One Year Anniversary

By Elliot Steingart
Published on April 22, 2013

Tribute and Legacy: Being Present

By Lisa Niver Rajna
Published on December 30, 2012

Neighborhood Music School hits 100

Published on October 11, 2012

While the Emmy Awards were under way at downtown’s Nokia Theatre on Sept. 23, a very different — but no less emotional — celebration of the arts took place less than half an hour away in the leafy residential community of San Marino.

Shahs of Sunset Finale Recap - Finally!

By Ilana Angel
Published on May 1, 2012

Shahs of Sunset: Colonic Anyone?

By Ilana Angel
Published on April 4, 2012

Israel marking Rabin assassination

Published on October 19, 2010

The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin "must not be forgiven or forgotten," Israeli President Shimon Peres said at a candlelighting ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.

Still the one

By Mrs. Shoshana F
Published on October 20, 2008

JDub throws off the label and opts for change

By George Robinson
Published on July 23, 2008

JDub was never supposed to be just a record label, and as JDub records celebrates its fifth anniversary with a free concert on July 27 downtown at California Plaza, it is more clear than ever that the organization's founders have greater ambitions than merely putting out good Jewish CDs

L.A.‘s German Jews celebrate club’s 75th year

By Peter L. Rothholz
Published on May 1, 2008

By 1939 some 2,500 German Jews had relocated to Los Angeles, and by 1941, when the United States entered the war, their number had grown to 6,000, making Los Angeles the second-largest center of German-speaking Jews in America. As the German Jews made connections with the L.A. Jewish community, two immigrant businessmen came together to form The German Jewish Club of 1933.

Couple stands under the chuppah—60 years on

By Jane Ulman
Published on April 10, 2008

"What is this chuppah? We didn't order it."

Maria Shvarts, 80, spotting the wedding canopy standing on the dance floor at West Hollywood's Cafe Troyka, asked the restaurant staff to remove it. She and her husband Boris, 84, were hosting a 60th anniversary party. Guests were arriving, and the chuppah -- obviously from a previous celebration, she thought -- was an obstruction.

Think you know ‘The Jazz Singer’? You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!

By Pat Sierchio
Published on September 20, 2007

The Warners predicted, correctly, that "The Jazz Singer" would be "without a doubt, the biggest stride since the birth of the industry." But the film's importance may not rest solely on the fact that it was the first sound film. It was also the first film to boldly address the assimilation of immigrant Jews into American culture.

Combining fact and fiction confuses peace event

By Orit Arfa
Published on June 14, 2007

I was not entirely comforted. I recalled a conservative propaganda movie about Islam warning people of taqiyya, the Muslim "mitzvah" of deception, in which militant Muslims put on a peaceful disguise for Westerners.

No ordinary orchestra—in war and in peace, the Israel Philharmonic plays on

By Carvin Knowles
Published on January 25, 2007

If it were a novel, no one would believe the 70-year saga of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with its astonishing cast of famous characters, including Leonard Bernstein, Arturo Toscanini and Albert Einstein. But it's all true. It's a history ripe for Hollywood: An orchestra that has lived through wars and constant strife, performed on battlefields and had more than its own share of internal drama and turmoil.

Rabbi Heschel at 100—still the voice of God

By Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater
Published on January 11, 2007

This past week was Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's yahrzeit, which falls during Parshat Shemot, the beginning of slavery and our fight against Pharaoh, which is also when we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. How appropriate!

Jewish Time Machine: The 1982 General Assembly in Los Angeles

Published on November 9, 2006

Main discussions focused on changing conditions in the Israeli immigration picture and Israel's economy, as well as issues facing overseas Jewish communities.

Nation World Briefs

Published on July 6, 2006

Briefs

Love, Journal Style?

Published on May 11, 2006

We're compiling the best stories of people who met through The Journal to run as part of our 20th anniversary edition.

The Circuit

By Norma Zager
Published on May 4, 2006

Circuit

The Meatiest Offer in Town

By Howard Blume
Published on March 23, 2006

The tables were filled and the clock turned back at Canter's on Monday, as the landmark Fairfax deli lowered the price of a corned beef sandwich to 75 cents in honor of the restaurant's 75th anniversary.

Just One Shabbat

By Amy Klein
Published on March 2, 2006

"Just one Shabbos and we'll all be free," religious rocker Mordechai Ben David sang back in the 1980s. Well, for the last decade, one Jewish organization has tried to get people to experience Shabbat at least once a year.

Is This Marriage Made in Heaven?

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman
Published on February 9, 2006

What is a soul mate? Is it a New Age concept that defines true love? Is it a catchy phrase used by romance novelists and publishers to sell books? Or does it mean something deeper and more essential, a spiritual bond between two people that is essential to fulfilling our heart's destiny?

Spectator - A Three Nyuks Salute

By George Robinson
Published on December 29, 2005

Three Jews are in a room screaming at one another, poking each other in the eyes, hitting each other on the head with objects ranging from frying pans to anvils. It's either a meeting of the synagogue's board of trustees or a Three Stooges film festival. Fortunately, this time, it's the latter, a quick but lethal -- and lethally funny -- display of Stoogehood by the American Cinematheque as part of its year-end festivities from Dec. 28-Dec.30.

