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A new era of Jewish leadership in L.A.?
Los Angeles chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor, one of a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city’s diversity, as well as its numerous…
Stone-walling
In the last two years, the Western Wall in Jerusalem — also known as the Kotel — has become a place of controversy as much as of worship. It’s the site of a battle that has long been waged by…
Gun violence in America: Scandal!
Two years after his mother was shot and killed, Dallas Sonnier received a phone call from the police: His father had just been shot and killed.
- HOLLYWOOD
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…
Justin Timberlake and Coen brothers answer Jewish questions at Cannes
Using his preternatural smoothness, Justin Timberlake saved the Coen brothers from some serious awkwardness at a Cannes press conference for their folk singer film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Sunday. “Jewish…
Sean Penn lobbies for Charedi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country.
- LIFE & CULTURE
Sarah Silverman sings about staying home in ‘Perfect Night’
For your listening pleasure, “Perfect Night,” in which Sarah Silverman recounts the benefits of skipping the club for the couch. Because this is a Silverman production you can expect references…
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.
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
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Why Sheryl Sandberg and Moses Maimonides are so alike
The Organized American Jewish Community’s Response to President Obama’s Jerusalem Speech
Ron Wolfson and home teaching for Jews
Danish Jews report record level of anti-Semitic attacks
The Jewish community of Denmark documented 40 anti-Semitic incidents in 2012, almost double those in 2009, a year that marked a sharp upturn in such attacks.
Getting to Know You...
In 2000, an urban congregation of 1,000 families found itself at a crossroads. The synagogue had a balanced budget and a beloved rabbi who was retiring after three decades, but its building was badly in need of repairs and the congregation was aging. To survive, the leadership felt they had to upgrade, so they took four steps: They hired a big-name rabbi, renovated the building, and put together an ambitious schedule of lectures and other programs to attract new faces. They also borrowed $1 million to pay for it all.
Melbourne sex abuse probes spread to Sydney Jewish community
Allegations of child sex abuse, rampant in Melbourne’s Jewish community, have spread to Sydney, with police mounting investigations into two individuals.
‘Brandeis-Bardin,’ on paper
From generation to generation, starting in 1950 and continuing today, one of the most important sites on the map of the Jewish community in Southern California was a stretch of rolling hills in Simi Valley. The story is richly told in the pages of “The Brandeis-Bardin Institute: A Living History” by Jenna Leventhal (American Jewish University, $30), an “official” history. Published by the university that now owns the property, it is predictably upbeat but also, at moments, candid and forthright about the birth pangs and growing pains of a Jewish institution.
Obama Taps Chief of Staff With Strong Ties to Jewish Community
President Barack Obama named as his new chief of staff a security official, Denis McDonough, who has strong ties to the Jewish organizational community. McDonough, until now the deputy to National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, handled much of the National Security Council’s Israel-related traffic and has strong ties with Jewish groups. He addressed the Washington Institute for Near East Policy just weeks before the last presidential election.
Jewish institutions remain closed due to Sandy
Jewish institutions throughout the eastern United States remained closed following the onslaught of superstorm Sandy.
Interfaith marriage, Rabbi Rosove, and Mormonism
Once dreaming of a Hebrew charter school, now only Mandarin is offered
When the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences (AEA) opened in August 2010, part of the draw for parents was the chance for students at the Santa Clarita charter middle and high school to study Hebrew. Since then, AEA backers have submitted petitions to set up elementary schools in the Newhall School District, Los Angeles Unified School District and Ventura Unified School District, without success. In August 2012, a revised version of its twice-rejected petition for an elementary charter was submitted to the Saugus Union School District in Santa Clarita. Among the changes in the newest version was eliminating offering Hebrew at the school, at least initially.
Community Profile: Gerald Bubis
Gerald B. Bubis is 88, and he knows there are things he’ll never do again. He’ll never travel to Israel again, for one, and after 46 trips, that’s a tough one to swallow. Then there’s the fact that this author and/or editor of 12 books and 200 articles on serving the Jewish community now has a tremor in his hand that prevents him from putting pen to paper. He also can’t drive anymore, and he can’t stand up long enough to wash dishes.
