Chanukah events around Los Angeles

By Ryan Torok
Published on December 18, 2011

Parties and celebrations during the holiday week.

Specter Switches Sides!

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on April 28, 2009

Keep the youngest wedding guests happy—and keep your sanity

Published on June 12, 2008

Fortunately, it's perfectly possible to welcome children at your wedding without compromising the sanctity of the event or the sanity of any involved parties.

Backlot parties put simchas in the spotlight

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on July 12, 2007

More than 70 years after the beginning of Hollywood's Golden Age, when talkies became the rage and Jews routinely Anglicized their names, film factories are playing up the Jewish angle by hosting some of the largest and most unique b'nai mitzvah parties in town.

Unhappy New Year!

By Mark Miller
Published on January 5, 2006

OK, I'll be absolutely honest -- I spent this past New Year's Eve alone. Sure, I could have salvaged the situation with a round of frantic last-minute calling, but I never got around to it because I had to go and get into a fight. Fortunately, I was the only one who got hurt. You see, I picked a fight with myself. And on New Year's Eve day, no less. Almost out of nowhere and with virtually no warning, I started in on myself.

Calendar

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 13, 2005

Calendar.

The Party Line

By Gil Sedan
Published on January 23, 2003

Nearly 30 political parties are vying in Israel's Jan. 28 general elections. According to the latest polls, about 15 parties stand a chance of getting at least 1.5 percent of the vote, the threshold for getting at least one of the Knesset's 120 seats.