Lag B’Omer celebrations take place Wednesday evening throughout Los Angeles
Lag B\’Omer celebrations take place Wednesday evening throughout Los Angeles.
Lag B\’Omer celebrations take place Wednesday evening throughout Los Angeles.
During the two weeks leading up to a major conference at UCLA to honor the late rabbi and civil rights leader Abraham Joshua Heschel, controversy swirled around one of the event’s two keynote speakers — Cornel West — an outspoken academic who severely criticized Israel during its war last summer with Hamas.
At the May 3-4 conference titled “Moral Grandeur & Spiritual Audacity” however, celebration of Heschel took precedence over the dispute of the preceding weeks.
When Jeff Wang was applying to U.S. colleges more than two years ago from his home near Shanghai, Brandeis University was a top choice.
The popular Israeli singer Amir Benayoun released a song that wishes for the death of President Barack Obama, whom he refers to as a “treacherous creature.”
American R&B singer Lauryn Hill canceled a performance in Israel three days ahead of the scheduled concert.
Who knew Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had such a keen fashion sense?