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Consul General of Israel LIVE in Los Angeles on KPCC 89.3 at 11am
Consul General Jacob Dayan will be on AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Podcast: Iranian and Standwithus protestors speak out against Ahmadinejad
MUSIC: A klezmer wedding in a European shetl circa 1910
A DJ and a music professor, using old recordings and new, recreate the typical sequence of tunes a klezmer band would play at every stage of a traditional wedding.
It can’t happen here
\”People choose to remain gay, and people choose to remain Jewish,\” said an organizer. \”Why should the majority of us be forced to honor that choice?\”
McCain — and Lieberman — defend Palin in conference call with Jewish leaders [AUDIO]
John McCain called Sarah Palin a “threat to the left-wing feminist liberal movement” and passed up an opportunity to criticize Barack Obama’s relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright
MUSIC: ‘That Yemenite Kid’ Diwon makes a mix tape — in Yiddish
Courtesy of Diwon, the artist formerly known as DJ Handler and otherwise known as the executive director of Modular Moods and Shemspeed.com, comes this fresh mix of pop, hip-hop, electronica and . . . Yiddish?
The Great Awakening
The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will hold back-to-back public conversations this Saturday, Aug. 16, with the two presumptive presidential\ncandidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. The conversations, on the topic of \”Compassion and Leadership,\” will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on CNN
AUDIO: Iranian American Jews — Getting ready for November’s elections
More than 300 young professionals members of the local Iranian Jewish “30 Years After” organization gathered at a private residence in Beverly Hills late last month to encourage political activism in the community.