Star sidekick Gina Grad on bringing Jewish flavor to radio and podcast
March 16, 2016
Radio personality Gina Grad knows how to take a joke or two or three about her own people.
Jared Sichel
Merrick Garland’s Jewish family: Matzah, prayer shawls and Democratic Party politics
March 16, 2016
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the sudden death last month of Justice Antonin Scalia, is a renowned jurist on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., Circuit, a Harvard Law graduate and a Jew.
For Angelenos considering aliyah, there’s a fair for that
March 16, 2016
Alan Greenstadt, a 69-year-old former CEO with experience in aerospace, defense and telecommunications, has been thinking about making aliyah for three or four years now.
Tribal Podcast: Andrew Feltenstein, Music Producer
March 14, 2016
Jared Sichel stops by the Venice studios of music producer Andrew Feltenstein to learn about the process of producing music for films, TV shows, and trailers.
At JNF water summit, agreement on next steps, but when will L.A. act?
March 9, 2016
This scene, it seems, repeats itself every few months in Los Angeles: Politicians, city agencies, water experts and environmentalists convene, agree that California — particularly Los Angeles County — is doing a poor job of implementing proven solutions to solving water shortages, and then ask when the government will get serious about things.
Israeli-American group creates new lobbying arm
March 7, 2016
From national conferences to a planned community center in Woodland Hills, the Israeli-American Council (IAC) seems to make a big move every few months — and it’s still one of the younger organizations in the Jewish and pro-Israel world.
Mendel Tevel released from N.Y. jail, returns to Beverly Hills
February 25, 2016
Seven months after being sentenced to a one-year jail term for sexually abusing a minor, Mendel Tevel, who once worked at a local Jewish youth center, has been released on parole from a New York jail and has reportedly been seen in Beverly Hills, where he was arrested in October 2013 on sex offense charges.
Court denies Susan Koret’s request, won’t force Stanford to produce documents on Ted Taube
February 12, 2016
An ongoing lawsuit involving the prominent Koret Foundation and lifetime Board Chair Susan Koret intensified in recent weeks amid a Jan. 20 sexual harassment allegation against philanthropist and businessman Ted Taube, Koret’s President Emeritus.
After top-down transformation, Hillel 818 shows signs of growth
February 11, 2016
When David Katz, the new executive director of Hillel 818 — the organization that serves Jewish students on three San Fernando Valley campuses — was being courted away last year from his position leading Hillel at the University of Pittsburgh, he wasn’t exactly given the most attractive hard sell. He recalls being told the following by Hillel International’s leadership:
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