L.A. Rising For Women - February 14, 2013!

By Tera Greene
Published on February 6, 2013

Always remember. Never forget.

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 18, 2012

Shalit drew, kept journal in captivity

Published on November 7, 2011

Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit drew and kept a journal while being held by Hamas in Gaza.

Report: Bin Laden’s journal urged al-Qaida to hit Los Angeles, not just New York [VIDEO]

Published on May 12, 2011

He was well aware of U.S. counterterrorist defenses and schooled his followers how to work around them, the messages to his followers show. Don't limit attacks to New York City, he said in his writings. Consider other areas such as Los Angeles or smaller cities. Spread out the targets.

[VIDEO] Jews On Jews: The Community Angles

By Jay Firestone
Published on April 27, 2009

Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2 - DAY 1: Arrival

By David Weiner
Published on April 20, 2009

Rob Eshman a Hit on TV: His Views on the Anti-Semitic Cartoon

By Jay Firestone
Published on March 27, 2009

Did Former JDL Boss Confess to Bomb Plots?

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 17, 2009

Sholem Aleichem, Gogol Show Two Views of Shtetl Jews

Published on March 11, 2009

Russians, Jews and literature scholars get excited about jubilee years, and for those who fit any of these categories, 2009 is a big year. One hundred and fifty years ago this month, a writer who would immortalize the Russian Jew in literature, Solomon Rabinovich (1859-1916) — better known by his literary persona, Sholem Aleichem — was born in the town of Pereyaslav, near Kyiv. This spring also marks the 200th birthday of Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852), who was born about 100 miles to the east of Kyiv, in the town of Sorochintsy. Gogol, too, helped to immortalize the Russian Jew in literature, but in a more problematic way: the Jews who crop up around the margins of his stories, most of them crafty market vendors, money-lenders and tavern keepers, are anti-Semitic stereotypes, an unsettling detail in the work of one of the greatest comic writers of modern literature.

VideoGuide to L.A. - Volume 3 - Jewish L.A.

By Jay Firestone
Published on October 16, 2008

VideoGuide to L.A. - Volume 1 - looking the part

By Jay Firestone
Published on October 2, 2008

VideoJew explores the Purim hangover…at Chabad Purim party

By Jay Firestone
Published on March 27, 2008

The art of keeping a travel journal

By Rolf Potts
Published on November 30, 2006

I was going through some old boxes the other day when I found a beat up old notebook that contained a journal of my trip to the Philippines almost nine years ago.My travel journals haven't been quite so detailed in the years since I returned from the Philippines -- mainly due to the professional demands of travel writing, which takes up most of my note-taking time on the road.Nevertheless, I believe that keeping a travel journal can be one of the most rewarding habits a person can keep on the road.

That’s What I Do

By Keren Engelberg
Published on June 29, 2006

If you're a single 24-year-old gal looking to meet a preferably Jewish single guy in Los Angeles, you'd think a good pick-up line might include the words "I work for The Jewish Journal." After all, what better way to convey to the guy-of-interest that you're a fellow MOT? But you'd be wrong.

The Lichtenstein Formula for a Jewish Paper

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 29, 2006

The role of a Jewish newspaper is to connect the Jewish community, not to unify it," said Gene Lichtenstein, founding editor of The Journal.
During his nearly 15-year tenure, which ended in 2000, Lichtenstein's formula was to hire good, independent writers and columnists who could produce articles that raised the interest, and frequently the hackles, of both professional and peripheral Jews.

Love, Journal Style?

Published on May 11, 2006

We're compiling the best stories of people who met through The Journal to run as part of our 20th anniversary edition.

The Curious Little Monkey’s Tale

By Sarah Price Brown
Published on September 19, 2005

"The Journey That Saved Curious George : The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey.

Political Journal

By Idan Ivri
Published on August 25, 2005

Racially motivated brawls at Jefferson High School this spring made the school appear, at times, like a miniwar zone. Which makes it especially interesting that L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are learning lessons from Israeli and West Bank schools, where violence, even terrorism, is an ever-present undercurrent.

The person bringing those lessons to Los Angeles is USC professor Ron Avi Astor, who has spent his career studying school violence in Israel and the United States. His newest book, co-written with Israeli professor Rami Benbenishty of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, is titled, "School Violence in Contest: Culture, Neighborhood, Family, School, and Gender." The two scholars conducted studies encompassing 30,000 Israeli students at a time.

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on November 25, 2004

At the Jewish Children's Bookfest at Mount Sinai on Nov. 14, children were given a journal and asked the following question:

"What does being Jewish in America mean to me?"

Federation to End Donor Subscriptions

By Marc Ballon
Published on September 9, 2004

Starting next year, Jewish Journal readers who received their weekly newspaper by donating to The Jewish Federation will still be able to get it, but not as part of their Federation donation.

Do Party Invites Right

By J. G. Friedman
Published on March 11, 2004

The index-card box is one of the most important items in your home and is referred to each time an affair is coming up -- as well as when you need a gift for that person's party.

Fed Campaign Ends on High Note

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on September 4, 2003

In June, the Journal incorrectly reported the 2003 results as slightly down based on incomplete figures that did not reflect the final campaign push.

Stanley Hirsh

By Rob Eshman
Published on March 27, 2003

Stanley Hirsh shared a vision of a newspaper that could serve as a kind of hub for an increasingly diverse and far-flung community.

Physician, Heal The Soul

By Mike Levy
Published on April 18, 2002

Physicians played a significant role in the Holocaust, and today's doctors can learn from the ethical failures of that period, according to an article recently published by Dr. Joel Geiderman, co-chair of the emergency department (ED) of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

In "Physician Complicity in the Holocaust: Historical Review and Reflections on Emergency Medicine in the 21st Century," Geiderman sets out a series of moral failures he attributes to German physicians before, during and after WWII. Published in the March issue of Academic Emergency Medicine journal, the two-part article enumerates ethical challenges requiring greater vigilance from today's physicians.

A Portion of Parshat Mikketz

By Abby Gilad
Published on December 13, 2001

Do you remember your dreams?

Sunday in the Park

By Michael Aushenker
Published on May 3, 2001

Maybe the post-apocalyptic parking situation was a tip-off. The overcapacity of automobiles surrounding Woodley Park seemed to confirm that this year's Israeli Independence Day Festival outdid itself in terms of spectacle and attendance. An estimated 50,000 attended, festival director Yoram Gutman confirmed, making this year's festival the biggest yet. As Gutman told The Journal, "There are so many Israelis who live in the Valley, so maybe that has something to do with it. I never saw so many Persian Jews and American Jews."

Bye-Bye

Published on May 4, 2000

After eight years, I'm leaving The Jewish Journal.

Bye-Bye

Published on May 4, 2000

After eight years, I'm leaving The Jewish Journal.

Departure of Sara Eve Roseman

Published on May 4, 2000

After eight years, I'm leaving The Jewish Journal.

Power, Politics And People

Published on May 28, 1998

along with news of its editor's death, the YiddishForward of May 15 carried front-page reports about India's nucleartests, the U.S.-Israeli diplomatic crisis, the naming of a specialprosecutor to probe the secretary of labor, and Israel's new militarychief of staff.

Letters

Published on August 28, 1997

Letters to the Editor.

In this, the Jewish Journal’s seventh annual honor roll of high-school graduates, we find that our f

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 12, 1997

Cover Story.