Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Up close and personal with the TSA
by Monica Osborne
Recent days have been full of continually unfolding reports about a new intercepted underwear bomb intended to be carried aboard a U.S.-bound plane. . .
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The soul of Monique Benabou
By Ryan Torok
Monique Benabou might be a guy’s ideal woman. The 23-year-old former contestant on NBC-TV’s reality singing competition show, “The Voice,”. . .
Thursday, April 19, 2012
20 years after the L.A. Riots
By Susan Freudenheim
On April 29, 1992, the acquittal of four white Los Angeles police officers involved in the beating of Rodney King, an African-American man, triggered. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
An indelible film, ‘Shoah’ also reflects an extraordinary artist
By Rabbi David Wolpe
Surely the most unpromising premise for a film ever conceived is this: Nine and one half hours of people speaking in languages you do not understand. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Self-styled historian seeks clues to Japan’s Holocaust survivors
By Elyse Glickman
Akira Kitade is a former Japanese tourism executive who still relishes the opportunity to show a newcomer the cultural sights of Tokyo. He also. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Coming to a seder near you: A haggadah on your iPad
By Jonah Lowenfeld
This Passover, Jews can still reliably be called “the people of the book.” If sales of newly published versions of the haggadah are any. . .
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Embattled but resolute, Beinart responds to his critics
By Jonah Lowenfeld
In the last two years, the ideas of Jewish journalist Peter Beinart have been at the center of the conversation over how American Jews should relate. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The battle to get ‘Bully’ seen by those who need it most
By Danielle Berrin
At Sioux City Middle School in Iowa, 12-year-old Alex Libby is the odd-man-out. Seen by his peers as different, he has golden hair, gentle eyes, a. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Q&A with an expert on bullying
By Danielle Berrin
Ron Avi Astor, the Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor in Urban Social Development at USC, has been studying the epidemiology of school violence for. . .
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Peres the prophet
By Jonah Lowenfeld
When Shimon Peres appeared at the Beverly Hilton on March 8 before an audience of more than 1,000 Israel supporters, the Israeli president received. . .
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
U.S., Israel and Iran: The unavoidable gap
By Shmuel Rosner
Three years ago, when President Barack Obama had just been inaugurated and the United States and Israel were mostly talking about the. . .
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
L.A. contingent has plenty to say at AIPAC Policy Conference
By Danielle Berrin
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the podium at the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 5, it became clear. . .
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2012: Angry Beards, Donald Trump, Berman v. Sherman, Proxy Baptism
By JewishJournal
Our Annual Purim spoof Cover. . .
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Whose reality is real?
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
A little while ago, Hendel Schwartz got a call from a city bus driver. “Your son walks with God,” the driver told her.. . .
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Finding their place [VIDEO]
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Lauren Levine is settling in with a group of friends apartment to watch “American Idol,” when a look of panic comes over her face. She rummages. . .
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Israel should wait and watch
by Shmuel Rosner, Senior Political Editor and Sara Miller, Contributing Writer
What should Israel do about Syria? The short answer is, well, nothing. Or not much. Or not much at this time. That is, if you care to follow the. . .
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Start planning now for transition in Syria
by James Prince
Syria is in the midst of a civil war. The common wisdom both from inside and out is that the Assad dynasty is doomed to follow the plight of Ben Ali. . .
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
How Tel Aviv became big business in Hollywood
By Danielle Berrin
In December 2009, Avi Nir, the chief executive of one of Israel’s largest broadcasting and production companies, invited the Hollywood agent Rick. . .
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Zionism and the three-picture deal
By Danielle Berrin
At the Golden Globe Awards in January, producer Howard Gordon stepped up to the stage to accept the award for Best Television Series — Drama for. . .
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Can we afford kosher lettuce?
By Jonah Lowenfeld
On a Monday morning in November, two men sat on the edge of a field in Carpinteria, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. The older one, middle-aged, wiry. . .
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Opinion: Why we should attack Iran
by Matthew Kroenig
The United States and Iran are on a path toward direct armed conflict. In early October, U.S. officials accused Iranian operatives of planning to. . .
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The big tent: Jews, Muslims, Christians celebrate spirituality in a shared sacred space
By Rachel Heller
Whirling Dervishes, an elaborate feast and a lecture by a prominent Muslim scholar – Musallah Tauhid’s joyous celebration of its move to a new. . .
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The book of Maccabees, occupied
By Jonah Lowenfeld
At the Dec. 5 meeting of the Los Angeles General Assembly — the utterly democratic body that acts to guide, if not exactly govern, Occupy Los. . .
Friday, December 9, 2011
Two views on climate change
By JewishJournal.com
In Dennis Prager's last two columns on JewishJournal.com, he explained why he is skeptical about global warming.. . .
