$1 million to Superstorm Sandy victims

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on December 12, 2012

After seeing footage of the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, which struck the East Coast in late October, Shlomo Rechnitz, a Los Angeles-based businessman and philanthropist, donated $1 million to Torah Umesorah to help restore Jewish day schools flooded during the storm, as well as to help some of the individual families whose houses were damaged.

Slice of life: Perfect fall pumpkin recipes

Published on October 15, 2012

Once upon a time in a land before Starbucks there existed this stuff we call coffee. Not half fat mocha late skinny with frappo organic raw sugar and a twist of Madagascar kumquat syrup or a Free range micro tannic free Sumatran upside down turbo tea.

Oct. 5-Oct. 13

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 5, 2011

Pick of the week: Thursday, October 13: Israel’s Raichel, a renowned world musician, joins Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Arie to perform songs from their new album, “Open Door.” Expect soulful vocals about social unity (in Hebrew and English), and a healthy fusion of pop, folk and r&b.

Tribe Calendar: October 2011

By Shoshana Lewin Fischer
Published on September 16, 2011

Celebrate the season’s favorite gourd with rides and games; pie-eating and seed-spitting contests; pumpkin carving; food; entertainment and more.