Local mom-athoner pounds pavement for a cure
April 17, 2014
Shannon Griefer ran a 135-mile ultramarathon in Death Valley in the middle of July, across the scorching hot terrain in the glow of the fiery sun.
Kylie Ora Lobell
Kylie Ora Lobell is a writer for the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, The Forward, Tablet Magazine, Aish, and Chabad.org and the author of the first children’s book for the children of Jewish converts, “Jewish Just Like You.”
Birthright initiative keeps seders on next gen’s tables
April 9, 2014
This Passover, hundreds of young Birthright alumni will be hosting seders — many for the first time — thanks to an initiative from NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation.
Conversion: George Guzman
April 2, 2014
George Guzman, 45, grew up in a Catholic home in Corona, Calif., and though he served as an altar boy at his local church, he never felt connected with the religion. In 1995, he turned his back on Catholicism forever.
Make your Seder pop
April 2, 2014
Every year, millions of men, women and children gather at the seder table and read from the haggadah in what seem to be a million different ways.
Jewish cookbook project wins national prize
March 28, 2014
A cookbook that started as a pay-it-forward project has won first place — and a $5,000 prize — in a national contest for one local Jewish women’s group.
Courtroom mavens give back on temple boards
March 19, 2014
One Century City law firm has assembled a dream team of high-powered leaders — in more ways than you might expect.
Jerusalem film program focuses on young, aspiring cineastes
March 5, 2014
Los Angeles may be the home of filmmaking, but Israel isn’t far behind. In recent years, movies made in Israel have been nominated for Oscars in the foreign-film category, and works coming out of that country are being included in film festivals worldwide.
‘Boyle Heights Heroes’ remembers L.A.’s Jewish roots
March 5, 2014
As the granddaughter of a rabbi who was also the first president of the Breed Street Shul in Boyle Heights — the center of Los Angeles Jewish life in the first half of the 20th century — Annette Shapiro knows the importance of remembering your roots.
Melissa Rivers’ business of guilty pleasures
February 18, 2014
Eighteen years ago, Joan Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, had an idea.
Cantors unite in song
February 12, 2014
Cantor Samuel Cohen understands that music has the power to unite people from every walk of life.
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