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Kerry says Israelis, Palestinians must make tough decisions
Israeli and Palestinian leaders must decide soon on whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
Industry is best bet for peace, Israeli billionaire says
On a new industrial park in Israel's largest Arab town, a software plant belonging to a multibillion-dollar U.S.-listed firm sits cheek-by-jowl with two small Arab-owned businesses: a metal factory and one producing tools for brain surgery.
Adelsons donate $40 million to Birthright
Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, donated $40 million to the Birthright Israel Foundation.
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Billy Crystal to star in Larry Charles’ FX series
Looks like FX is going to be injecting some humor into their lineup. Not a bad idea, we think, after many seasons of the awesome yet dark series “Justified” or…
Civility replaces violence in ‘Last White Night’
In June 1965, during the most violent days of the civil rights movement, 21-year-old Paul Saltzman drove from Toronto to Mississippi to become a freedom fighter with the Student Nonviolent…
Spielberg to produce ‘Halo’ television series, plus other news from the Xbox One announcement
Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and…
- LIFE & CULTURE
A talent agent turns yogurt maven
Amy Salko Robertson — producer of such films as “The Oh in Ohio,” “Lab Rats” and “When Do We Eat?” a comedy set at a Passover seder —realized that she…
Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.
Angelina’s breast cancer victory isn’t for celebrities only
Actress Angelina Jolie just announced that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy after learning that she was genetically predisposed to cancer. Her disclosure was a powerful show of solidarity with…
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Propaganda lies in a disguise
Muhammad al-Durrah, the little boy who became the symbol of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, is returning to the headlines after a decade. A photo of him, crying, leaning against a wall…
Male Eating Disorders: A Real Thing
Recently, People Magazine came out with an article about Ashley Hamilton talking openly about his struggles with an eating disorder. I applaud Ashley for coming out about having an eating…
Religion at the End of The Big C
Last night, Showtime’s The Big C aired its final episode. After three seasons of half-hour installments, this comedy returned for a shortened final season consisting of four hour-long episodes. Subtitled…
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JFS brings seders to seniors
For 34 years, Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS) has been holding seders for senior citizens across the Los Angeles area, sponsoring services and feeding those who have nowhere else to go during one of the most widely celebrated holidays on the festival calendar.
The Clouds of Glory and Human Responsibility!
The best holiday of them all
Embracing the Awkward
Confessing our sins
Few prayers are as well known to Jews as Ashamnu (“We have sinned ...”) and Al Chet (“For the sin ...”), the twin confessions of Yom Kippur. Belief in human sinfulness is more central to Judaism than we think. Sin may not be “original,” as it is in Christianity — inherited from Adam, that is, as a sort of genetic endowment ever after. But it is at least primal: It is there, patent, indelible and unavoidable. We may not be utterly depraved — the teaching with which American Protestantism grew up — but we are indeed sinners.
Opinion: Campaign colonics
What did I miss? For seven days I didn’t have salt, meat or CNN. My mornings began without “Morning Joe” or “Morning Edition”; I saw sunrise on a mountain hike, not with a clicker in my hand.
In Burmese Chanukah celebration, signs of Myanmar’s openness to the West
In almost any other community from Moscow to Washington, it would have been just another public Chanukah menorah-lighting ceremony providing an opportunity for the local government and Jewish community to showcase their strong ties.
A Tale of Two Corporate Hanukkah Displays
On the trail of the Maccabees
The heroes of Chanukah are no secret. The legendary Judah Maccabee and his warrior brothers defeated the Greek Hellenists in true Israelite fashion.
In a remote New Mexican valley, a Jewish skiing legacy at Taos
One of the most wonderful things about skiing is the sense of seclusion, the incomparable quietude and serenity of standing atop a 12,000-foot peak surveying miles and miles of snow-covered emptiness. Somehow the prosaic concerns of the everyday world don’t seem to reach there.
Obama sends Chanukah wishes
President Obama wished Jews a joyous Chanukah.