Hatches and Matches

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on November 10, 2005

Your news weekly about Jewish life now has an easy, free way to share your Jewish life with others.

Sharon Emerges as Rabin’s Heir

By Leslie Susser
Published on November 3, 2005

An Israeli assassin, a right-wing extremist, killed Rabin on Nov. 4, 1995. Had Rabin lived, would the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been resolved? Or would the peace process he started still have unraveled?

Israel Has Wish List for U.N.‘s 60th

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on June 23, 2005

As the United Nations prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding in San Francisco, the occasion is bittersweet for Jewish observers.

It was the United Nations that sanctioned the State of Israel's birth in 1948, but it gave the Jewish state the status of an ugly stepchild -- constantly singling out Israel for condemnation and excluding Israel, alone among U.N. member states, from full membership in the regional groupings that apportion key positions at the world body.

That said, Israel recently has made strides at the United Nations.

Spectator - The Geffen’s Great Escape

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 19, 2005

Cunningly constructed, the play relates the adventures and misadventures of the Sycamore Family of New York, whose guiding motto is, do whatever turns you on, however eccentric, and you'll have lots of fun, avoid ulcers and enjoy a happy ending.

Rites Mark Shoah, Camp Liberators

By David Finnigan
Published on May 12, 2005

Rain and clouds greeted Southern California's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, while sunshine welcomed a gathering of World War II veterans and the Shoah survivors whom they liberated from concentration camps.

The 411 on the 818’s Israel Fest

By David Finnigan
Published on May 12, 2005

What, Where and When: The 17th annual Israel Independence Day Festival celebrating Israel's 57th anniversary on May 15, from 10 a.m.- 7 p.m., Woodley Park, Van Nuys (between Burbank and Victory boulevards).

What Bergen-Belsen Taught Us

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft
Published on April 28, 2005

On Sunday, April 17, hundreds of Holocaust survivors from around the world, along with their children and grandchildren, gathered on the site of the German concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen to observe the 60th anniversary of the camp’s liberation.

Circuit

By Kelly Hartog
Published on March 3, 2005

Circuit.

‘Never Again’—An Odd Thing to Say

By Y.M. Hausman
Published on February 3, 2005

With the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we recall once more the destruction wrought by Nazism, the chaos, desolation, the machinery of death. We peer unflinchingly at the ovens and gas chambers, the cattle cars and the concentration camps, we stare at the heart of darkness and swear, "Never Again."

Bad Memory

By Rob Eshman
Published on January 20, 2005

I just returned from France, where I spent 10 days looking into issues of anti-Semitism and racism in a country that has Europe's

largest populations of Muslims and Jews. What I found is a subject for an upcoming story. But one item -- really just an offhand remark by an Education Ministry official there -- struck me as especially topical considering the anniversary we mark this week.

Briefs

Published on October 28, 2004

Briefs; Sharon Marks Rabin Assassination Anniversary; Oregon Men Charged in Synagogue Desecration; Group Wants To Expand Anti-Semitism Fight;
U.S. Official: Syria Relations Looking Up?; Reform to Synagogues; Turn Away Cash; O.U. to Meet in Israel; Convictions in Israel Hall Collapse.

Exhibit Celebrates Century of Dignity

By Marc Ballon
Published on September 9, 2004

To celebrate 100 years of offering interest-free loans to the needy, the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) has put together a traveling photo exhibit that chronicles its growth from bit player to an integral part of the city's Jewish philanthropic network.

Spy vs. Spy

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 9, 2004

Over the past few weeks, as the anniversary of Sept. 11 approached, the FBI and the Department of Justice, along with investigative reporters at CBS, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, have focused their resources on what they must figure is a real threat to American security: the folks at AIPAC.

The Circuit

By Gaby Wenig
Published on July 29, 2004

Barbara Balser, national chair of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the first woman to lead the organization in its 91-year history, was the special guest speaker at its 10th annual Deborah Awards Gala on May 20 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Rites to Mark Argentine Terror Attack

By Florencia Arbiser
Published on July 15, 2004

The siren will mark the moment 10 years ago when a bomb went off, killing 85 people in the most devastating terrorist attack in modern Latin American history. Hundreds of Argentines are expected to be standing on Pasteur and in nearby streets to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy.

The DAIA political umbrella group, together with AMIA and Familiaris de Las Victims -- the biggest group of victims' relatives -- jointly organized the commemoration ceremony in Buenos Aires.

The Circuit

By Gaby Wenig
Published on May 6, 2004

The Circuit

Q & A With Dr. Michael A. Friedman

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on May 6, 2004

Last May, Dr. Michael A. Friedman took the helm of City of Hope as its CEO. A federally designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, the 112-acre biomedical research and treatment center in Duarte got its start in 1914 when members of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Association set up two tents as a haven for those stricken with

tuberculosis.

