Deconstructing the latke: A user’s guide
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Latkes, doughnuts and fritters — in Jewish homes, everyone’s frying this month, much as we have been for the last 2,000 years or so.
Category
News
Moving and shaking: Characters Unite, MATT construction and more
Ryan Torok
December 12, 2014
The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Board of Governors gala on Dec. 2 honored David and Janet Polak, who support numerous Jewish and Israeli causes. The couple received the Cedars-Sinai Philanthropic Leadership Award.
Orthodox groups file with Supreme Court in support of Muslim head scarfs
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of a Muslim woman’s right to wear a head scarf at work.
Shots fired at Israeli embassy in Athens
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in the early hours of Friday, police said, but no injuries or damage were reported.
CIA chief admits agency used ‘abhorrent’ methods on detainees
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
CIA Director John Brennan said on Thursday some agency officers used \”abhorrent\” methods on detainees captured following the Sept. 11 attacks and said it was \”unknowable\” whether so-called enhanced interrogation techniques yielded useful intelligence.
What Ferguson can learn from LAPD’s rehabilitation
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
In recent weeks, race relations have dominated national news in the United States, carried by a wave of incidents of striking similarity: A white male police officer kills an unarmed black man; his community grieves over the injustice.
Obama: ‘Conversations’ about freeing Alan Gross have been ongoing
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
President Obama said the United States has been “in conversations” about trying to free American-Jewish contractor Alan Gross from a Cuban jail.
Arab Bank to face May damages trial over Hamas attacks
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
Arab Bank Plc will face a trial in May to determine how much it owes for providing material support to Hamas in three of two dozen attacks attributed to the Islamic militant group in Israel and the Palestinian territories, according to a court order.
New Articles
Jewish Students Are Paying the Price of Columbia’s Failures
Dr. Sheila Nazarian
April 24, 2024
For This Yale Alumnus, My Alma Mater Is Forever Tarnished
Sam Yebri
April 24, 2024
Passover Goodies
Debra L. Eckerling
April 24, 2024
Graduation Speeches are Going to Get Ugly, and Jews Need to Be Prepared
Tabby Refael
April 24, 2024
Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | The Seventh Day…
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
April 22, 2024
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.