Activists attack contractors at Ulpana site

Published on June 13, 2012

Activists threw rocks at contractors inspecting the Ulpana neighborhood in preparation for the evacuation of five apartment buildings there.

Pro- Palestinian ‘fly-in’ protest denied.

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 16, 2012

Is Prayer for Activists?

Published on March 22, 2012

Israel ready to stop boats heading for Gaza

Published on November 2, 2011

The Israeli navy will prevent two yachts carrying pro-Palestinian activists which left Turkey on Wednesday from breaching an Israeli blockade and reaching the Gaza Strip, an Israeli military official said.

L.A. Jewish group rallies against U.S. veto at U.N.

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 16, 2011

Letters to the Editor: Metro, Jewish Activists, Hollywood, Bill Link

Published on March 1, 2011

John Mirisch’s critique of L.A.’s current transit plans (“Just What Is Jewish Mass Transit?” Feb. 25) is contradictory and uninformed. On the one hand, he faults Metro’s failure to provide sufficient park-and-ride lots for the Westside subway extension. On the other hand, he decries “big brother’s stick of eminent domain.” Mirisch can’t have it both ways: If you want more parking you may have to encroach on somebody’s property, which of course is perfectly permissible under the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment if the taking is compensated. As a city councilman, he should be aware of the takings clause, a long tradition in American constitutional law and urban planning. Mirisch seems to be looking for any excuse to put the brakes on transportation reform in a region that badly needs it.

Report: U.S. citizen among dead flotilla activists

Published on June 3, 2010

A dual American-Turkish citizen is reportedly among the activists killed by Israeli soldiers when a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted by Israel's Navy.

Activists plan to disrupt Israeli embassy’s opening

Published on April 6, 2010

Pro-Palestinian activists are mounting a campaign to disrupt the opening of the Israeli Embassy in New Zealand.

The organization No Israeli Embassy in Wellington was launched last week to oppose the opening this month of an Israeli mission in the capital for the first time since 2002.

Anti-Israel activists urge Leonard Cohen to nix T.A. show

By JewishJournal.com
Published on May 11, 2009

Arrested development: Young Jewish activists voluntarily go to jail in support of union rights

By Alex Collins-Shotwell
Published on October 5, 2006

Sarah Leiber Church and Laura Podolsky were part of a protest march that took place along Century Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport aimed at hotels that allegedly have been preventing employees from unionizing.

Summit Tackles Iran Nukes, College Strife

By Tom Tugend
Published on October 27, 2005

More than 1,000 pro-Israel activists from across the United States will meet in Los Angeles for the Oct. 30-31 National Summit on Foreign Policy and Politics of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Evangelicals Are Not Our ‘Natural Allies’

By Arlene Stein
Published on March 18, 2004

A few years ago, a few moderate American Jewish leaders tried to allay Jewish fears that the Christian right was a threat.

Community Briefs

Published on March 4, 2004

The California Gambling Control Commission again has postponed a vote on Dr. Irving Moskowitz's permanent license request for his Hawaiian Gardens Casino card club, which peace activists decry as a funding tool for West Bank settlers.

A Few Jews Focus on Props, Too

By David Finnigan
Published on October 2, 2003

With a few notable exceptions, Jewish politicians, activists and community leaders are getting into the controversies over Propositions 53 and 54 late and lackadaisically, having focused most of their attention and fundraising efforts on the recall election.

Proposition 54, The Racial Privacy Initiative (RPI), backed by University of California regent Ward Connerly, bans the state from classifying people according to race, ethnicity, color, or national origin.

News That’s Fit to Paw Print

By Melissa Maroff
Published on August 21, 2003

"The Pet Press is distributed to pet-related venues and many other places, including libraries, car washes and my favorite locations -- Jewish delicatessens from Calabasas to Long Beach ... and all points in between," Lori Golden said.

World Briefs

Published on May 15, 2003

There's no evidence that members of the Islamic Movement arrested this week in Israel used funds to directly finance terror attacks, Israeli police said.

