This year, more Angelenos than ever get Passover aid from local agencies

By Ryan Torok
Published on April 11, 2012

This year, more than 1,000 Los Angeles families in need received food from organizations that provide assistance specifically for Passover.

PA minister: No further U.N. agency bids

Published on November 3, 2011

The Palestinian Authority foreign minister denied plans to seek statehood status in 16 United Nations-affiliated groups.

The Industry, Israel and Idealism with Danny Sussman

By Orit Arfa
Published on July 11, 2008

Sept. 11 Report: Israel Was a Target

By Matthew E. Berger
Published on July 29, 2004

The report shows that American intelligence agencies received signals that Al Qaeda was looking to attack Israel or U.S. Jewish sites in the months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

It also shows that several of the hijackers, as well as Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, were motivated in part by hatred of Israel and anger over the support it receives from the United States.

Faults and Failures

By Rob Eshman
Published on July 22, 2004

Last February, the head of the Mossad lost his cell phone. He left it in his car -- that's right, the head of Israel's renowned top secret spy agency left his cell phone in his car. When he returned, he found someone had bashed his windows and stolen it. On it were the numbers of, well, everyone on whom Israel's security and defense relies.

Who Will Care for Our Aging Adults?

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on October 30, 2003

Life isn't so easy for Genia Cohen. The 68-year-old widow lives in a low-income apartment in Hollywood. She finds it difficult to get together with her sister, her only living relative in the area, who's also suffering from the aches and pains of age.

Agencies Survive Budget Battle

By Mike Levy
Published on September 12, 2002

For Jewish community-affiliated agencies that receive money from the state, the last two months of past-deadline legislative wrangling over the budget has been a nail-biting time, with some organizations awaiting word on half or more of their annual funding.

Jewish Groups Help Sept. 11 Victims

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on September 5, 2002

The stench in New York after Sept. 11 reminded Julia Millman of Europe.

To Catch a Terrorist

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 4, 2002

When Uri Tauber went to a party as a young man, before checking out the availability of girls or drinks, he would first compute in his mind how much dynamite it would take to blow up the place.

Valley Community Resources

By Orit Arfa
Published on July 19, 2001

The following is a partial list of Jewish organizations, schools and synagogues in Valley cities with already developed, and growing, Jewish communities.