$10,000 scholarships awarded to four local grads

Published on June 6, 2013

Four local Jewish high school graduates each have each won annual $10,000 college scholarships from the Geri and Richard Brawerman Leadership Institute.

Press photo group stands by winning shot of Gaza funeral

Published on May 14, 2013

World Press Photo says it has confirmed the veracity of an award-winning photograph of a Gaza funeral.

Rising star Aly Raisman

Published on July 31, 2012

Aly Raisman leads U.S. to gymnastics team gold [VIDEO]

Published on July 31, 2012

Aly Raisman, a Jewish American, won the floor exercise in helping the U.S. women's team to the gold medal in the gymnastics competition at the London Olympics.

Ethiopian immigrant is top Jewish finisher in this year’s Jerusalem Marathon

Published on March 18, 2012

Ashrat “Assaf” Mamo is such a common sight when he pounds the pavement in Jerusalem that he’s on a first-name basis with city bus drivers who, he said, always “ask me about the marathon and encourage me.”

Journalist Gal Beckerman wins Rohr Prize

Published on February 15, 2012

Journalist Gal Beckerman has been awarded the 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his first book. Beckerman will receive the Jewish Book Council's first prize award of $100,000 for "When They Come for Us We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry." The non-fiction book is a comprehensive chronicle of the history of the Soviet Jewry movement.

QB’s signature pose has Jews and gentiles ‘Tebowing’

Published on December 13, 2011

The biggest story in the NFL this season is Tim Tebow, a devout Christian quarterback who doesn’t throw very well but has helped the Denver Broncos pull off a string of last-second victories.

Nobel winner Shechtman stresses education, entrepreneurship

Published on December 12, 2011

Accepting his Nobel Prize, Israel's Dan Shechtman encouraged entrepreneurship among the young.

Hoop it up: Israeli rhythmic gymnast medals at worlds

Published on September 22, 2011

Neta Rivkin with a bronze became the first Israeli to win a medal in international rhythmic gymnastics competition.

Rabbi loses title on ‘Jeopardy!’

Published on May 18, 2011

Rabbi Joyce Newmark failed to defend her title on the television game show "Jeopardy!" Newmark, a Conservative rabbi and a member of Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, N.J., lost on a show aired Tuesday night after easily defeating two other opponents the previous night and winning $29,200.

Boston Rob, Scotty McCreery, John Rich & Jesus Are Reality TV Stars

By Ilana Angel
Published on May 16, 2011

New Jersey man wins $25,000 in Manschewitz cooking contest

Published on April 1, 2011

Stuart Davis of Cherry Hill, N.J. won the $25,000 grand prize in this year’s Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-Off. The annual kosher cooking contest, which took place Thursday, is sponsored by Manischewitz, the nation’s largest maker of processed kosher food products, including the eponymous matzah.

Oscars 2011 Slideshow

Published on February 28, 2011

Oscars 2011 Slideshow

Thought for the Day

By Joel Chasnoff
Published on May 18, 2009

Irvine’s Jason Lezak anchors 400-meter relay swim team for the gold

Published on August 11, 2008

". . . I can't even explain it, it was unreal. I've been a part of the two teams at the last two Olympics that came out behind, and I think I wanted it more than anybody, not just for myself, but to show that we are the nation to be beat in that relay . . ."

‘The God Blog’ is the best blog, Los Angeles Press Club says

By The Web Guy
Published on June 22, 2008

Rock ‘n’ roll dreams come true at the Westside JCC

By Karla S. Blume
Published on March 8, 2007

The musicality of this band was evident from the start due in no small part to the piano parts derived by Isaac Himmelman, also the band's singer. He was charismatic and easy on the eyes, a rock star in training. Himmelman comes from a musical family and took the love of the audience all in stride.

Winning Nobel Prizes seems to run in one family’s chemistry—and biology

By Joe Eskenazi
Published on October 12, 2006

You've heard of the nuclear family. But how about the deoxyribonucleic family? Thirty-seven years after Arthur Kornberg won the Nobel Prize in medicine, his eldest son, Roger, took home this year's prize in chemistry.

Group Honors Jewish Professional Efforts

By Marc Ballon
Published on June 23, 2005

One person who's been instrumental in securing funds for home visits by social workers and transportation to doctor appointments is Jessica Toledano, director of the Jewish Federation's advocacy arm. She's this year's winner of the Special Award from the Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California, which held its 25th Annual Awards Dinner this month at Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in Westwood.

Dog Days of Summer

By Journal Staff
Published on June 6, 2002

This year, Father's Day is time for hyper-fast food, as Nathan's Famous hot dogs hosts the second annual Los Angeles Hot Dog Eating Contest on June 16. The winner goes on to the big dance: the world championship Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating contest, July 4 at Coney Island.

Winners and Losers

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 7, 2001

While the Jewish vote apparently split down the middle in James K. Hahn's victory over Antonio Villaraigosa in the contest for mayor, there was bad news and good news for Jewish candidates in other races.

Holocaust Arts Contest

By Mike Levy
Published on May 31, 2001

By 7 p.m., the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust was packed with parents, teachers, survivors and dozens of students who had participated in the Jay Shalmoni Holocaust Arts and Writing Contest. The May 22 reception honored those students, each of whom had spoken to a Holocaust survivor and, inspired by those in-depth talks, had created powerful works of art.

Draw a Picture Win A Tree

Published on February 1, 2001

Draw a Picture, Win a Tree

Community Briefs

Published on July 22, 1999

Even for an international film producer and inveterate traveler, Arthur Cohn has covered a lot of territory recently.
During the last week in October, the winner of a record five Oscars and producer of "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" and "Central Station" was feted in Shanghai at his very own "Arthur Cohn Day" by the Chinese government and film industry.

An Unlikely Inspiration

By Larry Derfner
Published on May 14, 1998

Early Sunday morning, just before 1 a.m. Israelitime, a roar was heard coming out of living rooms across the country.Israel had just won the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held thisyear in Birmingham, England, and watched by as many as 100 million TVviewers in Europe and Asia. Wildest of all, Israel's representativeat the contest was singer Dana International, a tall, dark,thirtysomething transsexual who had grown up as a boy named YaronCohen.