Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Autism musical sells out
Jewish Journal
Normally, a two-day run is nothing to boast about — but no one who saw the new musical “A Chorus Line of Another Kind” at the Highways. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
AJU gets Hillary Clinton
By Ryan Torok
Hillary Clinton — former secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York and first lady — will take the stage at the 2013 American Jewish. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Moving and Shaking
By Ryan Torok
More than 1,200 youths and their foster parents from Los Angeles County participated in Foster Mother’s Day on May 12, a day filled with food,. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Consultant in courage
by Benji Rosen
Larry Dubey had every right to give up. The active and outdoorsy Mar Vista resident suffered a catastrophic snowboarding accident at Mammoth Mountain. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Elul and Jewish pluralism
By Roberto Loiederman
A typical study session for Elul, a pluralistic Israel-based beit midrash (house of study), doesn’t confine itself to a discussion of Abraham’s. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Helping teens face cancer
by Kylie Jane Wakefield
When Tammy Kaitz’s son, Dylan Crane, was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, the two started going to meetings of the support group Teen Impact. . .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A match made in … Israel
by Jared Sichel
When Joseph Mandel went to City of Hope in Duarte after his diagnosis with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in 2009, he remembers his doctor giving. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Moving and Shaking
By Ryan Torok
Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard named Board of Rabbis SoCal president, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel is opening early childhood center, Harry Corre and. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Big Sunday Weekend goes beyond community service
By Ryan Torok
Phil Rosenthal, creator and executive producer of the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” was leading a game of Bingo in the annex dining room at. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Restoring Mount Zion Cemetery
by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer
The headstone of Isabel Janken’s father, Henry Morhar, lies flat on the ground at Mount Zion Cemetery, knocked from its ledger. It’s an elegant. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Math skills add up to success for day schools
by Kylie Jane Wakefield, Contributing Writer
Day schools are typically known for their comprehensive approach to Jewish studies, but not as much for the secular education they offer. Now, a few. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Calendar Picks and Clicks: May 11–17, 2013
May 11–17
Known as “The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook,” the five-time Grammy-nominated Feinstein covers classics from musical theater as well. . .
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Obituaries
Bernard Brown died March 25 at 89. Survived by wife Sylvia; daughters Wendy (Zack) Gugenheim, Darlene (Paul) Solotkin, Pamela (Daniel) Vancott; 5. . .
Friday, May 3, 2013
Springs Fire forces evacuations for Jewish institutions in Ventura County
By Ryan Torok
Synagogue leaders are reporting that the Springs Fire has affected Jewish institutions in Ventura County, including Malibu camps run by Wilshire. . .
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Hess Kramer campers evacuated due to fire concerns
By JewishJournal
Ventura County Star is reporting tonight at 10:18 p.m.: Roadrunner Shuttle donated two charter buses to pick up the 165 poeple at Camp Hess Kramer on. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
‘Jews in the Los Angeles Mosaic’ exhibition related events and programs
By Tom Tugend
Some 20 public events — including lectures, discussions, musical performances, film screenings and bus tours of Jewish Los Angeles — will. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Peace Garden captures spirit of Rabbi’s son
by Julie Bien
The newly installed Interfaith Peace Garden is tucked away in a lovely corner of Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a Jesuit institution that lies. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Young Dems get J caucus
By Ryan Torok
Indicating that a new group will come together around issues of interest to the Jewish community, the official youth arm of the California Democratic. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Christians honor Israel
By Jonah Lowenfeld
Hundreds gathered in Beverly Hills on April 28 to hear from John Hagee, the Evangelical pastor who founded Christians United for Israel (CUFI), at. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Turning teens into police officers
By Ryan Torok
Roberta Weintraub, a 77-year-old political activist and former president of the L.A. Unified School District Board of Education, has always had a. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Moving and Shaking
By Ryan Torok
Cantor Tifani Coyot of Temple Kol Tikvah in Woodland Hills has been named the successor to Cantor Evan Kent at Temple Isaiah. Kol Tikvah announced. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Parade, day of unity mark Lag B’Omer
by Jared Sichel, Staff Writer and Elyse glickman, Contributing Writer
Two major community events marked the relatively minor holiday of Lag B’Omer on April 28, bringing some bombast — and thousands of people — to. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Calendar Picks and Clicks: May 4-10, 2013
By Ryan Torok
America’s largest community service festival, which started in 1999 as Temple Israel of Hollywood Mitzvah Day, attracts nearly 50,000 people from. . .
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Politics at Canter’s Deli
By Jonah Lowenfeld
At 9:45 on a recent Sunday morning, Gil Garcetti stepped into an alcove in the secondary dining room at Canter’s Deli.