Captains of Destiny

By Rabbi Allen I. Freehling
Published on December 26, 2002

This week's Torah portion, Shemot, finds us studying the Book of Exodus for the first time this year. Probing the text, I began to think about the Hebrew word tevah (ark) that is found only twice in the Torah -- in parshat Noah and in this one.

Congress Remains Pro-Israel

By Matthew E. Berger
Published on November 7, 2002

Pro-Israel activists say they are confident their legislative priorities will be able to get through the new Congress, which is now under Republican control. In the final election returns, which came early Wednesday morning, a predominance of pro-Israel lawmakers retained their seats, and several new faces emerged, many of whom pro-Israel officials called promising.

Mom, Can We Keep Him?

By Rachel Brand
Published on November 7, 2002

If your kids are out of the house and you're experiencing empty-nest syndrome, how about considering adoption?

Prager vs. Lerner: A Clash of Politics, Values

By Andrea Adelson
Published on October 31, 2002

That's the atmosphere expected at an upcoming debate between two of the Jewish community's most outspoken activists on each side of the political spectrum.

In Prager vs. Lerner, conservative talk show host Dennis Prager will debate Michael Lerner, editor of the leftist magazine Tikkun, on Nov. 7 as part of the Orange County Jewish Community Center's book festival.

"They are thought-provoking speakers with polar-opposite views about nearly everything," said Arie Katz, founder of the Community Scholar Program, which is co-sponsor of the Nov. 7 "We Beg to Differ" debate at Newport Beach's Temple Bat Yahm.

Palestinian Supporters Gift-Wrap Message

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on October 17, 2002

In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the United States is considered Israel's last remaining key ally. Aiming to change that, the anti-Israel movement on college campuses has adopted a message rooted in bedrock American ideals.

Gathering for Peace

By Gene Lichtenstein
Published on August 29, 2002

Last Sunday afternoon, I and about 30 other Angelenos accepted an invitation to gather at the Brentwood home of Joan and Rabbi Leonard Beerman to meet with Nafez and Laila Nazzal, two Palestinian professors who were visiting Los Angeles.

The New Middle East Battleground: College Campuses

By Mike Levy
Published on August 22, 2002

The signs on campus read, "Zionism equals Nazism" and "Why do Israelis love to kill Palestinian children?" One simply showed an Israeli flag dripping blood.

A District Divided

By Mike Levy
Published on April 4, 2002

As the City Council begins it consideration of Redistricting Commission-drawn district maps, a conflict between Valley activists and Jewish interests seems to have been resolved. But as proposed districts are scrutinized and rescrutinized block by block, the question of whether the 5th City Council District will contain three core Orthodox neighborhoods remains open.

Follies

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 20, 2001

In the solar system of Jewish life, Irv Rubin is Pluto.

Flourish, Not Fail

By Rob Eshman
Published on November 29, 2001

The financial crisis facing Jewish Community Center (JCC) programs and locations this week will come as an awful shock to tens of thousands of area Jews, and it should (see story, page 14).

JCC officials and Federation lay leaders and staff stress there is no cause for panic. They believe they can work out a way to save the majority of JCC programs and locations. (The Federation is the largest donor to the JCC system.) But there is no question that without immediate community response, the JCC system faces severe cutbacks.

Ideological Insults

By Michael J. Jordan
Published on September 13, 2001

As terror struck New York and Washington, D.C., Jewish activists were still recovering from the ideological bomb of a U.N. conference that lashed out at Israel as racist and apartheid.

Dissenting Opinions

By Eric Roth
Published on August 17, 2000

Congressional leaders, activists and religious leaders invoked biblical notions of justice to spotlight the need to bring about campaign reform, reduce poverty and end the "failed war on drugs." Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) warned the packed Shadow Convention 2000 audience in downtown Los Angeles that the Democratic and Republican con-ventions are "the worst display of money and corruption in American history."