Arts

Not your average ‘schlub’—a memoir

Elections

McCain accepts nomination, offers little new on Israel, Iran

Israel

Ehud Olmert should be indicted, Israeli police tell prosecutors

U.S.

Michele Obama’s cousin’s cousin is a rabbi; Abbas met with Kuntar

Los Angeles

Rabbi Sharon Brous wins $100,000 award for ‘Inspired Leadership’

World

Will new ‘Cold War’ play out in Middle East?

With talk of a new Cold War in the offing following Russia's recent military successes in Georgia, Israel is worried Russia might reassess this policy and use the sale of new weaponry to Syria -- or the threat of it -- to strengthen Russia's hand vis-à-vis Israel's primary

Kids & Teens

Cambodia’s killing fields revisited

I can vividly remember the first time I visited the Museum of Tolerance, in seventh grade. Not personally knowing anyone who had survived the Holocaust, I had been shielded from the grisly details of World War II.

Music

Cancer gives musician a new song

Los Angeles

Rabbi Sharon Brous wins $100,000 award for ‘Inspired Leadership’

Calendar

Calendar Girls picks and clicks for Sept. 6–12: Hip hop art, veggie Jews, string theory & laughs

Singles

True confessions of an online dating addict #5: Shopping for a new date

Torah Portion

Moving beyond charity

Parshat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) One of the biggest misnomers in the Jewish vocabulary is the translation of tzedakah as "charity." This mistranslation has gone on for so long in the American Jewish community that it's a hard habit to break.

Religion

PETA says Agriprocessors misled rabbis about slaughter procedures [VIDEO]

Opinion

Joon

Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always