Coming to a seder near you: A haggadah on your iPad

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on April 4, 2012

This Passover, Jews can still reliably be called “the people of the book.” If sales of newly published versions of the haggadah are any indication, on the first night of Passover, when it comes time to tell the story of the Exodus, most people sitting at seder tables will be holding in their hands a text that consists of printed words and images on paper.

New app teaches about Zionism

Published on October 5, 2011

A new mobile app provides a database of information about Zionism and Israel.

iPhone app explores, reveals Israeli settlements

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 20, 2010

Want to know exactly where in the West Bank the city-sized settlement of oft-discussed Ariel is located? How about when it was established, or how many Israelis live there? There’s an app for that.

Staying empathetic is a challenge during the race for college

Published on September 3, 2008

There is a new tension between my inherent self, and my impacted self. I am referring to what is simply known as the college process.

Parents Don’t Kid About Day Schools

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on May 27, 2004

After extensive research, campus tours, a detailed application and an interview, Aidan Buckner was recently accepted into the school of his choice. While his parents may have done the legwork, it is Aidan who will enter kindergarten at the Ronald and Trana Labowe Family Day School at Adat Ari El in Valley Village this fall. The 5 1/2-year-old seems unfazed by the upcoming transition, but for his parents, the news marks the end of a long journey.

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.

Ramah’s Policy in Black and White

By Eric J
Published on February 24, 2000

In the latest effort to define its religious boundaries, the Conservative movement has directed its summer camping system to notify parents that prospective campers must be Jewish according to halacha, or Jewish law, to be accepted.