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Danielle Berrin

Danielle Berrin

The enduring spirit of the Sotloffs

The first time Shirley and Art Sotloff played for me the recording in which their son, my childhood friend Steven, pleaded with them to try to save him from execution by ISIS, his mother uttered words I will never forget.

Is this Orthodox rabbi a feminist?

When word got out that Rabbi Simcha Krauss was coming to Los Angeles to teach a series of lessons on how to resolve the problem of agunot — women “chained” to their marriages because their husbands refuse to give them a get, or religious divorce — the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) sent a letter to the Orthodox community discouraging attendance.

A Jewish family in the White House

“No matter what happens, at least there will be a Jewish son-in-law in the White House,” veteran comedy writer Rhea Kohan quipped when I saw her last week at the Los Angeles fundraiser for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

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