Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The role of L.A.’s Jewish electorate is changing

By Raphael J. Sonenshein

What do the recent city elections that saw Jews step into the three top citywide offices — mayor, city attorney and city controller — mean for. . .

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Israeli.com and me

By Dennis Prager

For the amusement of readers and to publicize what is probably the most absurd treatment by a retailer I have ever encountered — I am publishing. . .

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Jews should get offended

By David Suissa

If there’s one thing the Palestinians are great at, it’s saying no. For years now, many peace-loving Jewish heads have been bruised from banging. . .

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NSA and JEW

By Rob Eshman

If you ever needed a sign that Jews feel fully integrated and accepted by society, consider this: Not one major Jewish group made a peep over the. . .

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Putin basks in isolation over Syria as Obama’s charm falls flat

by Guy Faulconbridge and Timothy Heritage, Reuters

At the end of a tense two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama - slumped over and serious - tried to lighten the mood. . .

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Time to enter the Iranian bazaar on the nuclear issue

by David Peyman

The election of the cleric Shia Mujtahid Hassan Rouhani is the perfect Iranian move in a nuclear chess match where Iran seems to be consistently. . .

Monday, June 17, 2013

Time to enter the Iranian bazaar on the nuclear issue

by David Peyman

The election of the cleric Shia Mujtahid Hassan Rouhani is the perfect Iranian move in a nuclear chess match where Iran seems to be consistently. . .

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor: Dennis Prager, gun control and BDS

In a bizarre attack on diversity under the guise of defending “historical truth,” Dennis Prager denounced a music critic who once made the. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Men who made a mark that will endure

By Rabbi David Wolpe

A generation comes and another goes: True enough, but not all generations are alike. Experiences shape some in ways that are unrepeatable. Gil. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Dying in vain in Santa Monica and Sandy Hook

By Jonah Lowenfeld

This coming Friday, it will have been six months since a shooter armed with an assault rifle killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

My resilient father and the German engineer

by Dr. Jill Klein

At 85, my father is full of optimism and humor. You would never guess that at the age of sixteen he was a victim of the greatest atrocity of the 20th. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Woman of the pomegranate

By David Suissa

Sharon Nazarian has a mysterious quality about her. I’ve bumped into her occasionally over the years, but never long enough to have a real. . .

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The Monty Hall solution

By Rob Eshman

I’ve spent many hours with Monty Hall over the past two months. It’s work related, so I’ve gotten to know him in a way I never did when I was a. . .

Monday, June 10, 2013

Middle East gay pride and LGBT safety exist only in Israel

by Noah Beck

Tel Aviv just hosted its 15th annual Gay Pride Festival, attended by a record-breaking 100,000 spectators and participants, including some of. . .

Monday, June 10, 2013

A linguist’s take on the knaidel/kneydl controversy

by Sarah Bunin Benor

As a linguist who studies Yiddish-influenced English, I’ve had a busy week. As soon as Arvind Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with. . .

Monday, June 10, 2013

Dear NSA (NSFW)

By Marty Kaplan

We really have no idea what websites you’ve been visiting. If we’d wanted to know whether you’ve been cruising men4men, we’d have gotten a. . .

Friday, June 7, 2013

Letters to the Editor: Survivors. Garcetti cartoon, 99 Cents Only store

I was not raised Jewish, but I like to read the Journal and discuss articles in it with acquaintances and friends. I learn so much from the Survivor. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Dinner table revelations: The unexamined life

By Gina Nahai

You don’t know what a bad person you are, or how bad your hair looks, until you’ve sat down with my religious relatives for a meal and tried to. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

California: the left’s laboratory

By Dennis Prager

Our state of California has become a laboratory. The progressive party, the Democrats, holds every statewide office, from governor on down, and they. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Lies, Apartheid and BS

By David Suissa

I never thought I’d ever sit around a Shabbat table talking about bulls---, a word we don’t usually print in the Journal. But there I was. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Helping grads on their Jewish journey

by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman

As a Hillel director for the last seven years, I have come to love this time of year. Graduation is the moment to celebrate not just academic. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

IRS’ ‘return free’ bad for most vulnerable

by Rabbi Elliot Dorff

As April 15 nears each year, American taxpayers take inventory of their income and expenses and hand over a year’s worth of detail to the Internal. . .

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Respect, inclusion and tolerance at the Wall

'There are no villains in this story.” Those were the calming words of Natan Sharansky, renowned human rights champion and Chairman of the Jewish. . .

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Six-Day War, still

By Rob Eshman

The Six-Day War began at 7:10 a.m. on June 5, 1967. By 10 a.m., it was clear Israel had already won.