Danielle Berrin
The enduring spirit of the Sotloffs
The first time Shirley and Art Sotloff played for me the recording in which their son, my childhood friend Steven, pleaded with them to try to save him from execution by ISIS, his mother uttered words I will never forget.
Enemies and economics: Doing business at the Israel-Gaza border
In his disquisition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Dec. 28, Secretary of State John Kerry referred to the “dire” humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Is this Orthodox rabbi a feminist?
When word got out that Rabbi Simcha Krauss was coming to Los Angeles to teach a series of lessons on how to resolve the problem of agunot — women “chained” to their marriages because their husbands refuse to give them a get, or religious divorce — the Rabbinical Council of California (RCC) sent a letter to the Orthodox community discouraging attendance.
Trump’s triumph: Netanyahu is in a good mood
Love him or loathe him, when Benjamin Netanyahu walks into the room, everyone pays attention.
A tempered Ayaan Hirsi Ali preaches Muslim integration in the Age of Trump
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the Somali-born author and activist best known for her outspoken and sometimes-incendiary critique of Islam.
Election 2016: The Donald Trump car wreck
The results of last week’s election hit with the force of a crash. The car was our democracy and now there is wreckage everywhere.
A Jewish family in the White House
“No matter what happens, at least there will be a Jewish son-in-law in the White House,” veteran comedy writer Rhea Kohan quipped when I saw her last week at the Los Angeles fundraiser for Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.