All aboard for the Expo Line

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on April 20, 2012

Why would the Metropolitan Transit Authority invite ethnic media for their own tour of the new Expo Line, the regional train line set to open April 28? Because the line is as much about getting from Culver City to Downtown L.A. as connecting to the spots in between.

Police say Palestinian stabber acted alone

JTA
Published on March 26, 2012

The Palestinian held for stabbing an Israeli female soldier this month is suspected of acting alone.

Why You Date Who You Date

By Ilana Angel
Published on January 4, 2012

A chosen rail line?

by Joel Epstein
Published on October 26, 2011

In a city where nothing ever seems to come easy, the arrival this summer of Jerusalem�s long-delayed light-rail Red Line was seen by some as nothing short of a miracle. At many points over the past 10-plus years of construction, it looked as though the Messiah would pass through the Old City�s Golden Gate before the train might arrive. And like many good land-use battles in Jerusalem, this one featured national political aspirations, terrorism concerns and the secular-religious divide, as well as conflicting views of fiscal and corporate accountability and arguments over the best transit solutions for a culturally and religiously diverse city of 800,000.

Train Rocks the Jews [VIDEO]

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 26, 2011

The Real Housewives of O.C. Are Back!

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 7, 2011

Tel Aviv-bound train catches fire, injures 121

JTA
Published on December 28, 2010

Some 121 passengers were injured after a fire broke out in a train traveling south toward Tel Aviv.

Obituaries

Published on September 17, 2008

Survivor, rabbi recall horror of Metrolink train crash

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 17, 2008

Rabbi Leonard Muroff was driving to his home in Agoura Hills after conducting services at Temple Ner Tamid in Downey, when he heard that families of those thought to have been on the train were told to assemble at Chatsworth High School and wait for news.

We need public transit—why can’t we get it?

By Robert B. Reich
Published on June 19, 2008

Come dive with me—Israeli skydivers training in SoCal

Published on October 19, 2006

Sharon Har-noy and Adi Freid make up the only all-female Israeli skydive team in the advanced category, which includes just six teams.

There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on over Power Plate

By Debbe Geiger
Published on October 5, 2006

The Power Plate features a vibrating platform that oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. The Power Plate Web site lists dozens of college and professional sports teams as using vibration training in their regimens.

Israeli Surfs New Turf

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on December 26, 2002

"He has proved his great potential. He has the attributes of a champion," an ecstatic Gebhardt said Sunday of Friedman. "He has great technique and a strong character, but he needs some moral support to make him even better," he said.

Briefs

By Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Published on May 17, 2001

World Briefs.

A Journey into the Heart of Darkness

By Michael D. Braun
Published on April 8, 1999

There was something haunting about taking the train. The aged boxcars on a parallel track seemed frozen in time. I quieted my thoughts. After all, the train was a necessary evil. This bitter irony was not lost on me as the train sped from Munich to Dachau on probably the very same tracks that led thousands of innocent people to their deaths more than a half-century ago.