Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Character reference: Wendy Greuel
by Janice Kamenir-Reznik
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
By LiAmi Lawrence
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
By Rob Eshman
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
By Gina Nahai
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
By Raphael J. Sonenshein
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
By David Suissa
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
by Max Samarov
Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel.
Monday, May 13, 2013
The day the Earth stood stupid
By Marty Kaplan
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
by Rachel Rubin Green
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
By Norman Lavin, M.D, PhD., UCLA Medical School
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
By Annie Korzen
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
By Dennis Prager
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
By David Suissa
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
By Rob Eshman
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
By Judea Pearl
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
By David Suissa
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
By Rob Eshman
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?
By Marty Kaplan
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
By Jonah Lowenfeld
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
by Anne Mintz
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
By Rob Eshman
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. . .