The first surprise came when I typed 2270 S. Harvard Blvd into my phone, and discovered that it\’s only 4.8 miles from my synagogue, Congregation B’nai David Judea, in the Pico Robertson neighborhood.
Government \’public service\’ movie admonishes Americans that they will lose their country if they let fanaticism and hatred turn them into \”suckers.\”\n\n\”Let\’s forget about \’we\’ and \’they\’ — let\’s think about us!\” In the context of the emerging Cold War, this film appears paradoxical.
We know nothing of Islam — nothing. That is why we must educate our members, and we need your help. And we hope in doing so we will set an example for all Americans. Because the time has come to put aside what the media says is wrong with Islam and to hear from Muslims themselves what is right with Islam. The time has come to listen to our Muslim neighbors speak from their heart and in their own words about the spiritual power of Islam and their love for their religion.
\”The Bubble\” is one of two Israel-centered features scheduled for the 25th Outfest, Los Angeles\’ gay and lesbian film festival, July 12-23. The film is being shown in collaboration with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion\’s Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation, as well as JQ International.
Judea Pearl and Akbar Ahmed, a Jew and a Muslim, are the joint recipients of a new $100,000 prize for their campaign against intolerance and the roots of terrorism.
\”I have been told not to touch the Torah and to go back to my own religion\” she relayed to me matter-of-factly.
\”Wasn\’t there anyone you could confide in?\” I asked.
\”I could confide in some more than others, but when it came down to it, no one really cared whether I converted or not.\”
The French government has responded to anti-Semitic acts with forthrightness: harsher penalties, better coordination with prosecutors, widespread educational reforms, a crackdown on hate-spewing Iranian and Arab media and ongoing public statements from the president on down.
Nearly a decade after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, his daughter fears that Israeli society has not yet faced up to the underlying causes of the horrifying crime by a Jewish extremist.
A widely circulated Internet report that Steven Spielberg was planning to produce a trilogy of films exposing Christian brutality has been denounced as a hoax and \”mean prank\” by the filmmaker\’s chief spokesman.
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