Friedman, an oncologist and clinical researcher, also has experience in public policy and commercial drug development. He served as the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration under President Bill Clinton and as associate director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He got his start as a clinical oncologist and professor at UC San Francisco Medical Center and most recently worked in the pharmaceutical industry.

The Jewish Journal spoke with Friedman as City of Hope celebrates its 90th anniversary, Friedman marks his first year with the institution and a state-of-the-art Helford Clinical Research Hospital, scheduled to open this fall, nears completion:

Independence Fest Turns Sweet 16

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on April 29, 2004

There was good news and bad news when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office phoned Yoram Gutman, executive director of Israel's 56th Independence Day Festival, three weeks ago.

Celebrating 10 Years of ‘Schindler’s List’

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 11, 2004

Ten years have passed since the premiere of "Schindler's List," but the emotional impact of the film and its aftermath remain intense, not least for its creators, actors and the survivors whose lives were depicted.

Support Pledged on Marking Historic Ruling

By Journal Staff
Published on March 4, 2004

In 1947, a group of parents led by Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez of Westminster fought to end California's segregation of its Latino school children. Their suit came to the attention of the state's governor at the time, Earl Warren, who went on to hear the Brown case as chief justice of the nation's highest court.

Q & A With Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin

By David Finnigan
Published on February 12, 2004

If you spend a Saturday afternoon touring Stephen S. Wise Temple with Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, you will be immersed in the living history of one of Judaism's great, modern temples. Resting atop 18 commanding acres off of Mulholland Drive in Bel Air, the Stephen S. Wise complex houses 11 buildings where once, 40 years ago, there was nothing.

ADL Marks 90 Years

By Amanda Susskind
Published on December 4, 2003

The Anti-Defamation League is celebrating its 90th anniversary this week, marking its beginnings in Chicago when Sigmund Livingston, a young Jewish lawyer, watched a vaudeville show portraying Jews as greedy, dishonest characters with hooked noses and thick accents.

The Protocols Come to L.A.—in Russian

By Si Frumkin
Published on October 23, 2003

The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" have come to Los Angeles.

7 Days In Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 2, 2003

7 Days in the Arts

South African Jews Fear for the Future

By Moira Schneider
Published on September 18, 2003

South Africa's main Jewish group is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and concerns about the community's future -- as well as its past -- are dominating the organization's efforts.

Power of Song Gives Hope to Mourners

By Ellen Jaffe-Gill
Published on August 28, 2003

Chayim Frenkel, cantor at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, conceived "Nishmat Tzedek" ("A Righteous Soul") in 1993 after his brother Tzvi, 39, died suddenly, the victim of an undetected blood disease.

A Graphic Anniversary

By Michael Aushenker
Published on July 10, 2003

"What the graphic novel has done is make it clear we're dealing with an art form," said Maggie Thompson, editor of Comics Buyer's Guide.

The Mother of DNA

By Julia Goldman
Published on April 30, 2003

In fact, few people would have recognized Franklin's contribution had it not been for Watson.

Bush Names Friend to Museum Council

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 24, 2003

Century City lawyer Donald Etra has been appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council by President Bush, a close friend since their undergraduate days at Yale.

60th Anniversary Reunites Orphans

By Beverly Gray
Published on April 24, 2003

Miriam Dybnis, vivacious at 83, insists she and her husband never expected to be honored for their deeds. Still, she's deeply gratified that so many of the young orphans have thrived as adults.

Community Briefs

Published on January 30, 2003

The family of Jewish Defense League (JDL) leader Irv Rubin has filed a $5 million wrongful-death claim against the U.S. government, stemming from his apparent suicide last November while in federal custody at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center.

BJE Celebrates Catskills Style

By Journal Staff
Published on October 3, 2002

The Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Get Out Your Crystal Ball

By Jonathan S. Tobin
Published on September 12, 2002

As the Jewish Exponent went to press with its Rosh Hashana issue last year, Islamic terrorists launched their war on the United States on Sept. 11, and everything changed.

Date of Atonement

By Lesley Wolff
Published on September 12, 2002

At this Sept. 11 anniversary, we as a community are forced to remember where we were one year ago, when the world as we knew it turned upside down, and stayed that way.

L.A. Jews Reflect on Sept. 11

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on September 5, 2002

As we approach the one-year anniversary of Sept. 11, memories of the tragedy are still fresh in the minds of many Jews.

Students, Schools Remember Sept. 11

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on September 5, 2002

This year, Jewish schools and supplemental schools will incorporate a new memorial day into their calendars and curriculums.

LAPD Preps for Sept. 11

By Phil Shuman
Published on September 5, 2002

The big new Ford Excursion sat baking in the hot afternoon sun. A closer look at this massive vehicle was chilling.

Twenty Hours in Munich

By Tom Tugend
Published on August 29, 2002

The Germans, desperate to erase memories of the Nazi-tainted 1936 Olympics in Berlin, billed the 1972 Games as "The Happy Olympics." By the time the international sportsfest ended, it went down in the history books as "The Munich Massacre."