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As Israelis mob gas mask distribution centers, army urges calm
Daniela Hayoum arrived at a Tel Aviv post office at 7 a.m. and took a number. The line of people waiting for gas masks was long and Hayoum stepped away to run errands. She returned in the afternoon to find hundreds of Israelis crowding under a hot sun on the building’s wide steps, some holding umbrellas and others food.
U.S. asks Iran’s Rohani to free Jewish American
The United States asked Iran’s new president to free a Jewish American who has been detained there for six years.
Iran commander: U.S. strike on Syria would bring Israel’s destruction
Iran\’s Revolutionary Guards chief said a U.S. military attack on Syria would lead to the \”imminent destruction\” of Israel and would prove a \”second Vietnam\” for America, according to an Iranian news agency.
If U.S. strikes Syria, destroyers likely to deliver the blow
If President Barack Obama decides to take military action against Syria for using chemical weapons in its two-year-old civil war, the initial blows likely would be delivered by four U.S. guided missile destroyers currently in the Mediterranean.
Bee shortfall raises honey prices
For Julien Bohbot, honey prices are no small matter. The Moroccan-born owner of Pico-Robertson’s kosher Delice Bakery says he uses about 150 pounds of honey for Rosh Hashanah sales — almost all of it in honey cake. In fact, about 90 percent of the honey he uses throughout the year is for the Jewish New Year.
Doheny Meats reopens, remade as Beverly Hills Kosher
The storefront on Pico Boulevard that for decades was known as Doheny Kosher Meat Market reopened on Aug. 20 under new ownership and new management and with a new name: Beverly Hills Kosher.
Daniel Pearl Fellows: Reshaping hate
On the evening of Aug. 22, I had a public conversation with three Muslim journalists, two from Pakistan and one from Bangladesh, at the Los Angeles Press Club. All three were in the United States as Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellows, a program to introduce Muslim journalists to American practices, sponsored by the Daniel Pearl Foundation and Alfred Friendly Press Partners. Here are the three most chilling things they said:
Let them dat (honey) cake
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is considered a High Holy Day, but it’s also a happy holiday, full of hope and optimism.
Satin’s big league dream
When New York Mets infielder Josh Satin hit his second Major League home run on Aug. 21, it was hard to know what was more noteworthy: the fact that the Jewish player from Hidden Hills was a relatively old 28 or that there was a fan with a “Hail Satin” sign in the stands.
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