Deconstructing the latke: A user’s guide
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Latkes, doughnuts and fritters — in Jewish homes, everyone’s frying this month, much as we have been for the last 2,000 years or so.
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Moving and shaking: Characters Unite, MATT construction and more
Ryan Torok
December 12, 2014
The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Board of Governors gala on Dec. 2 honored David and Janet Polak, who support numerous Jewish and Israeli causes. The couple received the Cedars-Sinai Philanthropic Leadership Award.
Orthodox groups file with Supreme Court in support of Muslim head scarfs
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of a Muslim woman’s right to wear a head scarf at work.
Shots fired at Israeli embassy in Athens
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Unidentified assailants opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in the early hours of Friday, police said, but no injuries or damage were reported.
The Jews who lit up the oil business
Jewish Journal
December 12, 2014
Chanukah’s glow will soon be rekindled, and as we again tell the story of the miracle of the oil in the Temple, it’s also a good time to shed light on another kind of miracle, this one more local, of how Jews helped to light up the early oil business in Los Angeles.
CIA chief admits agency used ‘abhorrent’ methods on detainees
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
CIA Director John Brennan said on Thursday some agency officers used \”abhorrent\” methods on detainees captured following the Sept. 11 attacks and said it was \”unknowable\” whether so-called enhanced interrogation techniques yielded useful intelligence.
What Ferguson can learn from LAPD’s rehabilitation
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
In recent weeks, race relations have dominated national news in the United States, carried by a wave of incidents of striking similarity: A white male police officer kills an unarmed black man; his community grieves over the injustice.
Obama: ‘Conversations’ about freeing Alan Gross have been ongoing
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2014
President Obama said the United States has been “in conversations” about trying to free American-Jewish contractor Alan Gross from a Cuban jail.
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