Calendar Picks and Clicks: May 4-10, 2013

By Ryan Torok
Published on May 1, 2013

America’s largest community service festival, which started in 1999 as Temple Israel of Hollywood Mitzvah Day, attracts nearly 50,000 people from every neighborhood, race, religion, ethnicity and socioeconomic group to hundreds of projects in communities across Southern California. Volunteer projects include such activities as planting gardens at schools, fixing up homeless shelters and sprucing up dog parks. Big Sunday Weekend also features concerts, book fairs and blood drives. Fri. Through May 5. Various times. Free. Various locations. (323) 549-9944.

Media Framing- how to notice and handle it correctly?

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 13, 2013

Trial on Marmara crimes? Give me a break!

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 14, 2012

Calendar Picks and Clicks: Mar. 24-30, 2012

By Ryan Torok
Published on March 21, 2012

What happens at TribeFest stays at TribeFest.

How chutzpah changed the world

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 16, 2012

Israel social protesters arrested in first violence

Published on September 7, 2011

Israeli police arrested some 40 demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, police said, after the first violence seen during weeks of social protests that have called for lower living and housing costs.

Amy Chua a.k.a The Tiger Mother Got It Right!

By Julia Bendis
Published on May 3, 2011

The Hebrascope: Signs of the Jewdiac

By Jew Girl
Published on February 23, 2006

There’s a study that shows that lab rats don’t get as stressed from being shocked as they do from not knowing when the shocks will come. Put that rat on a regular shocking schedule, and it doesn’t freak out.

The Slop Sink

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 29, 2005

At the heart of the tenement kitchen was the slop sink, a metal basin maybe a foot shorter than a standard bathtub, but a few inches deeper. Here the woman of the house washed vegetables and clothes, and on occasion herself and her children.

Bob Dylan: In His Own Lyrics

Published on October 13, 2005

Nods to religion in Bob Dylan's song lyrics.

How Do We Pass on Our Jewishness?

By Susannah Heschel
Published on March 4, 2004

All of us struggle with the problem of how to transmit our commitment to Judaism to the next generation. There are all sorts of suggestions -- but no solutions. How do we reproduce ourselves Jewishly?

All Is Not Lost

By Leonard Fein
Published on April 10, 2003

Pesach is rushing up to meet us, or we it, and with it, the real -- not the chronological -- spring. And spring, as is well known, hopes eternal. Accordingly, a column on the reasonableness of hope, the bad times notwithstanding.

Jews Say Bonjour to Club Lampadaire

By Gaby Wenig
Published on November 28, 2002

In between the prayers at the Pinto Shul in the Pico-Robertson area, people who only speak English might feel a little lost.

Moment of Truth

By Amy Klein
Published on March 14, 2002

Here's what I used to eat at Café Moment: a melted cheese toast sandwich with fresh basil and roasted red peppers on white focaccia, with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Nearly every Friday, on my day off, I'd crowd into the small cafe at the corner of Aza and Ben-Maimon streets in the upscale Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem, say hello to other Israeli reporters -- radio, television, newspaper -- and stand by the bar reading a section of a discarded Yediot magazine, while being bumped and pushed as I waited for a table, preferably for one in the sun.

Still Got ‘Game’

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 24, 2002

Like Budd Schulberg's "What Makes Sammy Run?" Phillip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" and other milestones of Jewish American literature, Will Eisner's "Name of the Game" explores the depths of Jewish self-loathing and assimilation. But what separates "Name" -- a tale chronicling two immigrant families that merge through marriage for social advancement and then suffer destructive consequences -- from the others, is that Eisner's work is a comic book.

Ex Marks the Spots

By Teresa Strasser
Published on January 10, 2002

Let the courts decide who gets custody of kids. What I want to know is, who gets custody of the coffee shop? The grocery store? The brunch place?

Lotta Y.A.D.A.

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 22, 2001

Jessica Freedman felt like neither fish nor fowl while pursuing her degree in Jewish studies at UCLA, and her social life was even less uplifting. During Rush Week on campus, Freedman looked into joining a Jewish-founded sorority.

On Jewish Liberalism—and Power

By David N. Myers
Published on March 8, 2001

Several weeks ago, the eminent Harvard sociologist Nathan Glazer, one of the renowned New York intellectuals chronicled in the film "Arguing the World," came to town for a lecture and seminar at UCLA.

One of a Kind

By Julie G Fax
Published on January 18, 2001

The Shivyon Minyan may be a 4-year-old prayer group of about 65 people that meets at a hotel once a month, but it has many of the assets that older, more established synagogues recognize are requirements for success: strong lay leaders and a grass-roots base of committed members, the capacity to meet needs that are not being met elsewhere, and a history of challenges and struggles that have strengthened the group's character.

Where Were the Rabbis?

Published on September 9, 1999

Counselors and staff of the Jewish Community Centers in Los Angeles were overwhelmed by the kindness and support of local clergy in the aftermath of the Aug. 10 shooting, which left five wounded.

Where Nobody Knows Your Name

By Teresa Strasser
Published on April 29, 1999

It was a Saturday night, and after watching the Lakers defeat the Warriors, I had no plans.

‘Ballyhoo’ Fails to Inspire

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 12, 1998

"The Last Night of Ballyhoo" arrived at the Cañon Theatre in Beverly Hills last month with impeccable credentials.