capital, as well as operational monies . . . "

The professor the anti-Semites love

Kevin MacDonald had just completed the first in a series of books that would come to define him.MacDonald, 64, has been deemed America's "foremost anti-Semitic thinker" by civil rights experts.

‘Golden Boy’ Art Aragon keeps the faith

Aragon was a notorious fighter who relished packing the Grand Olympic Auditorium downtown and bringing the crowd to its feet, not with cheering but raucous booing.

Black and Jewish leaders work to rekindle friendships at interfaith seder

A group of blacks and Jews have in recent months sought to rekindle a decades-old friendship in hopes of fostering better relations among their broader communities. Sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC), First AME Church, the Brotherhood Crusade and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an interfaith seder became the object of much anticipation earlier this month after one of its organizers was accused of being an anti-Semite.

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I've recently become close with Abe and Frank, two older guys in my neighborhood. At 90 and 88 respectively, they’re not the typical age of my other friends. At first I wasn’t sure if it was friendship. Maybe they were just humoring me or passing the time. Why would old people want to be friends with me, a 35-year-old?