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Eric Garcetti Photo courtesy of Eric Garcetti for Mayor 2013

In a few weeks, Eric Garcetti might become Los Angeles’ youngest mayor in more than a century. When Eric was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University from 1993 to 1996, we were close friends and he was a regular at my L’Chaim Society.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Character reference: Wendy Greuel

I have known Wendy Greuel for almost 30 years, since she was a young UCLA graduate working for Mayor Tom Bradley.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
A shandah at Mount Zion

After the Los Angeles Times recently published a piece by Hector Becerra on the deplorable conditions of the Mount Zion Cemetery in East Los Angeles. . .

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
His Holiness

Before His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, entered the gilded ballroom of the Montage Beverly Hills last. . .

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
No one loves the stranger

I know what happened with those three women in Cleveland, how one man was able to imprison and torture them in the middle of a residential. . .

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A voter's-eye view of the city election

This year, for the first time, the Pat Brown Institute at CSU Los Angeles went into the polling field.

Monday, May 13, 2013
Hawking and Mohammed

There was so much Jewish outrage last week in the wake of Professor Steven Hawking’s decision to join the academic boycott against Israel, it’s. . .

Monday, May 13, 2013
Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine

Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel.

A still image from film Monday, May 13, 2013
The day the Earth stood stupid

Say goodnight, Earthlings. That message — plus the slimmest of shots at an eleventh-hour reprieve — was announced to the people of the world last. . .

Friday, May 10, 2013
On wearing grandpa’s tefillin at the Wall

It’s just before 7 a.m. when I arrive at Kotel Plaza security station to find long lines. My son Andy gets into the swiftly moving line for men.. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Letters to the Editor: Monty Hall, Anne Frank, Boston Hero, Syria

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Fake medicine

Caveat emptor means “buyer beware.” Fake medicines are now a multibillion-dollar industry affecting people in virtually every country in the. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tales from a mother: The Jewish wedding

Every time my son, Jonathan, left for school, for camp, for college, I felt a heartbreaking sense of loss. That’s because your main instinct as a. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Jews and Christians

I have spent much of my adult life working to bring Jews and Christians together. In particular, I have tried to explain to fellow Jews that. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
A mitzvah called shmooze

In a crummy economy, people are always looking for good investments — a promising stock, a real estate opportunity, a star mutual fund. It’s. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Syrian wake-up

Yes, America, we’ve heard: You’re war-weary. It’s at least something our divided country can agree upon: Americans across party lines oppose. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Judea Pearl reflects: A father’s words

Eleven years ago, when tragedy blackened our skies, and millions of people resonated with our mission of rolling back the hatred that took our. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Letters to the Editor: Hagel, Prager, Woody Allen

Oh, yes, Hagel was bad for Israel — now he’s OK (“Hagel, Obama, Bibi and Red Lines,” April 26). Kerry was good for Israel — now he’s bad.. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Monty Hall’s best deal

For over 30 years, starting in the early 1960s, Monty Hall hosted “Let’s Make a Deal,” one of the most popular game shows in television. . .

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A suit and a story

It had been a tough week. The more news I read about the Boston bombing, the less I understood. Who were these young men, full of grievance, using a. . .

Monday, April 29, 2013
Can’t we all just not get along?

Maybe the problem with Washington isn’t that there’s too little comity – there’s too much.

Friday, April 26, 2013
My cousin Bruce: a Boston hero

When the first bomb went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Bruce Mendelsohn was partying in an office overlooking Boylston Street. The. . .

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Don’t ruin Robinson’s Arch

I have mixed emotions about Natan Sharansky’s proposed agreement to expand the public space at the Western Wall to include the currently secluded. . .

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
From CicLAvia to Cedars Sinai

To the woman who confronted me last Sunday at the Celebrate Israel Festival, ranting that airplane vapor trails are actually toxic secret government. . .

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Letters to the Editor: JFS, Jackie Robinson, Doheny Meats

How terribly unfortunate that a Jewish communal professional who has done more than anyone else to raise awareness about domestic violence and abuse. . .

Opinion
Eric Garcetti Photo courtesy of Eric Garcetti for Mayor 2013Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Character references: Eric Garcetti

In a few weeks, Eric Garcetti might become Los Angeles’ youngest mayor in more than a century. When Eric was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University from 1993 to 1996, we were close friends and he was a regular at my L’Chaim Society.

Wendy Greuel Photo courtesy of Wendy Greuel for Mayor 2013Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Character reference: Wendy Greuel

I have known Wendy Greuel for almost 30 years, since she was a young UCLA graduate working for Mayor Tom Bradley.

Toppled headstones and cracked cement plague hundreds of graves at Mount Zion Cemetery. Photo by Jared SichelWednesday, May 15, 2013

A shandah at Mount Zion

After the Los Angeles Times recently published a piece by Hector Becerra on the deplorable conditions of the Mount Zion Cemetery in East Los Angeles (the subject of a Jewish Journal investigation in the May 10, 2013, issue, as well), I joined with others in the Jewish community to express my disgust — not only over the conditions of the cemetery but also over the fact that leaders of our community knew about the problem and chose to ignore it.

His Holiness Mirza Masroor AhmadWednesday, May 15, 2013

His Holiness

Before His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, entered the gilded ballroom of the Montage Beverly Hills last Saturday afternoon, a spokesman took the microphone and explained the rules to the 500 or so acolytes, dignitaries and invited guests.







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