Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Q&A With Gloria Steinem
By Danielle Berrin
Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine, is a social and political activist and among the foremost leaders of the women’s rights movement in . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
UC Riverside Faculty Voice Support for Protesters Against Oren
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
Faculty at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), joined voices at UC campuses statewide in support of 11 students arrested for heckling . . .
Monday, March 15, 2010
L.A. Federation leaders voice concern on conversion law in Knesset meeting
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
L’Chaim! Want to live to 100? Check your genes.
by Jessica Pauline Ogilvie
Last week, Louis Biderman turned 99. Yet he can recall, in perfect detail, the trip he took to Los Angeles in 1938, 72 years ago. “I drove 3,000 . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Jews, Blacks Affirm Shared Priorities
By Ryan Torok
Celebrating the historic partnership forged during the civil rights movement between the African American and Jewish communities, two events drew . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Conference Addresses Identifying Preschooler Special Needs
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Early intervention for developmental, emotional and learning disabilities has proven enormously effective, but often children are not identified as . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
UCI Students Continue Israel Protests
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
Tensions flared again on March 2 on the University of California, Irvine (UCI) campus as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel students staged simultaneous . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Gay, Lesbian Rabbis Share Hurdles, Triumphs
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
When Denise Eger was in rabbinic school in the mid-1980s, she couldn’t talk about being a lesbian because that might have gotten her thrown out of . . .
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Neighbors drop lawsuit against Wiesenthal Center
JTA
A group of neighbors has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the expansion of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Museum of Tolerance in Los . . .
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Houses of Mourning
By Rob Eshman
In one month, four young lives are gone, each one of them taken in an automobile accident. One after another — it feels less like a coincidence . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Milken Robotics Team to Compete in Israel
By Melanie Reynard
Milken Community High School’s robotics team is headed to Israel to compete in the regional FIRST competition this year, which is set for March . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Young Entrepreneur Pays It Forward
Jonah Lowenfeld, Contributing Writer
2009 was a tough year for Cameron Cohen. In March, the Brentwood 11-year-old had a benign tumor surgically removed from his leg and spent many months . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Jews for Photography
By Ryan Torok
As part of their Be True project, Jews for Judaism, an international education and outreach organization, is holding its first photo contest. . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
O.C. Pols Urge UCI Discipline Hecklers
by Lisa Armony, Contributing Writer
Two Orange County elected officials have joined calls for administrators at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to act decisively against . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Broke, Not Broken
By David Suissa
Marci Ziff had prayed for a lot of things in her life, but never to have a breakdown. Yet there she was, a few months ago, sitting on a curb with her . . .
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tom Campbell, California Republican Senate candidate, is scrutinized on Israel and terrorism record
Idan Ivri
Republicans have a reputation for being indivisible on foreign policy, but February saw a minor meltdown in the California Republican primary . . .
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Girl, 13, killed in hit-run accident
LATIMES.com
A Brentwood middle school was enveloped in grief Friday after a 13-year-old girl was fatally injured when she was struck by two hit-and-run drivers . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tragedies
By Rob Eshman
The year started tragically. When the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, it looked as if fate finally had humanity on the ropes. The . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Clippers in Calabasas, Trees All Over
By JewishJournal.com
L.A. Clippers star Baron Davis and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast attended a Feb. 8 rally at Calabasas High School to accept $115,000 . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Shul of my youth
Wendy Jaffe
They tore down my old synagogue last month without asking my permission. Maybe they didn’t ask me because, if they had, I would have told them . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Lighting the way
Emily Kaplan
In late August, as the summer light begins to fade and families prepare for the coming fall with back-to-school shopping, Camp Ramah in Ojai will . . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Passover planning
What It Is:
Passover, or Pesach, celebrates the Jewish exodus out of Egypt, aided by the Ten Plagues. The word “Passover” refers to the fact that . . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Aliyah Offers Aid to Beth Haverim
By Adam Wills
Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills is hoping to help shore up Temple Beth Haverim, a Conservative Agoura Hills synagogue in Chapter 11 bankruptcy that . . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Rabbis Buy JDate Memberships
By Ryan Torok
Three years ago, JDate initiated an unofficial program offering rabbis the chance to purchase memberships at 18 percent off the regular price. Since . . .
