Senator’s bathroom stall a tourist stop

Arts

Malibu tango on Carbon Beach

It is not a secret that many beachfront homeowners in Malibu have a disproportionate sense of ownership of the surf and turf that fronts their properties. They pay millions for the illusion that they own the beach. It's also not a secret that they don't.

Food

Ancient sources yield health and diet wisdom

Diet books don't often include approbations from rabbis, but they're appropriate for "The Life-Transforming Diet," a structured eating plan based on the writings of physician and Torah scholar Maimonides.

Israel

Sderot welcomes Obama

Sderot's residents expressed optimism about the latest of a series of high-profile visitors to the town, the man who one day may be U.S. president, Barack Obama

U.S.

Obama’s support lags previous Dems, poll finds

But the surveys had bad news for Obama: If the U.S. presidential election were held today, American Jews would support the Illinois senator at a significantly lower level than they did his most recent Democratic predecessors.

Los Angeles

Candidate Adeena

If you want to really annoy Adeena Bleich, just ask her what it feels like to be a young Orthodox woman running for City Council. I know, because when we sat
down recently for lunch at Shiloh's, the first thing I asked her is what it felt like to be a young Orthodox woman

World

Briefs: Olmert vows to solve conversion crisis, Israel names first female U.N. envoy

Ehud Olmert pledged to solve an Israeli conversion crisis prompted by a rabbinical dispute

Education

Donors push Bar-Ilan to head of the class

"I wish I had 10 percent of the success with the Israeli government as I have with private donors," sighed Moshe Kaveh, the president of Bar-Ilan University.

Calendar

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks July 26-August 1—Rothman, Pressman live

Sports

Attempt to pressure China on Darfur loses to the Olympics

Jewish groups have taken lead roles in drawing attention to China's policies and specifically sought to spotlight the country's record in advance of this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. Yet it appears as if China will suffer no significant international sanction when the

Torah Portion

Correct priorities

Parshat Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42). But the question remains: What justification did Moses have that allowed him to denounce them so fiercely? How could he compare them to the scouts?

Opinion

Ich bin ein Amerikaner

The Bush/Cheney doctrine, of course, was never about being loved. Instead, they said they wanted America to be respected, which turned out to be code for being feared.