Israeli consulate to move to new L.A. location

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 13, 2011

Letters to the Editor: Norway, Jacob Dayan, Redistricting

Published on August 2, 2011

While Rob Eshman makes an important and necessary argument in his editorial, he misses a serious point (“Web of Evil,” July 29).

A diplomatic partnership

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 26, 2011

When Jacob Dayan — along with his wife, Galit, and their three children — arrived in Los Angeles in October 2007 to take up his post as Israel’s consul general for the southwestern United States, L.A. got two activist diplomats for the price of one.

Galit Dayan speaks what’s on her mind — and in her heart

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 26, 2011

When Galit Dayan first met her future husband in 1987, both were serving in Israeli army intelligence units and she realized right away that nothing would come of the encounter.

A Farewell for Jacob Dayan

By Ryan Torok
Published on May 27, 2011

Jacob Dayan's term as Israel Consul General of Los Angeles ends this summer—he has served away from Israel for five years, the maximum amount of time a diplomat can remain out of his country, and since late 2007 in Los Angeles—and on Friday, May 27, Los Angeles city marked his departure with a farewell celebration at City Hall.

‘We are fighting an Iranian proxy’: Q&A with Israeli Consul General Yaakov Dayan

By Tom Tugend
Published on January 7, 2009

" . . . The media are a little more balanced than on previous occasions, but I can't say I'm not upset when I see on the front page of the Los Angeles Times a photo of two dead Arab girls . . . "

Israel flag flies,  a Czech surprise, voter fraud, bridge to understanding

Published on October 10, 2008

" . . . The blue and white now waves proudly on prestigious Wilshire, along with the Stars and Stripes. And we are all the more enriched for it. Kol hakavod! . . "