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Yom HaAtzmaut

Celebrate Israel Independence Day festival map

April 18, 2013
By JewishJournal
Find your way around the Celebrate Israel Festival in los Angeles with this map.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
L.A. set to celebrate Israel, Jewish community

by Jared Sichel

This year’s Celebrate Israel Independence Day festival will feature plenty of stars when it takes place on April 21, but only one has plans to. . .

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Cliffhanger divestment vote at UC Santa Barbara

by Maya Raymond

A 13-hour marathon meeting at the UC Santa Barbara student senate lasted through the night of April 10-11, culminating in a cliffhanger vote to deny. . .

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Mazel Tov, Israel; Shalom, Mayor Villaraigosa

By Ryan Torok

Photographs of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa play on a large screen. In one photograph, he’s with Israeli President Shimon Peres. In. . .

Thursday, April 18, 2013
A Sephardic S.Y. Agnon

By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

In current discourses on modern Israeli literature, the names Oz, Yehoshua and Grossman typically dominate the discussion. But how often do we hear. . .

Thursday, April 18, 2013
Rereading Leon Uris’ ‘Exodus’ a disquieting experience

by Alan Elsner

In preparation for Israel’s 65th birthday, I recently reread Leon Uris’ novel “Exodus” — and found it disturbing and unsettling in many. . .

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A novel meeting of Israeli, Socal culinary worlds

by Jessica Ritz, Contributing Writer

Given the similarities between their respective climates and diverse populations, the food cultures of Israel and Southern California would seem to. . .

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Assessing Ariel Sharon

by Hillel Kuttler, Contributing Writer

On the night of Jan. 24, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transported to Soroka University Medical Center in the southern Israeli city. . .

(Chabad.info) Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Chabad rabbis denounce one of their own for lighting torch at Israel Independence Day ceremony

by Julie Gruenbaum Fax

A group of Chabad rabbis in Israel this week signed a letter denouncing one of their own for lighting a torch in the State of Israel’s official Yom. . .

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 6, 2010. (Amos BenGershom / GPO) Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Obama on Israel Independence Day: "legitimate aspirations" will lead to peace

JTA

The achievement of the Palestinians "legitimate aspirations" will make the Middle East more peaceful and prosperous, President Obama said in his. . .

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
On Independence Day, a reminder about Gilad Shalit

By Marcy Oster, JTA

As Israelis celebrated the country's 63rd Independence Day, they had much more on their minds than barbecues and fireworks. The carefully crafted. . .

Monday, May 9, 2011
Yom HaAtzmaut special: California on Hebrew [VIDEO]

by Yale Wolman and Michael Bock

KassemJEW is on the streets of Westwood to talk to Angelenos about Israel Independence Day. Happy Yom Ha'Atzmaut!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Dancing in Rabin Square

By Bud Levin

I have danced in Rabin Square! That’s a major happening in Tel Aviv the night of Yom HaAtzmaut, Independence Day in Israel. I have bounced my. . .

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Why Israel Matters

by Stuart Schoffman

Zionism is like democracy. Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other kinds, and the same can be. . .

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Stories of Pre-state Israel’s Helpers Now on Film

by Michele chabin, Contributing Writer

Ruth Stern could have lived a life of privilege and security in her native South Africa. Instead, in 1946, while still in her teens, she and two. . .

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer star in Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Illuminating Ayelet Zurer

By Naomi Pfefferman

While on location in Rome for “Angels & Demons,” Ayelet Zurer sat in a cafe not far from the Vatican, querying her mother, who as a child had to. . .

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Hollywood Home for Israeli Song [VIDEO]

By Orit Arfa

At a rehearsal last week for Temple Israel of Hollywood’s May 8 Yom HaAtzmaut service, Chazzan Danny Maseng, guitar in hand, a colorful, knitted. . .

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Younes Nazarian Honored During Tel Aviv Centennial

By Tom Tugend

In 78 years of lifetime experiences, ranging from abject poverty and humiliation to great wealth and prestige, Younes Nazarian accepted his highest. . .

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Life and Times of Amos Oz Traced in New Anthology

By Rabbi Daniel Bouskila

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Israeli Museum Doubles as Law Office

By Tom Tugend

Attorney Boris Z. Gorbis celebrated Israel Independence Day by adding a few more items to his private collection of some 4,500 Israeli artifacts.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Israel Festival Celebrates Tel Aviv Centennial

By Jason Lipeles

ast year’s exuberant celebration of Israel’s 60th anniversary at Woodley Park had it all — major sponsors, an Israeli hip-hop superstar and a. . .






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