What young Jews do on Christmas Eve
Sitting in front of the television eating Chinese food and watching reruns of “It’s A Wonderful Life” isn’t exactly what young Jews are doing this Christmas Eve.
Olim land in Israel on eve of Chanukah
Some 76 new immigrants from North America arrived in Israel on the eve of Chanukah.
Opinion: Jews, Christmas and Chinese food
I got a cute e-mail the other day, with a photo of a hand-lettered sign: “The Chinese Rest. Assoc. of the United States would like to extend our thanks to The Jewish People/ we do not completely understand your dietary customs . . ./ But we are proud and grateful that your GOD insist you eat our food on Christmas.” Followed on the bottom, left to right, by a yin/yang symbol, the words Happy Holidays!, and a Star of David.
Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays
Pump up the volume: Music propels the way to a rededicated Jewish life
My 3-year-old son is obsessed with showing people his room, sidling sheepishly over to guests and asking, “Can I show you my room?”
In tough times, relying on the Jewish community for help
In August, in the heat of the summer, a Boston-area mother of three began to worry about how she would pay for Chanukah gifts. Across the country in San Francisco, a 33-year-old Russian-born mother of six said that thinking about this Chanukah made her cry.
Single for the Holidays vs. Desperate Online Dating
Kashrut and Mindfulness: Savoring Fresh, Local Fare at La Seine
This is a story about a dream afternoon I spent at La Seine, where chef Alex Reznik is cooking seasonal, farm-to-table, California-Asian … kosher food.
Sept. 18 – 24 is National Unmarried & Single Americans Week
Gossiping—What you can gain if you refrain
Too often, I realize that people preface their sentences with “I heard” or “they say.” Intrigued by the personal details and juicy information that is likely to follow, most of us allow these sentences to continue and build up into paragraphs consisting of nothing other than questionable rumors and gossip.
Rosh Hashanah ‘in the house tonight’ dances into the new year
Aish brings together rhythem, beats and davening for their 'Rosh Hashanah in the house tonight' dancing spectacle.
Serious to cute, holiday books inspire all ages
There is always something new on the shelf for the upcoming Jewish holidays, and this year we highlight a few nice children’s books and some worthwhile spiritual reading for adults.
Using Travel and the Seasons to Gain Perspective
Israel offers good-will gestures for Christmas
Christian Palestinian residents of the West Bank will be allowed to enter Israel, including overnight, for Christmas.
A Yeshiva boy and Christmas
When I was 20, I spent my junior year in college in England. When classes let out for the last two weeks of December, I traveled to Morocco, where something life-changing occurred.
Marketing for Muslim money
MLK’s prophetic legacy
Merry Armenian Christmas
Israeli president’s Christmas blessing
A Very Merry F&*#ing Christmas
Christmas for Jews
Honika Electronica
Sen. Hatch’s Hanukkah hymn
CSM says first Pilgrims ‘were a suprisingly worldly, tolerant lot’
Remembering Mumbai and giving thanks
The sex offender at the Seder
Pumpkins and popes
Where to find cheap high holy day tickets [VIDEO]
Moses is departing Egypt
The ashes of Lent
Merry Christmas from Ahmadinejad
Can a pastor get some peace? LA Times reports on Warren’s Christmas Eve sermon
Fake Santa goes nuts, kills at least five
Does Santa deliver gifts to Iraq?
So that’s why Darwin looks so much like Santa Claus
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Stephen Colbert and the war on Christmas
Virgin Mary bares all for Playboy Mexico
Giving thanks
How Jewish is Thanksgiving?
Lynched effigy of Obama even uglier
Hanging Sarah Palin in effigy
Depicting Obama as a Muslim radical
Scalping tickets for Yom Kippur
Hollywood assistant confuses Rosh Hashanah for industry broker
I love the High Holy Days
Birthright Israel brings presidential candidates together
Getting furry for the Omer
Redux: ‘The true meaning of Passover’
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