A Nice Place to Visit: Hafarat Hol Hamoed Sukkot, Ezekiel 38:18-39:16
Jonathan Zasloff
October 7, 2014
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Moving and shaking: From AmeriCorps to the One Wish Project
Ryan Torok
October 7, 2014
The Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles (VPC) honored Union Bank; ABC Family’s “The Fosters”; and Patti Giggans, executive director of nonprofit Peace Over Violence; during its Angel of Peace Awards on Sept. 30.
Israel film academy favors women’s themes
Tom Tugend
October 7, 2014
The Israel Academy of Film has picked the country’s best movies of the year, and the winner is the female sensibility.
Sukkot, rain and Andy Lipkis’ vision for L.A.’s salvation from the drought
Jared Sichel
October 7, 2014
On the afternoon of Oct. 16, the final day of Sukkot, Jews will begin the annual practice of inserting a short but key line into the Amidah prayer: Mashiv haruach u morid hageshem: “Who causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall.”
Gardeners discover bag of ISIS flags in northern Israel
Jewish Journal
October 7, 2014
Gardeners in the Israeli city of Nazareth Illit discovered a bag containing about 25 ISIS flags.
Living with birth and death in the balance
Jewish Journal
October 7, 2014
This summer did not turn out like I imagined it would. I know that life rarely does.
American fighter joins Kurds in battle against Islamic State
Jewish Journal
October 7, 2014
After months in which the United States and European countries issued warnings about their citizens traveling to Syria fight on behalf of Islamic State, there are new reports of Westerners going to fight on the other side, against the militants.
Survivor: Sally Zielinksi Roisman
Jane Ulman
October 7, 2014
Sally Roisman — at the time Sara Pola Zielinksi — was asleep in a bed she shared with her mother and two sisters in the Sosnowiec ghetto when she was suddenly awakened by loud pounding on the door.
A rare and peaceful ‘Eid Kippur’ in Israel
Simone Wilson
October 7, 2014
This year, for the first time since 1981, the Jews’ biggest fast overlapped with one of Islam’s biggest feasts.
White House rejects Netanyahu’s criticism with withering response
Jewish Journal
October 6, 2014
The White House rejected criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a withering response on Monday, accusing him of refusing to acknowledge how much help the United States has been to Israel over the years.
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