Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Startup classroom
by Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
In a twist on the classic academic approach to entrepreneurship, Israeli universities are trending toward classroom-based incubators that allow. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Survivor: Irene Rosenberg
By Jane Ulman
“Mommy, I’ll be right back.” Irene Rosenberg — then Irene Grunfeld — said as she was leaving the apartment of her cousin Mancy Weiss, where. . .
Friday, May 10, 2013
Destination Kauai
by Lisa Alcalay Klug
When it comes to honeymoons, nothing is more romantic than a tropical island. From Los Angeles, the most tempting include the Hawaiian archipelago.. . .
Friday, May 10, 2013
Mother’s Day: Redefined
by Lisa Alcalay Klug
There are tons of stereotypes about Jewish women … the overbearing matriarch, the do-it-all maven, the neurotic meshugennah, the. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Mother’s Day: The gift of responsibility
by Monica Osborne, Contributing Writer
On Mother’s Day last year, I was already a couple of months into my pregnancy.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Love, Birthright style
by Gil Shefler, JTA
Now entering its 13th year, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s goal is to strengthen the Jewish identity of its participants and their connection to. . .
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Breaking with all black, some Chabad men pushing fashion boundaries
by Gil Shefler, JTA
Yosel Tiefenbrun looked in the mirror and he liked what he saw.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Survivor: Peter Daniels
by Jane Ulman
From the time he was 4, Peter Daniels — then Peter Berlowitz — spent his days mostly staring out the window of a two-room flat in Berlin. It was. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Week of Wisdom, Wellness
by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer
Gale Trachtenberg was dealing with some discomfort in her hip and shoulder as she walked into a free group exercise at Century City Physical Therapy.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Israeli hospital separates rare conjoined twins
JTA
A conjoined twin in Israel who was separated in a rare operation was in serious condition.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Survivor: Eva Katz Brettler
By Jane Ulman
Arrow Cross soldiers banged on the front door. Eva Brettler, then Eva Katz, hid behind her grandmother as the soldiers, members of Hungary’s. . .
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Eco-friendly aspects of the simcha can elevate a young person’s conscience
By Elyse Glickman
Given that many high-profile celebrities expound on the virtues of their environmental involvements (among them, Natalie Portman and Alicia. . .
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Party planning from A to Z
By Rebecca Steinberger
Preparing for a bar or bat mitzvah is hard work, involving years of intense study and the courage to lead an entire congregation in prayer.. . .
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A gift of hope
by Malina Saval
Cotton caps in shades of pastel pink and sky blue are standard go-to gifts for a newborn baby. But for Steven and Jodi Zimelman, whose. . .
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The sky’s the limit
by Julie Bien
Preparing for the complete bar or bat mitzvah experience — the ceremony, the food, the entertainment — can feel like a three-ring circus. So. . .
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Beresheet Hotel: A Desert Dream
By Elyse Glickman
When the Beresheet hotel opened for business two years ago in the Negev Desert, Israeli President Shimon Peres was reported to say at the grand. . .
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Bikur cholim manners
By Rabbi David Wolpe
Every disease is a social disease. When a person is diagnosed, his or her family, friends and community are involved as well. The shock moves through. . .
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
U.S. cancer research group lauds Israeli scientist Alexander Levitzki
JTA
Alexander Levitzki of Hebrew University was named the recipient of the 2013 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Chemical Research.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Dental care for all
by Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Contributing Writer
Navah Paskowitz knows that her 4-year-old son, Edwin, is long overdue for a dental checkup, but she’s terrified to take him for one.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Survivor initiative to thrive on common cents
by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer
Sixty-eight years after being liberated from the horrors of the Holocaust, many aging survivors are living another nightmare — poverty without hope.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
What happened at Belzec
by Alan Elsner
In the summer of 1993, my father and I visited the site of the extermination camp of Belzec in eastern Poland, where my grandparents were among half. . .
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Reliving the Holocaust
By Jane Ulman
"They’re going to come with the dogs. They’re going to start beating me.” Pola Lipnowski spoke in Yiddish, an expression of sheer terror on her. . .
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
How the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum changed my life
By Michael Berenbaum
My daughter, Ilana, then a young college student, asked if she could go with me to the opening of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on. . .
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Holocaust survivor: Gloria Ungar
By Jane Ulman
"Sorry, children. I’m not going to jeopardize my life for your father’s money.” The Christian forester smuggling three Jewish children across. . .