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Published on May 15, 2013

Back in the 1970s, when I attended the freshly integrated Fairfax High School, black and Chicano gangs would spar in the lunch yard. I used to joke that we Jews should also form a gang.

The Cleanest Cocktail [VIDEO]

By Elana Horwich
Published on April 4, 2013

A cure for the hangover [VIDEO]

By Elana Horwich
Published on February 21, 2013

Two Jews on Film: ‘My Week with Marilyn’ review

Published on November 21, 2011

Let My People Post Passover Videos

Published on March 26, 2009

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.

Like ‘sands through the hourglass’ . . .

By Mrs. Shoshana F
Published on February 16, 2008

Same old United Nations, Sarkozy [hearts] Israel, Gilad Shalit turns 21 in captivity

Published on August 30, 2007

Briefs

Tragedy and Triumph Comes Alive for Teens

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on April 28, 2005

As 14-year-old Lisa Jura said goodbye to her mother at a Vienna train station in 1938, Jura’s mother spoke words that would inspire her for a lifetime: “Hold on to your music. It will be your best friend.”
Jura didn’t imagine that these words — and how her life came to embody them — would inspire subsequent generations of teenagers, even 70 years later.

Pulling Plug on Hezbollah TV Is a Start

By Avi Jorisch
Published on January 20, 2005

On Dec. 17, 2004, the State Department added al-Manar, the official television station of Hezbollah, to the Terrorism Exclusion List (TEL), effectively prohibiting it from broadcasting in the United States. While this action is welcome, it must be the beginning, not the end, of the effort to combat propaganda of a new and much more ominous sort.