Calendar: August 26 – September 1
Amanda Epstein
August 25, 2016
Bring your family and friends, a picnic dinner, and come mingle with the community and all of the 16 congregations and Jewish organizations involved.
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Moving and Shaking: ‘Urinetown’ at De Toledo High School, new consul general of Israel and more
Ryan Torok
August 25, 2016
De Toledo High School won Best Production for the musical “Urinetown” at the fifth annual Jerry Herman Awards on May 22.
California’s Senate passes bill targeting Israel boycotts
Eitan Arom
August 24, 2016
A bill targeting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) of Israel took a final step towards passage in the California legislature as the state Senate voted 34-1 to approve Assembly Bill 2844 on Aug. 24.
What turns many Jews away from Trump energizes his Jewish supporters
Eitan Arom
August 24, 2016
In August 2015, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) asked 1,030 American Jews to name their favored candidate in the following year’s presidential primaries.
The twisted tale of ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ and the Nazis
Tom Tugend
August 24, 2016
Adam and Eve are in the news again, or at least so are two medieval paintings of the biblical progenitors of the human race, whose ownership has been contested for a century by noble families, national governments, museums and batteries of lawyers.
Trump’s crocodile contrition and the cynicism of a political pivot
Marty Kaplan
August 22, 2016
If, like me, you think that a President Trump would be (not to coin a phrase) a total disaster, Hillary Clinton’s widening lead in the polls gave you about five minutes to breathe easier, until Trump replaced his campaign chairman with honchos blunt enough to admit that his ugliness was killing him with undecided voters, and pushy enough to make him pretend to almost apologize for it.
‘Sausage Party’: Where food meets faith (and the F-word)
Esther D. Kustanowitz
August 16, 2016
A new movie out just last weekend focuses on the role of faith in our daily lives: Who shapes our beliefs and what do we do when confronted with facts that directly contradict our belief system?
To heal divisions among the Jewish people, divide the land
Jewish Journal
August 12, 2016
“If there is something that deprives me of sleep it is the fissures in Israeli society,” former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon declared, just after he resigned in May.
BDS bill would cost California a small fortune each year, committee says
Eitan Arom
August 2, 2016
The California Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations put a price tag on a bill meant to show the legislature’s disapproval of the movement to boycott Israel.
10 reasons Persian Jews support Trump
Jewish Journal
August 2, 2016
For many American Jews, #NeverTrump is the only slogan that matters. His shameful, unfiltered words have them running to Hillary Clinton.
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