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Update: Judge Grants Citizenship to Twin Son of Local Jewish Same-Sex Couple
Cantor Jay Frailich retiring after 40 years at University Synagogue in Brentwood
After 1,565 b’nai mitzvah, many more Shabbat services and commissioning 32 major liturgical compositions during 40 years at University Synagogue in Brentwood, Cantor Jay Frailich is retiring.
The psychology of repentance
In addition to his vast experience as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst treating survivors of childhood and adult trauma, Dr. Stephen Marmer is known by many of his patients as someone who has a positive view of the role religion can play in one’s psyche and happiness.
Three L.A. teens win Tikkun Olam awards
Three Los Angeles-area teens each were awarded $36,000 grants from The Helen Diller Family Foundation as part of the annual Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards.
Opinion: Truth be told
Just because the truth is difficult to ascertain, does that mean it doesn’t exist? Is it as simple as saying that, in any debate, we each own a piece of the truth, but no one actually owns the whole truth? And is that a cop-out?
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dies unexpectedly at 43 of natural causes
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart has died at 43. According to a statement on his Web site, BigJournalism.com, Breitbart is said to have died \”unexpectedly from natural causes.\”
Hernias difficult to diagnose in women
Martine Ehrenclou, 51, first noticed her lower abdomen pain in January 2010. She experienced severe discomfort if she sat at her desk for even 15 minutes, when she drove her car or any time that she pitched forward. Ehrenclou, who lives in Brentwood, describes the pain as “brutal.”