Brian Ducoffe was the president of the Jewish student organization Hillel at Chapman University when Elie Wiesel was a visiting scholar there.
Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his controversial “Star of David” tweet, insisting the “sick” media stirred it up to cover up for Hillary Clinton’s FBI interview on Saturday.
In Elie Wiesel’s book-lined office, there were no photos of the many world leaders with whom he met. In fact, there was only one photo. It sat propped on his desk facing him.
Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday the age of 87.
The Jewish Journal won eight awards, including first place for “Design” and “Commentary,” at the 58th annual Southern California Journalism Awards, presented by the Los Angeles Press Club.
I awoke this morning in a different country. Yesterday I accompanied my wife (who holds UK citizenship) to vote on the ‘Brexit’ referendum.
I could never have imagined that I would find something missing in the Western Wall, that epic monument to Jewish suffering and collective memory that I have been visiting for decades.
The heat wave had broken by the time Pastor Cue Jn-marie stood up June 21 at the auditorium of Pan Pacific Park in the Fairfax District before a mostly-Jewish audience of about 40. But as he spoke, his anger seemed to boil over.
Leaning against the chair at a small glass table in her office, Rabbi Laura Geller exudes the energy of a meditative state.
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