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.

Marathon bomb suspect eludes police, hunt shuts Boston down

Published on April 19, 2013

Black Hawk helicopters and heavily armed police descended on a Boston suburb Friday in a massive search for an ethnic Chechen suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed by police in a late-night shootout.

Fear, Hope & The Pursuit of Love

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 4, 2012

Love Looks Jewish to Me

By Ilana Angel
Published on May 15, 2012

Police come up empty in new search for Etan Patz

Published on April 24, 2012

The latest round in the more than 30-year police search for Etan Patz ended without finding any “obvious human remains.”

Did Online Dating Just Get Safer?

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 21, 2012

Great Doctor must not exist!

By Julia Bendis
Published on January 4, 2011

Volunteers needed to search Lake Piru for missing father

By The Web Guy
Published on August 26, 2008

I’m feeling lucky—Google searches gone bad

By The Web Guy
Published on August 21, 2008

Jew, not a Jew, again

By The Web Guy
Published on August 12, 2008

Waxing (Philip) Roth

By Tom Teicholz
Published on July 24, 2008

I decided to watch every film adapted from Philip Roth's work. My mission started simply enough: a search on imdb.com turned up eight works on film and TV, stretching back to the 1950s. Some had never been released on video, some are only in VHS, some were available at the local video store, some had to be tracked down in specialty shops or in university or museum archives. My quest led me across Los Angeles and afforded me the pleasure of visiting some of the city's most beautiful libraries and research facilities, as well as some of its best-stocked video stores.

To Tell the Truth

By Caroline Cobrin
Published on July 6, 2006

A little embellishment here and there isn't so bad -- creativity and a sense of humor are always great things. But there are just certain things that you should never lie about.

Singles - Operation: Picky

By Amy Klein
Published on April 20, 2006

In the life of every single girl, there comes a point where she has to look herself in the mirror and ask one very important question: "Do I look fat?" No, just kidding. That one we ask every day. The other miasma hanging over our heads like impending gray hair is this question: "Am I too picky?"

Sondheim Knows How to Book ‘Em

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on February 16, 2006

Harry Sondheim, a retired criminal prosecutor for the L.A. County D.A.'s office, was traveling in Holland when he simply noticed an artifact that appealed to him. "They had a museum, Der Weg, which means the Weighing House. They had an artist named Bicart. I bought some postcards with depictions of Jewish ceremonies on them. You can't buy those postcards any longer."

Wolpe Leading Pick for Seminary Spot

By Amy Klein
Published on November 24, 2005

The position of JTS chancellor is widely viewed as the head of the entire Conservative movement, as well as the leader of its flagship institution.

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on August 11, 2005

In the middle of summer, when it is the hottest, we are told that we cannot eat or drink for one whole day.

Reunion Doc Strikes Political Chord

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 5, 2005

When Danae Elon, daughter of famed Israeli journalist and author Amos Elon, was 6 months old, a Palestinian Muslim knocked on the door of her home in East Jerusalem and asked for a job.

He was hired on the spot and for the next 20 years, Musa Obeidallah was Danae's nanny, caretaker, confidant and second father.

Donor Pool Swim

By Jessica Ravitz
Published on April 29, 2004

Few days have haunted me like April 15, 2002. It was the day Time magazine screamed out from its cover that women cannot have it all.

Getting Genealogy Help Off the Net

By Adam Wills
Published on April 17, 2003

With software packages like Family Tree Maker and the growing availability of genealogy databases online, family-tree research is being marketed to consumers as an easy, accessible hobby. According to a 2000 Maritz Research poll, nearly 60 percent of people surveyed expressed an interest in genealogy, a 15 percent increase from 1995.

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on April 17, 2003

Kids Page

Friday, May 5

Published on May 4, 2000

Tips for Searching

At its simplest, a query can be just a word or a phrase.

How to Search The Jewish Journal’s Archives

Published on October 14, 1999

How to Search The Jewish Journal's Archives