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Community Briefs
August 27, 2008
USC Muslim group removes anti-Semitic passage from Web site
When Rabbi Aron Hier, director of campus outreach at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Reut Cohen of the Horowitz Freedom Center discovered the passage, they sent a letter to Alan Casden, a USC trustee and co-chair of the Wiesenthal Center's board, urging him to have the university remove that portion of the Hadith
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Alperts endow Jewish studies at CSULB, ADL en Espanol
Ten years after its creation, the Jewish studies program at Cal State Long Beach has received a $1 million endowment for a chaired professor.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Jewish Community Foundation announces $1.6 million in grants to ‘Cutting Edge’ orgs
The largest recipients of the Jewish Community Foundation's (JCF) Cutting Edge Grants, announced this week and totaling $1.6 million, were three programs promoting Jewish identity and connection with Israel through art, music and community leadership
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Local teens to compete for gold at Maccabi Games
At the same time Southland Jewish Olympians like Jason Lezak and Dara Torres medaled in Beijing, the next generation of local athletes was preparing to compete in events of their own.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Laker Jordan Farmar starts peace ball clinic in Israel; India, and Korea and Israel @ 60
Monday, August 4, 2008
Temple Beth Haverim bankrupt, ADL condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents
Temple Beth Haverim, an Agoura Hills-based Conservative congregation, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week in an effort to restructure its debts.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Briefs: Body of Santa Monica teacher found in Panama, campers leave the mountains to heal the bay
Joey Lutz, an English teacher at Santa Monica High School and a central leader in a Muslim-Jewish dialogue, was found dead Sunday in Panama
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Feminist cantor retires from long-term post
If words don't come easily to Rosenbloom, it's because she has spent most of her life singing. As early as age 4, she jumped up on a coffee table at home and sang an Israeli folk song for her mother and father
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Briefs: Comedy writer Ross endows UCLA Yiddish chair, Hadassah official focuses on fundraising
Veteran comedy writer and producer Michael "Mickey" Ross has donated $4 million to endow an academic chair in Yiddish language and culture at UCLA.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Briefs: Drumming up support for Iran divestment, Pali High students win B’nai B’rith scholarship
Nearly a dozen L.A.-area Iranian Muslim news media outlets packed a room at UCLA's Covel Commons on June 29 for a press conference held by freshman state Assemblyman Joel Anderson (R-El Cajon) regarding new Iran divestment legislation he introduced earlier this year.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Spielberg to give $1 million to Philly Jewish museum
The Associated Press reports that Steven Spielberg’s Righteous Persons Foundation will give $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History to build a new building in Philadelphia.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
UCLA dorm kosher meal plan discontinued, Jewish Little League sends All-Star team to Israel
After only one year, UCLA's meal plan offering hot kosher meals to students has come to an end. The failure of students to sign up for this dining option is in part the reason for its demise, as participation dwindled from five students in the fall trimester, to only three in the winter, and eventually one lone student in the spring
Thursday, June 12, 2008
USC Hillel rabbi leaves for PJA, Johnson loses judicial race
News briefs from around Los Angeles
Friday, June 6, 2008
LAPD seeks tips in identifying synagogue vandals, releases surveillance video
Police are requesting the public's help in identifying the perpetrator of synagogue vandalism. On December 5, someone spraypainted a devil on the back wall of Congregation Beth Israel in Los Angeles. The vandalism was captured on video, and police believe a citizen will be able to identify the perpetrator.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
New UCLA program puts spotlight on Mediterranean Jewish life
UCLA has established an academic program in Mediterranean Jewish Studies, focusing on the rich history of Jewish life and culture in Italy, as well as in France, Spain, the Balkans, Greece, North Africa, Egypt and aspects of Israel's past
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Berman and Waxman endorse Obama, Reward offered in NoHo attack
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Briefs: Drug and immigration bust at kosher meat plant, Israel says no Hamas truce without Schalit
Briefs
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rabbis work to build ties of U.S. Jews to Israel
Twelve years ago, newly arrived at the Reconstructionist Malibu Jewish Center, Rabbi Judith Halevy gave a sermon about her long-term commitment to Israel, about how much she cares about the Jewish state.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Briefs: Methodists don’t ‘divest,’ Jewish groups mobilize for Myanmar, Reno TV anchor sues
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Briefs: Governator opens new Saban Free Clinic, Weisenthal Center pressures Swiss on Iran deal
News Briefs
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Humanistic Judaism Society ponders growth question
In the 1960s, when "God is dead" debates were fashionable on college campuses, graffiti scrawled on a Harvard dorm wall proclaimed, "God isn't dead. He just doesn't want to get involved."
Blogs
8/28
The God Blog: Don Miller and Barack Obama exchange emails
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The God Blog: Rick Warren’s very own magazine
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The God Blog: Handicapping the McCain and Co. ticket
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Bloggish: It was 45 years ago today
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U.S.
Agriprocessors rebukes Obama, Israel sends flood aid to Ukraine
Nathan Lewin, who is representing the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, in a statement released early Tuesday wondered whether Barack Obama had weighed the evidence in the case or considered the company's repeated denials.
Los Angeles
P. S. Tikkun Olam: Veteran Jewish educator opens charter school driven by vision of a community
"We want to nurture a diverse body of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community and have respect for themselves and others."
World
Will new ‘Cold War’ play out in Middle East?
With talk of a new Cold War in the offing following Russia's recent military successes in Georgia, Israel is worried Russia might reassess this policy and use the sale of new weaponry to Syria -- or the threat of it -- to strengthen Russia's hand vis-à-vis Israel's primary
Los Angeles
P. S. Tikkun Olam: Veteran Jewish educator opens charter school driven by vision of a community
"We want to nurture a diverse body of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community and have respect for themselves and others."
Torah Portion
Taking time for yourself
Parshat Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) The parsha begins: "See [re'eh, singular] I place before you [lifnei'chem, plural] today blessing and curse". Why begin in the singular and finish in the plural?
Religion
PETA slams N.Y. kapparot ritual [VIDEO]
For the second year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has complained about the High Holy Days ritual of swinging a chicken over one's head, a sin-transference ceremony
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