Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado

Published on May 21, 2013

A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.

Missing Israeli found in North Hollywood

By Ryan Torok
Published on January 23, 2013

Syril Zimand, a 28-year-old Israeli thought to be missing by his father, turned up in North Hollywood on Jan. 20, approximately 25 days after the father, Henri Zimand, a philanthropist and entrepreneur who lives in Israel and Monaco, told the Jewish Journal and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that he had lost track of his son’s whereabouts and was concerned for his safety.

Syril Zimand, aspiring Israeli filmmaker, missing in Hollywood [UPDATE]

By Ryan Torok
Published on January 7, 2013

According to Detective L. Saiza of the Los Angeles Police Department's missing-person unit, as of Jan. 7 Henri Zimand has not filed a missing-persons report with the LAPD about his son, Syril Zimand. This despite the fact that Zimand has asked the LAPD, the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles and family living in Los Angeles to help find his son.

Israeli missing in Los Angeles

By Ryan Torok
Published on January 2, 2013

The son of an Israeli businessman and philanthropist is believed by his father to be missing in Los Angeles.

Missing Florida millionaire left tefillin on abandoned boat

Published on September 4, 2012

Guma Aguiar, a Florida businessman and philanthropist who went missing in June, left his tefillin on his abandoned boat.

Missing U.S. tourist found dead in Israel

Published on May 29, 2012

The body of an American tourist missing since last week was discovered near Beit Shean.

A Mother Who Loves Her Child and a Child Who Loves Her Mother

By Ilana Angel
Published on July 29, 2011

Body of Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky found, suspect arrested

Published on July 13, 2011

The dismembered body of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who disappeared while walking home from camp was found and a suspect was arrested in his murder.

Indiana University student still missing

Published on June 15, 2011

Lauren Spierer, a sophomore at Indiana University, remains missing a week after disappearing on her way home from a sports bar. Spierer’s case was featured June 11 on Fox’s “America’s Most Wanted.”

Jewish college student missing in Indiana

Published on June 6, 2011

Police, family and friends are searching for Lauren Spierer, a sophomore at Indiana University who is missing. Spierer, 20, who is Jewish, has been missing since early on the morning of June 3, the Indiana Daily Student reported.

Several Israelis still missing in New Zealand

Published on February 23, 2011

Up to four Israelis who were in Christchurch, New Zealand at the time remain missing and are feared dead. On Wednesday, Israel's consul to New Zealand, Teddy Poplinger, said that his staff is working to contact all Israelis who were reported to be in the area of the quake when it struck on Tuesday.

Volunteers needed to search Lake Piru for missing father

By The Web Guy
Published on August 26, 2008

Local community refuses to forget 12 missing Persian Jews

By Norma Zager
Published on October 12, 2006

Circuit news; Local community refuses to forget 12 missing Persian Jews; Smile, darn ya!; That's a WRRAP; A love match.

Actor’s Missing Dad Takes Center Stage

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 25, 2005

In his raw, autobiographical monologue, "Who Is Floyd Stearn?" actor Michael Raynor struts onstage with a swagger reminiscent of James Caan. Raynor, playing himself, jabs a finger at a faded photograph.
The photo was taken on 185th Street in Queens, on his grandmother's lawn. In the photo, an athletic, brawny man embraces a 3-year-old. The man is Raynor's father, Floyd Stearn. The smiling boy is young Michael, who clutches a toy banjo, his blond bangs peeking out from a cowboy hat.

Raynor tells the audience that, even at 40, he cannot discuss the photo; should anyone pressure him, he angrily departs.

"Every time I see the picture I cry," he adds quietly. "That's why I can't look at it. I see the happiness in my face, and it scares me. I'm hoping it won't go away."

Arts No Longer Plays Second Fiddle

By Julie G Fax
Published on May 27, 2004

For Rena, missing weeks of dance rehearsal was unthinkable, but so was missing out on the quintessential Jewish youth experience of summer camp.

This summer, Rena hopes to have that conflict resolved for her for at least two weeks when she attends T'hila, a new program at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley that integrates a Jewish camping experience with an arts experience molded for young, talented artists who are as serious about their craft as Rena.

AMBER: The U.S. Moral Alert

By Rabbi Eli Hecht
Published on September 19, 2002

At least once a week, we hear reports of missing children. Some are found alive and others, tragically, dead.

Levy Missing

By Aleza Goldsmith
Published on May 24, 2001

Every morning as Rabbi Samuel Graudenz prays, he asks for the safe return of Chandra Ann Levy.