It Took Four Days
This week in power: GOP convention, Tennen, Corrie, Edon’s got talent
This week in power: Zion Square, skinnydipping Congressmen, Austria cartoon, Western Wall women
This week in power: Paul Ryan, Hungary Jew, Temple Mount, Blurry glasses
This week in power: Egypt, Romney and Israel, IOC, Lollapalooza
This week in power: Romney trip, Florida vote, Olympics moment, Raisman routine
This week in power: Bulgaria fallout, Jewish vote, Germany circumcision, Mindy Meyer
This week in power: Bulgaria, Government disbanding, Adelson petition, Condi rumors
This week in power: Presbyterians, Olmert decision, Army duty, Arafat’s underwear
This week in power: Shamir, Jobbik, Romney trip, Survivor pageant
Birkenau and Krakov: Absolute horror, undeniable hope
This week in power: Rahimi speech, Morsi, Circumcision law, Jewish prize
This week in power: Romney, Obama, Hebrew National, Alice Walker
This week in power: Syria, Africans, Arquette, Sweden feed
This week in power: Romney, Gay marriage, Texas crosses, Poland soccer
This week in power: Schultz speech, African refugees, Shavuot message, Family Guy
Can millions of dollars power a new kind of community?
In a not-so-quiet corner of Café Stella at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake, Jill Soloway and Ayana Morse look around and see a model for Jewish connection.
This week in power: Olmert remarks, Olympics controversy, Asifa, Columbus
This week in power: Flag burning, Obama appointee, Greece, Abuse coverup
This week in power: Obama’s stand, France fallout, Greece fear, Sendak legacy
Far-right victories in Greece prompt upset, concern from Jewish community
Jewish leaders in Greece expressed concern and disappointment after the fascist Golden Dawn party was poised to enter the Greek parliament for the first time.
This week in power: Netanyahu’s father, Obama poll, France election, Google lawsuit
This week in power: Iran, Protester, Gibson, Drake
This week in power: Romney, Gunter Grass, Connecticut politics, Passover message
This week in power: Obama, Christie, New Haggadah, Top rabbis
This week in power: France fallout, German mayor, Israeli models, Park Slope co-op
This week in power: France attack, Mittzkrieg, Sandra Fluke, Backstreet Boy
This week in power: Obama, Romney, Florida legislature, Jew Pond
In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami
As I sit here in Tokyo with the first anniversary of the tsunami fast approaching, I recall my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster.
This week in power: Iran plans, Mormons, Santorum’s appeal, Houston basketball
This week in power: Embassy attacks, Mormon apology, Contraception, Oprah
This week in power: Florida, Romney’s kashrut, Super Bowl, Israeli show
This week in power: Florida, Newt, German anti-Semitism, Kosher Jesus
This week in power: The Iran question, Romney, “False flag,” Haagen-Dazs
This week in power: Iowa, Bibi’s year, Beit Shemesh followup, Fox poll
This week in power: Ron Paul, Israeli policy, Beit Shemesh, TV station
This week in power: Obama, Prisoner release, Palestinian textbooks, Jews and Christmas
Handy Hazzan is Hanukkah Hazzan - Making Dreydls Out of Clay Today!
This week in power: Gingrich, Tebow, YU Beacon, Matisyahu’s beard
This week in power: RJC, Ron Paul, Panetta, Israeli ad
Israel-Diaspora landmine detonator in chief
The Minister of Absorption vs. American Jewish “foolishness”
This week in power: 2012 election, Egypt, Stripsearch, Kobe Bryant
Docks and glass: Cardiff’s harbor and the Jews
This week in power: Egypt, Kibbutz, Jewish vote, Billboard
This week in power: Iran and Israel, Mic fallout, Nelson mystery, Baseball
This week in power: Obama, Hot mic, Larry Taylor, Occupy Judaism
Exploring the mitzvah of social action
Among the gifts of the Jews, to use Thomas Cahill’s flattering phrase, perhaps none is more stirring and enduring than the biblical call to social justice. We are reminded of the Jewish injunction to seek justice in a couple of new books from Jewish Lights, each of which shows us how do more than pay lip service to one of the bedrock principles of Judaism.
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