Son of ‘Pacific Standard Time’

By Tom Teicholz
Published on May 15, 2013

It’s back! Remember long ago in those dark days of 2011, when “Pacific Standard Time,” the Getty-sponsored initiative, got more than 60 cultural organizations throughout Southern California to shine a light on the impact of Los Angeles’ art scene between 1945 and 1980?

Destination Kauai

Published on May 10, 2013

When it comes to honeymoons, nothing is more romantic than a tropical island. From Los Angeles, the most tempting include the Hawaiian archipelago. The oldest — and by far the greenest — of them all is Kauai.

LAX $4.1 billion makeover will include updates to food, concession stands

Published on December 12, 2012

The number of people in toques and clean white chef coats at the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport on the morning of Dec. 5 made it feel like a set for an episode of Bravo’s “Top Chef.”

Student newspaper finalist for national prize

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 27, 2012

On Sept. 21, the day the space shuttle Endeavour flew past local landmarks on its way to Los Angeles International Airport, every media outlet in the city had dispatched multiple reporters to look to the skies.

Pure Love in the Middle of a Travel Nightmare

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 13, 2012

What makes Kobe so L.A.?

By Joel Chasnoff
Published on May 14, 2009

Bill Boyarsky: Calculating the value of Villaraigosa’s trip

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on June 26, 2008

One criticism of Villaraigosa's predecessor, Jim Hahn, was that he didn't understand the importance of symbolism, that he was too desk bound, too reluctant to make the grand gestures important in a sprawling city of many diverse communities.

Rabbi Zoë Klein: L.A. delegation to Israel returns with wealth of optimism

Published on June 26, 2008

I was proud to be part of this delegation, proud to be among someof the gatekeepers of our city, astounded at the vast amount Israel had to offer us and the generosity of her leaders to share.

Briefs: Coalition protests modern-day plague of poverty, BBI branches out

Published on April 12, 2007

Community brief.

Israeli Security Offers Pointers to LAX; Education Programs Get Multimillion Dollar Boost

Published on November 2, 2006

Community briefs - Israeli Security Offers Pointers to LAX; Education Programs Get Multimillion Dollar Boost

Sukkot: the beauty of fragility

By Rabbi Daniel Greyber
Published on October 5, 2006

On Sukkot, the time tradition tells us is zman simchateinu, the season of our joy, we dwell in a fragile hut, open to the winds and rain and cold of the world, to remind ourselves that our joy is enriched, is deepened, when we glimpse, if only for a moment, how weak and fragile we are.

Community Briefs

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 9, 2006

Community Briefs

She’s 88 and Going Like 60 Volunteering

By Ellie Kahn
Published on February 3, 2005

Imagine this situation: You've arrived at LAX after hours of sitting in an airplane from Italy. You've waited in line to get through customs, lugged your suitcases from the baggage claim and you finally emerge to locate your relatives. But they're nowhere to be found, and you don't speak English. What do you do?

Missing in Action: The Community

By Amram Hassan
Published on July 11, 2002

I am not a writer or pretend to be one. This is one of those times that I am writing out of anger and frustration.

Happiness Turns to Grief

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 11, 2002

Last Friday was to have been one of Victoria "Vicky" Hen's happiest days. As a surprise, her boyfriend, Yaron Cohen, had planned to formally propose marriage to the 25-year-old Israeli American.

Instead, her parents, Avinoam and Rachel Hen, and her younger brothers, Nimrod and Udi, spent the day planning her funeral service, which took place Sunday afternoon.

This Was Terror

By Yuval Rotem
Published on July 11, 2002

This is an indiscriminate cult of death, a type of fanaticism that preaches that those of a different religion or different ethnicity are less than human.

Fears After El Al

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on July 11, 2002

We must know each other, as accurately as possible. If you can't invite your local imam into your living room, then go down to your local mosque, yourself, and bring a group from your synagogue with you.

Families Mourn Loss

By Tom Tugend
Published on July 11, 2002

The Israeli community, joined by the city's mayor and Jewish leaders, bade a grief-stricken farewell Sunday to a man and woman killed by an Egyptian-born gunman at Los Angeles International Airport July 4.

Muslim Messages

By Tom Tugend
Published on February 28, 2002

Amid the profusion of billboards along Southern California freeways, motorists are being startled by a new one. It features seven smiling faces of various ethnicities, with one, a woman wearing a black headscarf, holding a small American flag.