Craig X, pot pastor, candidate for LA mayor

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 24, 2008

Cop thinks he overedosed on stolen pot, calls 911

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 12, 2008

Pot church leaders plead guilty

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 7, 2008

I’m feeling lucky—Google searches gone bad

By The Web Guy
Published on August 21, 2008

Swimmer Jaben kicked off Israel’s Olympic team

Published on August 5, 2008

The only U.S.-born Jew on Israel's Olympic team has been kicked off after failing two drug tests.

A Mensh on the radiowaves to recovery

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on July 16, 2008

Over the next 13 years, Mensh snorted cocaine (sometimes off the turntables at his disc jockey gigs), added acid and Quaaludes to the mix, and imbibed to the point that he blacked out, only to awaken in a ditch or a stranger's car or bed.

Briefs: Drug and immigration bust at kosher meat plant, Israel says no Hamas truce without Schalit

Published on May 15, 2008

Briefs

Beit T’Shuvah, Jewish/Arab day schools, Charlton Heston

Published on May 1, 2008

letters to the jewish journal

One day at a time, one person at a time

By Roberto Loiederman
Published on April 24, 2008

life-size soft sculpture of a cleaning woman scrubbing the floor marks the entrance to the office of Harriett Rossetto, founder and executive director of Beit T'Shuvah

Drug abuse debate: Legalization, medication or therapy?

By Roberto Loiederman
Published on April 24, 2008

On a wall at Beit T'Shuvah's sanctuary there are plaques with the names of those connected with Beit T'Shuvah who have passed away. One of those names is that of Josh Lowenthal, a former resident who died on June 11, 1995

Blasphemy: Moses was trippin’ at Sinai

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on March 5, 2008

Did Moshe Rabbenu meet YHWH at Sinai, or was he just tripping?

By The Web Guy
Published on March 3, 2008

Surprising religion mention in ESPN story about NBA trade value

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on December 18, 2007

LA drug ring fronting for Hezbollah

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on November 9, 2007

Nixon’s Jewish paranoia

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on September 27, 2007

Jews look back through haze to summer of hope

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 3, 2007

Peers give Orthodox teens lesson in drug use and abuse

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on February 15, 2007

For many years, at-risk behavior and drug use among yeshiva high school students has been an open secret, but only in recent years have kids and their families had anywhere to turn.

At-risk youth; Much more Mathout; Donkeys vs. Elephants—the beef goes on

Published on October 12, 2006

Letters; Custody Battle; Maher Hathout; At-Risk Youth; Politicized Reports; RJC Ads; Faith and Season.

Rabbi Carron brightens prisoners’ darkest days

By Nick Street
Published on September 21, 2006

With any luck, Daniel will be spending Rosh Hashanah on the outside. It's likely he'll soon be making the transition from jail to the recovery program at Beit T'Shuva, a nonprofit that works with at-risk youth.

Shedding Light on a Dark ‘Rising’

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on August 4, 2006

The film "City of God" shed light on a long-neglected subject, the Third World conditions and inescapable warfare existing in Rio de Janeiro's slums. Now comes "Favela Rising," a documentary that not only limns the tragedy of the favelas, the Brazilian ghettoes, but also tells the inspirational tale of Anderson Sá, a black Messiah figure who founds a reggae music club that offers a nonviolent alternative to their rampant drug and gang activity.

Our First Cover: Bobbi Fiedler

By Howard Blume
Published on June 29, 2006

Bobbi Fiedler, who rode an anti-school busing platform to political prominence, stood out as the potential vanguard for Jewish conservatives when The Jewish Journal profiled her as its first cover story in February 1986. The Journal recently caught up with the still-active Fiedler, 69, between civic activities.

Beth Emet Works to Save a Mother’s Life

By Jane Ulman
Published on June 8, 2006

The 200 closely knit families of Burbank's Temple Beth Emet, heeding the precept that all Jews are responsible for one another, are accustomed to providing aid and comfort quietly and inconspicuously. But the congregation has been galvanized to very public action by news that the mother of fellow congregant Roni Razankova's mother, a citizen of Macedonia, has contracted liver cancer and needs urgent medical attention in the United States.

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By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on May 25, 2006

Substance Abuse a Senior Problem, Too

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on May 18, 2006

When Amy Kaplan heard about Betty (not her real name), a Jewish Family Service client in her early 70s who said she couldn't afford all of her medications, Kaplan suspected there was more to the story.

Interest Increases as Deadline Nears

By David Finnigan
Published on May 11, 2006

Susie Tiffany of Beverly Hills suffers from a rare blood disorder and needs monthly infusions of blood components, which her insurance company ultimately declined to cover. She hoped the government's new prescription drug benefit would help her out because, despite her ZIP code, she's a low-income senior. But the possibilities, were baffling: an array of private insurance plans that covered different things, explanations on the Internet that included terms she never had to know before, additional complexities depending on a person's income and a confusing interplay of state and federal agencies. However, Tiffany was able to find assistance in her case from Jewish Family Service. A social worker helped get Tiffany's treatment covered by new state funds intended to help seniors with the transition to the new federal system.

Orthodox Alcohol, Drug Abuse Rising

By Chanan Tigay
Published on March 16, 2006

Peter Gould had his last drink on Purim night seven years ago -- or, more accurately, his last drinks. "I drank more alcohol in a day than a human body can handle," he said, relaxing on a puffy couch in Baltimore in jeans, sneakers and a black knit kipah.

Avi Leibovic: Guardian Angel of the Streets

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on January 5, 2006

Five years ago, Leibovic was approached by the prodigal son of a prominent Orthodox family for help and inspiration. Soon, their one-on-one Torah study grew into a larger group, made up mostly of recent alumni of Neve Zion, the yeshiva outside Jerusalem where Leibovic had formative experiences as a teen and young adult.

78 and 79: A Matter of Life and Death

By Idan Ivri
Published on November 3, 2005

The question before voters is whether the drug companies should regulate themselves, as laid out in Proposition 78, or whether the state should be granted authority to pressure drug companies into providing discounts, as specified in Proposition 79. If both initiatives pass, whichever receives the most votes becomes law.