Blowing the shofar can be a dangerous exercise in chutzpah
September 9, 2015
I remember how my vision turned black, how my knees buckled and my body collapsed — a thud onto the bimah like the drop of a heavy curtain.
Tess Cutler
Temple sisterhoods try to keep pace with changing times
August 26, 2015
Ah, the trustworthy temple sisterhood. Just uttering its name conjures up images of women in the kitchen prepping for an oneg: kugel in the oven, challah on the platter, women chatting among themselves.
Let’s talk about sex
August 5, 2015
This may have been the most distracting, scatter-brained interview I’ve ever conducted. Dogs were barking, phones were ringing off the hook, and Internet was iffy, at best.
Eight events, three days, one love: it’s Tu b’Av
August 5, 2015
On the evening of July 30, 25 young professionals ran to the ocean at Dockweiler Beach and howled at the moon.
Frozen in time: Why women don’t have to race the clock
July 23, 2015
I’d heard of Tupperware parties and Botox parties — but I’d never heard of egg-freezing socials until I had the chance to attend one recently at Beverly Hills hotspot Via Alloro.
Israelis and teamsters unite for a common cause
July 15, 2015
Just two hours before speaking to a room packed with hundreds of labor union members on July 9, Yuval Rabin, son of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was sitting in an empty meeting room at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Best friends change the way fellow students volunteer
June 17, 2015
Edan Evenhaim and Noah Emanuel, recent graduates of New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS), may have created a website that completely revolutionizes the concept of community service, but that didn’t get them out of their school’s 52-hour community service requirement before donning a cap and gown.
Enter stage right: At-risk youth
June 3, 2015
Tameka Carter was 16 years old and living in a Watts homeless shelter when she joined The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company, an intensive theater arts mentoring workshop for at-risk youth living in high-crime and impoverished areas.
JQ International opens its WeHo doors
May 21, 2015
It was 9 p.m. on a Thursday and Asher Gellis, founder of the out-and-proud nonprofit JQ International, was sitting on a barstool at Revolver, a West Hollywood hot spot, as scantily clad performers shimmied on tabletops.
Montage madness: How to make the perfect bar/bat mitzvah video
May 15, 2015
The video begins with an image of me when I was just a blip on an ultrasound, my name scribed in big bold letters across the screen
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