Thursday, June 13, 2013

Survivor: Lidia Budgor

By Jane Ulman

The cattle car pulled up to the Auschwitz platform. As the doors opened, German soldiers with guns and barking dogs began pushing out the more than. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

What I want for Father’s Day

by Howard March

If you’ve never had a tooth extracted, I can assure you that it is everything you’d imagine and more, especially since I opted out of the general. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Getting ready for baby

by Kylie Jane Wakefield

Rabbi Julia Weisz found herself in a bit of a conundrum when she became an expectant mother.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

‘Hitler tea kettle’ sells out online

JTA

A JC Penney tea kettle resembling Adolf Hitler sold out online.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Survivor: Charlotte Seeman

By Jane Ulman

Charlotte Seeman — then Charlotte Leiter — spotted the barbed-wire fence ahead. She and her companions — a young woman from Vienna as well as. . .

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Barbara H.

by Seth Menachem

Barbara, 36, grew up in Boca Raton — interestingly, in one of the only areas of Boca with very few Jews. “We were one of 10 Jewish kids in my. . .

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sculpture in San Diego sun

by Sharon Rosen Leib

Downtown San Diego is home to plenty of famous attractions — including the San Diego Zoo and The Old Globe Theatre — but, for art lovers, the. . .

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Co-op living, revisited

by Claudia Boyd-Barrett

Philip De Wolff had it all: Two houses, expensive cars, several profitable businesses, money to pay his children’s way through college.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Australian Jew donates stem cells to unknown recipient

JTA

An Australian Jewish man donated his stem cells to a Jewish patient who is believed to be dying of a rare blood disorder.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Angelina’s breast cancer victory isn’t for celebrities only

by Richard E. Fine, MD, FACS

Actress Angelina Jolie just announced that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she was genetically predisposed to. . .

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. . .