Opinion

September 3, 2008

Joon

Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always use invigorating.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Before King, it was Prinz

Thus began the least-remembered great speech in American civil rights history, one that had the dubious fortune of being immediately followed by another speech: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which America just celebrated on its 45th anniversary.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Exile’s gains and losses

I don't know what will become of the legacy of Iranian Jews outside of Iran, how history will judge us in the context of the opportunities we had and the extent to which we helped make the world a better place with what we were given.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

‘Prayer isn’t boring—you are’

In a way, Jewish prayer is like another pillar of observant Jewish life: Shabbat. Just as tefilah involves letting one's creativity conquer one's boredom, Shabbat is about finding creative enjoyment on a day when cell-phones, iPods and DVD players are treated as hardly more useful than paperweights.

Douglas M. BloomfieldWednesday, September 3, 2008

Iran is bombastic but Pakistan has the bomb

If you think Iran is scary, just consider what would happen if Islamic extremists took over Pakistan.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Hollywood candidate is not Obama

If John McCain wins this election, it will be because of Hollywood.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The teacher

Mickey Palmer is 87 years old and living in a cozy home by Elizabeth Lake, near Palmdale. She moved there 25 years ago when she retired from teaching sixth grade.

Helen ZukinWednesday, August 27, 2008

No ‘pushovers’ on Zukin’s Ethics Commission

Zukin is particularly interested in an important issue that places the ethics commission at odds with the city council -- the future of the neighborhood councils

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Iran gets away with murder

In the summer of 1988, Iran put thousands of political prisoners to death after a desperate cease-fire agreement was reached to end the 1980-1988 war with Iraq.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

A school with attitude

If Barack Obama and John McCain wanted to elevate the level of discourse of their presidential campaigns, they could do worse than check out the last election campaign at Shalhevet High School

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Biden’s the one

Biden is just naturally what the Democrats used to be, the party of lunch- pail-carrying working people, not politically correct, prone to saying inappropriate things, but with a great credibility

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Yes, we Cain

Editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg looks at the push for unity at the Democratic National Convention in Denver

Monday, August 25, 2008

But he’s a Muslim!

The Muslim issue is a way to talk about race without talking about race, and without having to squirm about saying that race is not an issue.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Al-Jazeera and the glorification of barbarity

The focus of my attention naturally turned to Al-Jazeera because, with its outreach of 50 million viewers from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, this pan-Arab satellite channel is considered the conscience and future of the Arab world.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Fatah fighters’ escape to Israel and what it means

Even for the complex Middle East it was a moment of exceptional irony. Some 180 Fatah loyalists fleeing a series of shootouts and summary executions by Hamas
on the streets of Gaza ran for the border -- banking on the mercies of the enemy they usually target

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

First Impressions

Then I asked Çakirözer, from Turkey, what he liked best about America. He said it was something he had never seen in his country, and never seen in all the countries to which he'd traveled. Yet it was something that said a lot about the core values of a rich and prosperous nation.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Happy birthday to me

But by and large, despite those enticing pitches, adulthood turns out to mean acceptance -- of how you played the hand you were dealt, of mortality, of beshert -- even if it sometimes includes flashes of 40-f---ing-8-like fury at the way the world turns out to work.

Mona EltahawyWednesday, August 20, 2008

Stop and smell the roses in Pakistan

As an Egyptian whose country's military dictators are either taken by God or an assassin's bullet, I envy the Pakistani people's ability to now use the term, "former president."

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Strange Love

It was clear where the conversation was headed when Luke, speaking over melodic chants that included words like "Lord" and "heaven," asked if I had any "spiritual leanings."

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Eating Bambi, Zell again, Bergson, broken heart

" . . . Isn't it time that every Jewish child take at least one course in Herzl? If he isn't the modern father of the Jewish People, who is? For without Herzl's many contributions, the Holocaust would have excluded any chance of a Jewish state in Israel . . ."

Opinion
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Joon

Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always use invigorating.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Before King, it was Prinz

Thus began the least-remembered great speech in American civil rights history, one that had the dubious fortune of being immediately followed by another speech: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, which America just celebrated on its 45th anniversary.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Exile’s gains and losses

I don't know what will become of the legacy of Iranian Jews outside of Iran, how history will judge us in the context of the opportunities we had and the extent to which we helped make the world a better place with what we were given.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Joon

Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always