With the Republican base on the ropes, all eyes are on Florida —again

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on October 7, 2008

It is already ugly out on the campaign trail, and reporters in the field are feeling the heat of the rising anger of a Republican base on the ropes.

Happy birthday to me

By Marty Kaplan
Published on August 20, 2008

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.

LimmudLA—by the numbers

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on February 21, 2008

LimmudLA -- by the numbers.

Veggie lovers could fare better in cancer fight

By Melissa Knopper
Published on January 17, 2008

New and better information is coming to light every day about ways to prevent this common disease. Since doctors are getting better at catching it early, fewer men are dying of prostate cancer. But one in six men will still develop the disease in their lifetime.

Remembering Zvika

By Dina Adler
Published on August 3, 2006

A 42-year-old Apache pilot, Zvika rose to the rank of colonel in the Israeli Air Force. He was, according to his peers, "professional and talented," and he did his job with diligence and dedication. Since he had enlisted in the air force at the age of 18, he was due to retire in a year.

Age Apparent

By Randye Hoder
Published on February 23, 2006

Of all the May-to-December romances that were not meant to be, mine must top the list. For starters, I met Rick in a hot tub -- a cliché I was sure we could never get over.

Saul Kroll: Healing Hand at Cedars-Sinai

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 5, 2006

Saul Kroll is a firm believer in yetzer hatov, and the 87-year-old Westside resident translates it into practice six days a week as an emergency room volunteer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Jack and Katy Seror: Help Knows No Age

By Meira Held
Published on January 5, 2006

At first glance, 87-year-old Jack seror and his wife, Katy, are a kind, yet unassuming elderly couple, members of Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel and loving grandparents. However, they are also leaders of the Greek Jewish community that resisted and survived the Nazis to build flourishing new families in America.

Obituaries

Published on August 11, 2005

Ellen Bartel died July 10 at 89. She is survived by her husband, Nathan; and sons Marvin (Maria) and Alan (Lisa). Malinow and Silverman.

Happy Birthday, Me!

By J. Keith van Straaten
Published on July 28, 2005

In a few weeks I'll turn 33 and, sadly, I realize I'm long past being anything "for my age." I'm no longer cute for my age, talented for my age, a good reader for my age. All qualifications and special considerations have long passed. There's nothing I can get away with now because, "After all, your honor, he's only 33."

The Good, the Bad and the Confusing

By Ed Shevick
Published on February 3, 2005

You cannot spend time and energy wondering where the years went. They are finished.

Seniors must concentrate on now. Enjoy life now. Do what you can within your abilities. Life is precious and good. Tomorrow will come at its own speed.

When Parents Get Preschool Jitters

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on October 21, 2004

It was the first day of preschool and 2-year-old Jessica didn't know any of other children in her new class at B'nai Tikvah Congregation Nursery School. But the child's anxiety paled in comparison that of her mother.

20-Somethings

By Amy Klein
Published on August 26, 2004

Do you remember what it's like to be in your 20s?

Donor Pool Swim

By Jessica Ravitz
Published on April 29, 2004

Few days have haunted me like April 15, 2002. It was the day Time magazine screamed out from its cover that women cannot have it all.

Centenarian Recalls Steps of Survival

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on April 15, 2004

When she was in her 30s, Hansi Goetter developed a mysterious illness. Although her doctors couldn't determine the cause, they told her she had only a few months to live.

Missing: My Mojo

By Teresa Strasser
Published on March 18, 2004

I can't explain it any better than this. I think I've lost my mojo.

Age-Old Dilemma

By Carin Davis
Published on May 8, 2003

My friend Lindsay's friend, Michelle, hosted a 30th birthday bash for her friend, Beth, last Saturday night. So of course I was there.

Findings Reveal Demographic Shift

By Joe Berkofsky
Published on October 10, 2002

This is the American Jewish world, by the numbers, as revealed in the just-released National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 (NJPS):

Age of Restoration

By Gina Nahai
Published on June 21, 2001

No need to explain why I'm late, I realize. It's an Iranian party. You're not expected to be on time -- just to stay late and socialize.

Two Mothers

By Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Published on May 10, 2001

At first glance, it would be hard to imagine two women with less in common than my mother and my husband's mother. You can begin with the obvious differences in cultural and religious background: my mother grew up Jewish in the Bronx, while my mother-in-law, a Presbyterian, has lived in Virginia all her life.

And while neither exactly bears out a stereotype, each carries somewhat predictable ethnic and regional markers. My mother, Lois, is voluble and huggy, a devotee of popular arts, an ace shopper. Lloyd (yes, Lloyd -- like many other Southern women, she was assigned a family surname as her given name) is much more reticent and reserved. To me, she seems very much the patrician Virginia gentlewoman, while my mother has a large measure of what one novelist once called the "yolky warmth" typical of many Jewish women.