Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Protesters Arrested at UC Irvine as Israel Ambassador Speaks [VIDEO]
By Lisa Armony, contributing writer
At a speech given Monday evening on the University of California Irvine campus by Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassor to the United States, campus . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Can Jay Sanderson Transform L.A. Jewish Life? [VIDEO]
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
About 30 minutes into the question-and-answer portion of the public’s first chance to grill Jay Sanderson, he started . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Gold, Successor Sandler, on Board With Changes
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
When Stanley Gold became chairman of Federation two years ago, he had one main goal: to make it . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Students, LMU Clash Over Hillel Advisers
by Julia Pine, Contributing Writer
Jewish students sought and achieved student governance over Hillel at Loyola Marymount University after the Jesuit institution removed the group’s . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Kertes Among National Jewish Book Award Winners
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Toronto author Joseph Kertes has won the 59th annual National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for his novel, . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Teen Leaders Can Win $36,000
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
California Jewish teens have an opportunity to win $36,000 in recognition of their leadership efforts to better the world through the 4th annual . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Local Organizations, Synagogues Offer Haiti Relief
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has collected and distributed more than $350,000 for Haitian relief since a 7.0-magnitude earthquake . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
City Approves Valley Beth Shalom’s Proposed Makeover
By Ryan Torok
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission ruled unanimously on Jan. 28 to approve an expansion project proposed by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS) in . . .
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Greening the Dollar
By Ryan Torok
Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy, as well as Maimonides’ “Eight Levels of Charity” all say the same thing: Loans should be given out without . . .
Monday, February 1, 2010
Low-profile Koufax sitting down with Torre
By Marc Brodsky, JTA
Sandy Koufax will spend a rare night in the spotlight when he sits down with Joe Torre to help raise money for Torre's . . .
Friday, January 29, 2010
Celebrating TRIBE!
A launch party for TRIBE magazine at the Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village on Dec. 13 drew business leaders and representatives from such . . .
Friday, January 29, 2010
The house that David built
By Rachel Heller
David Cygielman was a sophomore at UC Santa Barbara, a business major and the energetic president of the school’s Hillel, when he found out his . . .
Thursday, January 28, 2010
How a Modern Orthodox Jew struggled to reconcile her yogic practice with her Judaism
By Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Tablet
A few years ago, freshly moved to Los Angeles, I started practicing yoga. I was feeling anxious and worried, and if I were still a New Yorker, I’d . . .
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Winograd Addresses Criticism From Waxman
By Ryan Torok
“Thank God, you’re speaking up. You’re speaking for us.” “You’re saying what I want to say, but I can’t say . . .
Monday, January 25, 2010
Jewish students’ conference advocates inclusion for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
Jewish young adults of all sexual orientations want to participate in mainstream Jewish life, even as some feel uneasy in conventional religious . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Beit Issie Shapiro Honors Producer Avi Lerner
By Danielle Berrin
More than 300 entertainment executives and supporters of West Coast American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro gathered to honor Avi Lerner, independent . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld Installed at Temple Beth Am
By Danielle Berrin
Rabbi Adam Kligfeld was installed as the new senior rabbi at Temple Beth Am, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, on Nov. 7. . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
AJC Fetes Prominent UCLA Doctors
By Danielle Berrin
Machers in the business, entertainment, academic and medical communities attended American Jewish Committee’s Distinguished Leadership Award dinner . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Big Brothers Big Sisters Honors Universal Studios Chief
By Tom Tugend
Some 300 friends and admirers turned out at Santa Monica’s Fairmont Miramar Hotel on Nov. 19 to fete Larry Kurzweil, as the president and chief . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
AJC and 30 Years After Sponsor Forum on Energy
by Leslie Berliant, Contributing Writer
On Jan. 14, energy independence and environmentalism was the central topic for Jewish leaders and more than 100 community members at a conference at . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Rallying for Israel in the Rain [VIDEO]
By Ryan Torok
Even the rain couldn’t derail protest groups from hitting the Wilshire Boulevard sidewalks to speak out about Israel. Outside the Federal Building . . .
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Connecting L.A.’s Israeli and American Jews
By Orit Arfa
Los Angeles may be home to one of the largest concentrations of Israelis in the United States, but many in this group, known as yordim (Israeli . . .
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dowd’s Evening in L.A. With the Rabbi
By Tom Tugend
What requests did New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd leave in the cracks of the Western Wall when she accompanied President George W. Bush, and . . .
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Fishel Reflects on Challenging Tenure
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
For the past 17 years, John Fishel has spent his days handling major crises, instituting dozens of programs and initiatives, fielding hundreds of . . .
