Cover Story: 113-Year-Old Pearl Berg May Be the Oldest Jew in the World
On Oct. 1, 2022 Pearl Berg, who still lives in her home of 47 years in the Los Feliz district, turned 113 years old.
On Oct. 1, 2022 Pearl Berg, who still lives in her home of 47 years in the Los Feliz district, turned 113 years old.
Through years of reclaiming my own Jewish identity, more than any other ritual, the sukkah has become the highest point of Jewish symbols and rituals in my life.
Brooke Goldstein is fighting Jew hatred with a civil rights movement that seeks justice for Jews.
It was a Rosh Hashanah like no other. It was the Rosh Hashanah when I felt as if I held a “Book of Life” in my hands. On that day, for the very first time, I opened S.Y. Agnon’s beautiful High Holy Days book “Yamim Noraim — Days of Awe.”
He’s a liberal who is anti-woke. He owns guns but is outspoken against Hollywood’s culture of violence. He’s pro-choice but understands the pro-life position. He doesn’t like organized religion, but he’s a staunch defender of the Jewish state.
When people call 1221, they can receive help in 90 seconds or less 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
We need to remember that the same culture many Jews still claim to love, and in which they continue to take great pride, is steeped in the practice of Jewish ritual.
In honor of the back-to-school season, the Jewish Journal asked various community leaders, educators, writers and thinkers one compelling question: Is there a teacher who shaped your life?
After operating out of the Rokah Karate studio on Pico Boulevard for many years and holding services in members’ backyards during COVID, Happy Minyan has finally secured a space of its own at 9311 West Pico Blvd.
“If I Forget” is the story of the Fischer family in Washington, D.C. at the turn of the 21st century. The Fischer Family copes with differing ways of embracing Judaism, Israel, the Holocaust and each other.