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August 27, 2008

Back to school, Yiddish for kids

Do your grandparents ever talk in Yiddish when they don't want you to know what's going on?

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Let the games begin!

The games bring together athletes from more than 200 countries to compete for national glory and gold, silver and bronze medals -- in a variety of sports (no, shopping is not one of them -- I checked).

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Happy Birthday, USA! Sweet dreams with the Shema

We celebrate the 232nd birthday of the United States of America on July 4. Between noshing on barbecue and watching fireworks, test how well you know early American history. Circle the right answer for the following questions but read carefully -- some might be a bit tricky.

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David Rudman with his Bunnies
Photo by Stephen Morley/Disney ChannelThursday, May 29, 2008

The greatest gift of all—and Bunnies!

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Get ready to sing . . . Hatikvah!

In 1886, Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia, wrote the words to Israel's national anthem, "Hatikvah." Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, wrote the melody

Thursday, March 27, 2008

New Pesach haggadah is off the page!

Kids page.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Purim in the produce section

Purim festival suggestions.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Election 101—who is your choice?

This time of year, we know that you are seeing signs everywhere about the upcoming presidential election. So many people, so many numbers; we think you should know what it all means.

You can win this book!Thursday, December 27, 2007

No matter how you say it

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Golems, schlemiels, reporter for a day

We're getting into the "spirit" of things this month. YeLAdim loves a good scary story, so we asked our friends at the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles to suggest some of their favorites.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

YeLAdim yaks with Disney’s Adam Bonnett

How cool would it be to pick what everyone else gets to watch on television?

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Happy New Year—shofar so good!

Kid's page.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

You get when you give

Kids

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Off the page, holidays not on the calendar, cool quiz

Kids page.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Hey, hey! We’re the SqueeGees!

Kids page.

Earth Day is April 22.Thursday, March 29, 2007

Curtain call; More holidays not on the calendar

Kids page.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Holidays not on the calendar

Thursday, March 30, 2006

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World
Will new ‘Cold War’ play out in Middle East?

With talk of a new Cold War in the offing following Russia's recent military successes in Georgia, Israel is worried Russia might reassess this policy and use the sale of new weaponry to Syria -- or the threat of it -- to strengthen Russia's hand vis-à-vis Israel's primary

Kids & Teens
Cambodia’s killing fields revisited

I can vividly remember the first time I visited the Museum of Tolerance, in seventh grade. Not personally knowing anyone who had survived the Holocaust, I had been shielded from the grisly details of World War II.

Torah Portion
Moving beyond charity

Parshat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9) One of the biggest misnomers in the Jewish vocabulary is the translation of tzedakah as "charity." This mistranslation has gone on for so long in the American Jewish community that it's a hard habit to break.

Opinion
Joon

Since 1978, Iranian Jews have injected into a stable, maybe even staid Jewish community talent, industry, a profound connection to their Jewish roots and a desire to have a positive political and social impact on the city. They have energized a Jewish community that could always