The itemized donor receipts offered by the National Council of Jewish Women’s Los Angeles Council Thrift Shops were singled out in the August issue of Los Angeles Magazine’s “Best of L.A.” this year. And indeed, from direct experience, it’s true — you can drop off your single bag or loads of stuff cleaned out of closets, drawers and the garage and soon after receive in the mail a clear and detailed accounting of the NCJW’s assessment of fair market value for use when filing your income taxes.
Here were thousands of proud Jews with Israeli flags dancing, reveling, rejoicing, as if the news never reached them about the global hate movement toward Israel.
Several business owners interviewed by The Journal for this article said they had purchased firearms to protect their businesses and homes.
“I did a film with Barbra Streisand, ‘The Main Event,’ in 1979. Nothing can scare me.”
Benichou hopes to see more people speaking up.
There is a benefit of roasting food on skewers, à la shish kebab. By cutting meat and vegetables into smaller uniform pieces, the marinade coats more and the food cooks evenly.
The life of Sara ends with death.
Is attraction based solely on the physical? Or is chemistry based on something deeper?
The tight relationship between Trump and Netanyahu masks the real debate over Israel churning in the Republican Party, and Israel’s standing among Democrats has never been lower.
Some emphasized the importance of combating antisemitism and protecting Jewish safety, while others called for political engagement and cooperation across party lines.
So here we are, stuck with just a few bad options to consider. And that’s just the political superposition of undetermined future – alongside it there’s also the possible – probable? – war with Iran.
That is my hope: that by finding things we can do together, by recognizing each other’s humanity, we might come to see each other more fully.
At a time when Jewish education is competing for attention in a world dominated by screens, sports, short-form videos and endless streams of content, these easily collectable cards offer a different kind of engagement.
There is little chance that the combination of a weakened Trump and an emboldened Democratic Congress produces similar levels of support for aggressive action against Iran and its proxies, and other policies that a wide spectrum of Israelis see as crucial to their security.
In the diaspora and in Israel, we cannot turn back the clock and undo the harm that was done to us. But we can shape our own future. Israel is strong and resolute. So must we be.
Democrats who were long considered “moderates” or even pro-Israel have been signaling over the course of the last year that they can no longer be relied upon to back a Jewish state under assault by Iran and its terrorist proxies.
