Israeli girl, 3, injured after car hit with rocks in West Bank

Published on March 14, 2013

A 3-year-old Israeli girl is in critical condition after a car accident in the West Bank caused by rocks thrown by Palestinians.

2 Israelis killed in incident in West Bank

Published on September 23, 2011

Israeli police said a West Bank car overturning that left an Israeli man and his baby dead was an accident.

Israeli fighter jet training crash kills 2

Published on November 11, 2010

An Israeli pilot and navigator were killed when their fighter jet crashed during a training flight in southern Israel.

Astronaut Ilan Ramon’s son dies in IAF crash

Published on September 13, 2009

The son of the late Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon was killed in the crash of an Israeli Air Force fighter plane.

Communities can use High Holy Days to help ease economic angst

Published on September 25, 2008

Too many will sit in synagogues through this season and be equally concerned with their own economic situation as they will the state of their soul.

Obituaries

Published on September 17, 2008

q 4 u re metrolink

By Steve Greenberg
Published on September 17, 2008

Survivor, rabbi recall horror of Metrolink train crash

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 17, 2008

Rabbi Leonard Muroff was driving to his home in Agoura Hills after conducting services at Temple Ner Tamid in Downey, when he heard that families of those thought to have been on the train were told to assemble at Chatsworth High School and wait for news.

Q & A With Bahar Soomekh

By Karmel Melamed
Published on May 11, 2006

Persian Jewish actress Bahar Soomekh earned some serious attention last year when she played a young Iranian in "Crash," the Academy Award winner for best picture. She's now appearing in an even bigger role -- playing alongside Tom Cruise in the thriller, "M:I:III." On the eve of the film's debut, Soomekh spoke about growing up Persian Jewish in Los Angeles and about her career.

Reel Life

By Rob Eshman
Published on June 9, 2005

If you do a LexisNexis search for the screenwriter-director Paul Haggis and his new film, "Crash," you'll come up with a surprising number of hits for newspapers in Canada.

It turns out Haggis was born in London, Ontario. He came to Los Angeles in 1977, started writing for television, then in 2001 switched to movies. His screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby" won a much-deserved Oscar, and "Crash," his directorial debut, has been an early summer sleeper hit.

Death Stalks Family

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 5, 2002

A local American Israeli family, which lost a daughter in an airport shooting rampage last July 4, is in renewed mourning for a son who died Nov. 26 following a car accident.

Wellstone—One of the ‘Frozen Chosen’

By James D. Besser
Published on October 31, 2002

As Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) began campaigning for a third term, some pro-Israel activists tried to generate support for his opponent by whispering that the two-term incumbent was insufficiently supportive of Israel. But in almost every respect Wellstone, who died in the crash of his campaign plane in remote northern Minnesota last week en route to a funeral, was more representative of the Jewish political tradition than almost anyone else in political life.

Terror, Grief and Awe

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on September 20, 2001

In past Yom Kippurs I've been known to bring a stack of books with me to synagogue, works both historic and intellectual, to focus on when neither prayer nor imagination can fill the time. Not this year.