Community Calendar

The Sixth Annual Dr. Harold I. Lee Lecture:"Making Trouble”: A Historical Survey of Jewish Women in

Panel Discussions, Los Angeles
Organizations/Sponsors: USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life
Venue: Wilshire Boulevard Temple

This film screening of “Making Trouble” and subsequent panel discussion will trace the roots of Jewish women in theatre and film comedy. Making Trouble is a cinematic tribute to Molly Picon, Fanny Brice,Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Wendy Wasserstein and Gilda Radner,women whose comedy defied ...

Tommywood

Wild about Diamond

Bar & Bat Mitzvahs

Centenarian celebrates fourth bar mitzvah

Israel

Briefs: Secular candidate new Jerusalem mayor, Netanyahu would nix talks

Secular businessman Nir Barkat appeared to be the new mayor of Jerusalem, according to exit polls.

Cartoons

Yes, we cantankerous

Television

Malibu camp offers respite and community for kids with HIV

" . . . This camp, this organization [Hollywood Heart] gives me true happiness.I get back so much more in ways that are impossible to quantify, in ways I couldn'tget from anything material or anything else I've ever done . . . "

U.S.

Rahm Emanuel is a fighting policy wonk with a Jewish soul [VIDEO]

Religion

Passage of Prop. 8 reveals rift between denominations

Los Angeles

Perfect storm for charities— contributions go down and requests go up

Torah Portion

Look up to see angels

Parshat Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24) May we, like Abraham the Patriarch, be comforted by the appearance of what Abraham Lincoln called, "the better angels of our nature" as they come to transform our country into the caring community for which we pray every day.