Seeing Humanity Through Two Bags Of Moldy Cheese

By Peter Himmelman
Published on July 10, 2012

Blogging Needs Decency and Regulations

By Ilana Angel
Published on November 27, 2011

Ladies of the View and Hasselbeck…

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 19, 2011

Taking Forgiveness Deeper

By Misha Henckel
Published on September 15, 2010

Mourning Miriam

By Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
Published on June 21, 2007

Moshe was one of a kind. "None ever rose again like Moshe." At the same time, in very powerful ways, Moshe and Miriam were two of a kind. Their personalities and passions overlapped generously. And despite being separated over decades during Moshe's extended sojourn in Midian, their destinies and their souls remained intertwined. When one of them left this world, the other descended into grief-stricken crisis.

Six self-help books seek to help you get sealed in the Book of Life

By Sandee Brawarsky
Published on September 21, 2006

Self-help books are essential tools.

Needed: Rational Discussion

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on August 17, 2006

I've spoken to many groups all over Los Angeles during extremely volatile times. I've never seen such rudeness, narrow mindedness and just plain boorishness.

Feds Indict Suspect in Prison Murder of JDL’s Krugel

By Jim Crogan
Published on July 23, 2006

Krugel had been transferred to the Federal Corrections Institute (FCI) Phoenix, a medium security prison, just three days before the assault. To date, there is no indication that Krugel and Jennings knew each other.

L.A. Survivors Sue Claims Commission

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 6, 2003

Three Holocaust survivors in their 70s lead comfortable lives in Los Angeles suburbia, but their anger burns as fiercely as when they were teenagers deported to Nazi forced labor and concentration camps.

Their indignation and frustration are now directed mainly at an international commission, which they believe is fronting for an insurance company that has given them the runaround for nearly 60 years.

During a recent news conference, the three survivors denounced the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) and its chairman, former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.

A Rough-and-Tumble Return

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 2, 2003

Actress Jessica Lundy was mostly working TV guest starring roles when she landed the part of Roberta in John Patrick Shanley's "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" last month.

Lecture Stirs Anger

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 27, 2003

A public lecture by a visiting scholar on the UCLA campus usually doesn't make much of a ripple, but nearly all of the 1,800 seats in Royce Hall were taken and the atmosphere was electric when professor Edward W. Said stepped up to the lectern.

Argentina

By Richard S. Gunther
Published on January 2, 2003

The Argentine government owes $135 billion to the IMF and the world bank, with little chance of ever repaying this staggering amount. In addition, over the past 45 years, 15 of the 19 agreements with the IMF have been broken, and thus, Argentina has zero credibility for further borrowings.

Missing in Action: The Community

By Amram Hassan
Published on July 11, 2002

I am not a writer or pretend to be one. This is one of those times that I am writing out of anger and frustration.

Dear Deborah

By Deborah Berger
Published on May 7, 1998

Dear Deborah.

Easing the Pain

By Beverly Gray
Published on October 2, 1997

Ethan Gura doesn't remember his sister. Still, he cannot forgether. He can't forget that Rebecca Alexandra Gura died in 1991 after afour and a half year battle with leukemia. She was then six yearsold. He was three.

Israel’s Tug of the Tides

By Rabbi Harvey J. Fields
Published on July 10, 1997

Photo from "The Jews in America," Collins Publishers, 1989.Out along the glistening white, sandy beach in Herzliya, one feels a sense of serenity. The expected is unfolding. The tides gently form the shining blue waters of the Mediterranean into white foaming waves that crash upon the shore. They invade and wash away children's sand castles, cool the feet of walkers like me. The sounds at water's edge are constant, primal, refreshing.