Letters to the Editor: Settlements, Rice, Jewlicious, Secularism

Published on March 28, 2013

David Suissa has been writing a brilliant monologue, telling Los Angeles Jews that Israel’s settlements are legal and Israel’s enemies are so very afraid. The problem with his monologue is that it will convince no one who is not already convinced.

Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers

Published on February 7, 2012

Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.

More Facts, Questions and Things I Will Never Understand or Have Answers To.

By Julia Bendis
Published on June 29, 2011

Rice, Powell and Albright: Friends in ‘Retirement’

By Susan Freudenheim
Published on March 1, 2011

Revolutions spreading through the Middle East added timeliness and weight to the convening of three former secretaries of state by American Jewish University (AJU) on Monday evening, Feb. 28, at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk. Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, all active authors and advocates on the international scene, joined AJU President Robert Wexler onstage to agree on just about everything, and bicker over only a few matters.

Political realities may doom Olmert’s peace push

By Leslie Susser
Published on September 3, 2008

Although the Palestinians say wide gaps remain, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert reportedly agreed in talks Sunday to make every effort to wrap up a full-fledged peace agreement by the end of the year. But both sides are skeptical.

Save the beans, save yourself—free the kitniyot!

By JewishJournal.com
Published on April 7, 2008

Atoning for the sin of rushing dinner to get to Kol Nidre

By Linda Morel
Published on September 28, 2006

Make ahead recipes for Yom Kippur.

British theater group Stan’s Cafe uses piles of rice to bring statistics to life

By Sarah Price Brown
Published on September 21, 2006

Upon entering the museum, visitors will receive a grain of rice, representing themselves. Then, they will walk into a room filled with 300 million grains of rice - one for every person in the United States. The rice will be divided into piles, each one illustrating a statistic, such as the number of people who have walked on the moon or the millions of immigrants who passed through Ellis Island. One grain of rice will stand for one person.

And there it will be, among all the piles: a large mound with 6 million pieces, representing each individual Jewish life lost in the Holocaust.

Holiday Halvah

By Gina Nahai
Published on March 1, 2001

Holiday Halvah