Hyler condition stabilizes

By Danielle Berrin
Published on August 19, 2008

Jamming with the pros at Hamilton High

By Merissa Nathan Gerson
Published on June 14, 2007

Kenny G reads Hebrew, knows a thing or two about kabbalah and blows the shofar at shul annually. "Because," he said, "I am the only one who knows how."

Sacramento PBS TV affiliate won’t run anti-Semitism documentary

By Joe Eskenazi
Published on January 18, 2007

David Hosley thinks a scene in which a group of devious Jews slash the throat of a young boy in a ritual slaughter to cull his blood for Passover matzah is not the type of thing that should be shown on television. Yitzhak Santis thinks it's exactly what we should be seeing.

Laura’s Smile

By David Suissa
Published on December 28, 2006

Laura has never spoken a word, but she can coo, laugh, sigh and cry. At her best, she has taken steps with the help of a walker. She has a thin body with a smallish, sweet face framed by dark-brown hair. She gets 24-hour home care, with three rotating nurses monitoring her breathing and other vital signs.

Oh yeah, and she loves to smile.

There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on over Power Plate

By Debbe Geiger
Published on October 5, 2006

The Power Plate features a vibrating platform that oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. The Power Plate Web site lists dozens of college and professional sports teams as using vibration training in their regimens.

The Ultimate Enigma

By Rabbi Steven Weil
Published on July 6, 2006

There is logic to honoring one's parents. There is a rationale for not stealing or murdering. But for purification in a ruddy, bovine shower, why would God ask such a thing of us?

I'll be honest with you. I don't know. But neither did King Solomon, the wisest of men. It seems that this is part of the definition of a chok, that its raison d'etre remains a mystery.

Lift The Ban on Gay Blood Donors

By Lisa Hurwitz
Published on March 2, 2006

When students arrived at Milken Community High School on the morning of Jan. 10, they were confronted by a large banner reading: "Did you know homosexual males cannot give blood?" That was the start of a student-led Equal Blood Campaign to press the FDA to lift its blanket ban on all gay blood donors.

Transplant Recipient Will Parade Success

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on December 29, 2005

Like many native Angelenos, Ilene Feder has never been to the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena. However, the Studio City resident not only will be attending the New Year's day festivities on Monday, Jan. 2, for the 118th Rose Parade, but will have a vantage point few get to experience: She'll be riding on a float.

The Clot to Kill Jesus

By Adam Wills
Published on June 16, 2005

In what is likely the ultimate "Cold Case File," a researcher in Haifa may have figured out the cause of Jesus' death.

Professor Benjamin Brenner, a Technion Medical School and Rambam Medical Center hematology expert, said the problem was not blood loss, but a blood clot that likely traveled to Jesus' lungs.

What You Can Do

Published on September 13, 2001

What You Can Do.