Back to school: A bittersweet visit to my alma mater
Danielle Berrin
April 14, 2016
Last week, I went back to school.
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Hollywood millennials for Hillary Clinton
Danielle Berrin
March 23, 2016
It was a marvelous sight: Beneath a giant screen bearing a big “H” sat Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of a former president and a presidential hopeful; America Ferrera, a first-generation Latino-American actress; and Lena Dunham, the young, half-Jewish writer and creator of the HBO series “Girls.”
Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel shows his softer side at Los Angeles Jewish benefit [VIDEO]
Danielle Berrin
March 14, 2016
Joseph Sanberg: A one-man army against poverty
Danielle Berrin
February 17, 2016
On a recent Thursday morning at Casa Teresa, an emergency women’s shelter in Orange County, five spirited, young pregnant women and a new mother gathered around a conference table, waiting for for their class on budgeting to begin.
The real victims of Syrian migrants
Danielle Berrin
January 6, 2016
We’ve all heard the fear mongering about how Syrian refugees are mostly men — which somehow makes them more susceptible to becoming terrorists, and therefore dangerous to the West.
Donald Trump’s American dream
Danielle Berrin
December 16, 2015
Just for fun, I decided to take Donald Trump at his word.
After tragedy, Muslims and Jews join in prayer
Danielle Berrin
December 9, 2015
It was with a healthy dose of ambivalence that I approached a joint Muslim-Jewish prayer experience on Dec. 6, where 150 local co-religionists convened to declare, “We Are Not Enemies.”
The refugee dilemma: Fighting to defend the defenseless
Danielle Berrin
November 24, 2015
On Nov. 19, less than a week after the deadly series of terrorist attacks in Paris, Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, the 134-year-old refugee resettlement organization, was summoned to the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress.
Is Islam to blame for the Paris attacks?
Danielle Berrin
November 18, 2015
Right after the Paris attacks, still reeling from the cruelty of it all, I emailed a friend.
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