Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Jewish pitcher smashes a grand slam
Jason Marquis became the first Jewish pitcher to hit a grand slam since 1950. . . .
Friday, September 26, 2008
Who shall live and who shall die: God’s iPhone, Rosh Hashanah 5769
Photo illustration by Dan Kacvinski
The U'netaneh Tokef prayer says: On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who shall live and who shall die, who shall . . .
Monday, August 18, 2008
Ohr HaTorah ends 15-year trip in a walk down Barrington to a new home [VIDEO]
By Rachel Heller
It was a sight Mar Vista doesn't see every day -- a guitar-studded procession of more than 100 Jewish revelers marching jubilantly down South . . .
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Trendy, traditional and taboo:
An incomplete guide to Jewish funerals and burial
By Jane Ulman
While not everyone is jumping on the 'I gotta be me' funeral bandwagon, a funny thing is happening on the way to the mortuary. When it comes to . . .
Monday, June 16, 2008
Photo essay: Mayor Villaraigosa in Israel
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa inaugurated a state-of-the-art computer learning program in the besieged Israeli town of Sderot Friday, June . . .
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Albert Winn’s photography captures the intertwining influences of Judaism and illness
By Nick Street
"A funny thing happens when you become ill. Even though you're the person who's sick, you have to be a caregiverin a way. You can't just dump . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Set a place for Shatner at the seder
By Tom Teicholz
William Shatner is God. And Pharaoh. And Moses, too.
Just in time for Passover, the Jewish Music Group (a division of Shout Factory) has released . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Dodgers hit grand slam in history of Jewish players
By Robert David Jaffee
When the Dodgers celebrated their 50th anniversary in Los Angeles on March 29 with an exhibition game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, it seemed . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Calendar Girls picks and clicks for April 19-25
By Dikla Kadosh
Events . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
An old story finds new life in LGBT haggadah
By Nick Street
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Had Gadya —according to S.Y. Agnon
By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
Both the composition and inclusion of "Had Gadya" into the Passover haggadah are shrouded in mystery.
This popular Aramaic song, chanted at the end . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Israelis build new traditions at L.A. seders
By Ayala Or-el
Nitzan and Shaul Barakan had to come all the way from Israel to the United States to learn words like "afikoman" and "seder plate."
The couple, both . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Livni asks Arab moderates for help with peace process
By Leslie Susser
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni flew to the Qatari capital of Doha in the Persian Gulf this week with an ambitious goal: changing moderate Arab . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The intercontinental JConnector dreams big
By Danielle Berrin
Just try to put Michal Taviv in a box -- she won't . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Leading . . . by pulling back
By Amy Klein
When Lori Schneide was 16 years old, she lived in India for the summer.
"I had this deep impression of calling," she said. "There's something we all . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
The classic Szyk haggadah becomes a modern masterpiece of the digital age
By Tom Tugend
There's a 1,000-year-old haggadah, there's an Internet haggadah, and now there is a new $15,000 Arthur Szyk . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Humanistic Judaism Society ponders growth question
By Tom Tugend
In the 1960s, when "God is dead" debates were fashionable on college campuses, graffiti scrawled on a Harvard dorm wall proclaimed, "God isn't dead. . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Chai Lifeline helps families facing life-threatening diseases
By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Last August, Lori Paulsen's 4-year-old son, Aaron, was diagnosed with Wilms' tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer. Soon afterward, a friend offered to . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Anti-Semitism charge colors liquor license fight in City of San Fernando
By Roberto Loiederman
Real estate developer Sev Aszkenazy recently settled a lawsuit with the city of San Fernando over a liquor permit he was denied for a planned steak . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Celebrating Israel’s 60th, Skirball Style
By Tom Tugend
There are many ways to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary, and the Skirball Cultural Center is leading with its strength by offering a series of . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Spurlock embarks on a cinematic quest for Osama
By Pat Sierchio
When writer/director Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") discovered he was going to become a father two years ago, he was concerned about the . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Teen angst bring laughs film director won’t ‘Forget’
By Naomi Pfefferman
Nicholas Stoller remembers the day he joined the "Jew-Tang Clan," the creative posse led by comedy wunderkind Judd Apatow ("The 40-year-old Virgin," . . .
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Theater: ‘Immigrant’ sings the story of the ‘Only Jew in Town’
By Naomi Pfefferman
In 1909, an impoverished Jewish immigrant arrived in Hamilton, Texas, hawking 1-cent bananas from his pushcart.
Haskell Harelik had fled Russia to . . .
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Obama tackles the ‘pastor’ question in meeting with Philadelphia Jews
By Lisa Hostein
PHILADELPHIA -- It's the question that just won't go away for presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
No matter how many times he addresses it or gives . . .
