Irwin M. Weinstein, one of the founders of the National Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) and its Los Angeles chapter, died July 21 of a stroke and kidney failure. He was 76.
Elizabeth Marmorston Horowitz, founding director of the USC Law School paralegal program and a Juvenile Court mediator, died July 21 of cancer. She was 72.
After 22 years of separation, believing his beloved son dead, Jacob was startled to hear that Joseph was not only alive but that he ruled the land of Egypt.
While so much of daily life in Israel has changed — or stopped — due to the security situation, life does go on: children celebrate birthdays, teenagers become b\’nei mitzvah and couples marry.
When two friends who are torn apart by the Holocaust discover nearly 40 years later that they live in the same New York neighborhood, some would call it "coincidence."
In the particular historical consciousness of the Jewish people, there has always been a familiarity with \”jihad\” as representative of an Islamic method of conquering populations by means of the sword.
She\’s back, baby — and dare we say it? — she\’s shaggable. In the third go-round of Mike Myers\’ Bond spoof, "Austin Powers in Goldmember,"
It seems Arabs and Jews in Los Angeles can agree on one thing at least — a touch of resentment toward East Coast \”national\” organization headquarters.
In recent years, there have been a number of modest volumes that are aimed at presenting a representative selection of readings from the mystical classic, the Zohar.
Inspirational speeches are sometimes improved by leaving out the words.
