His name was Michael Levi, and he was my little cousin. 

This year, the first day of Rosh Hashanah (September 16) also marks the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who perished at the hands of Iran’s brutal morality police in 2022.

I’ve spoken with many local Jewish residents, especially women and mothers who had expressed anxiety over the increase in local crime in the last few years

Spaces like the Hollywood Bowl can be healing precisely because they reinforce the best of LA.

The foundation’s motto is simple, but true: “Growing up shouldn’t be so hard.”

Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx recently asked his nearly 17 million Instagram followers, “They killed this dude named Jesus … what do you think they’ll do to you???! #fakefriends #fakelove.”

I belong to a group of former little girls for whom, due to financial constraints or having recently arrived to this country, access to just one Barbie doll was a privilege. I call us the “One Barbie-ers.”