Thursday, October 29, 2009
Shooting at North Hollywood synagogue
JTA
Two people were shot in the legs at a synagogue in North Hollywood, Calif.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Jay Sanderson Named New Federation President
By Rob Eshman
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has named as its next president Jay Sanderson, CEO and executive producer of Jewish Television Network. . .
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Astronaut Ilan Ramon’s son dies in IAF crash
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The son of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon was killed in the crash of an Israeli Air Force fighter plane.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Local Jewish cemetery accused of desecrating remains
CNN.com
One of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Los Angeles, California, area has been accused of desecrating the remains of those buried there,. . .
Friday, September 4, 2009
‘Massive’ ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem [VIDEO]
CNN.com
An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Disc jockey DJ AM dies
CNN.com: Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment. . .
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Ted Kennedy Dead at 77
HAARETZ.com
U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a major figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America's most fabled political families after two. . .
Monday, August 24, 2009
Prison Official: Madoff isn’t dying of cancer!
HuffingtonPost.com
This morning the NY Post declared that Bernie Madoff had cancer (headline: Bernie's Cancer Cell: Madoff Dying-- Unless He Can Cheat Death, Too). But. . .
Monday, August 24, 2009
Israeli soldier injured by Gaza mortar
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Israel Investigates Possible Abduction of Soldier [UPDATE]
by Benjamin Joffe-Walt, The Media Line
The “Al-Quds Army”, a previously unknown group, claims responsibility for potential abduction
Israel was in a state of panic Thursday afternoon. . .
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Leadership Project Pulls Plug
By Howard Stier
The Professional Leadership Project (PLP), an initiative established in 2004 to recruit and mentor future Jewish leaders nationwide among Generation. . .
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Judea West—For Sale
By Adam Wills
Judea West is for sale, and the West Hills Reform synagogue has already found an interested buyer.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Spinka Grand Rabbi, Four Others Plead Guilty
By Adam Wills
Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz, the Brooklyn-based grand rabbi of the Spinka sect, along with four local associates, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy. . .
Sunday, August 2, 2009
2 dead, 11 injured at gay center in Israel
CNN.com
At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in a shooting at a Tel Aviv club Saturday night, Israeli police said.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
HUC-JIR’s School of Jewish Communal Service in crosshairs
By Brad A. Greenberg
The School of Jewish Communal Service at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is on the chopping block.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Shooter Claimed Source in the Talmud
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
White Supremacist and Holocaust denier James Von Brunn, who shot and killed a security guard in an attack on the United States Holocaust Memorial. . .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Anti-Defamation League Knew About Shooter and Offers Advice on Security
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
James Von Brunn, the white supremacist and Holocaust denier who shot and killed a security guard at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. . .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Eyewitness Account of Shooting
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard shot at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Wednesday afternoon has died. The museum will close on. . .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Security guard killed in Holocaust museum attack
by Eric Fingerhut, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The security guard shot at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has died.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Details on White Supremacist Suspect [VIDEO]
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
More details are emerging about 88-year-old James W. Von Brunn, who allegedly opened fire Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial. . .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Museum of Tolerance Reacts to Holocaust Shooting
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Within minutes of the shooting at the Holocaust museum in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles Police Department contacted the Simon Wiesenthal Center. . .
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Security Guard Killed at U.S. Holocaust Museum Attack [VIDEO]
Eric Fingerhut, JTA
An 88-year-old white supremacist shot and killed a security guard Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum before being shot by two other. . .
Monday, March 30, 2009
Spinka Rabbi Sentenced to 24 Months
By Adam Wills
Rabbi Moshe Zigelman, one of two co-conspirators who pleaded guilty last June in a tax fraud and money-laundering scheme, was sentenced in federal. . .
Monday, February 9, 2009
Breaking News: American Student Stabbed in Jerusalem
Jewish Telegraphic Agency