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Poland and the Jews: Is it time to stop hating the country when positive changes are transf

Jane Ulman June 8, 2007

Many Jews still view Poland as the land of pogroms, persecution and prejudice; a terminally anti-Semitic and blood-drenched country where 3 million Jews were mercilessly murdered during World War II; a land dotted with death camps, desecrated cemeteries and deserted synagogues. What most Jews don\’t know is that Poland has changed radically over the past couple of decades, and these days, it is reaching out to Israel and to Jews –and not just socially, either.

Grunions

Rob Eshman June 8, 2007

The grunion were running last weekend, so I went down to the Venice Beach breakwater just before midnight to watch them mate. The sight of thousands of slim, silvery fish wiggling desperately out of the surf and struggling to spawn before the next wave crashed upon them made me think, of course, of those birthright Israel trips.\n

Nes Gadol calls its first autistic students to the Torah

Adam Wills May 11, 2007

It\’s a typical Wednesday afternoon on the bimah at West Los Angeles\’ Vista Del Mar, a onetime Jewish orphanage that evolved into one of the nation\’s largest, most comprehensive child services centers. Cantor Steve Puzarne and Neal Katz are in the campus\’ aging sanctuary as part of Nes Gadol, an effort launched by Vista Del Mar last February in conjunction with The Miracle Project to help children with varying degrees of learning challenges become sons and daughters of the commandment.

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