Michael Bock, an 18-year-old graduate from Milken Community High School, poses in front of the newly built children’s library at the Hope Street Family Center. Bock raised $17,000 and coordinated a team of 36 volunteers that constructed the 200-square-foot multicolored library on June 12. The project earned Bock his Eagle Scout badge, the highest award in the Boy Scouts of America. The library provides local children and families in the Pico-Union neighborhood access to more than 3,320 books.
Israel must act with determination in convincing the European Union to cancel these detrimental sanctions.
Noam Bettan taught them something important through his performance. He showed them that despite the adversity they may face in the future, they can press on and still create something meaningful; that they can rise above the screaming crowds of detractors.
The Trump administration’s active participation and sponsorship of activities like last weekend’s prayer service makes many of us feel like we are unwelcome when patriotic gatherings take on overtly religious overtones.
Many secular Israelis increasingly seem emotionally disconnected from one of the city’s most symbolic national celebrations.
It’s not easy to think about love during times of crisis. When the battles facing us are so hard, we don’t look for emotions that appear soft. When we’re surrounded by hate, we don’t run to something like love.
The festival of Shavuot provides a well-placed opportunity to contemplate the choices we make on our Jewish journeys and how they will impact the next generation.
Could four Jews agree on the four best “Seinfeld” episodes? Will “The Soup Nazi” make the cut?
Blood libels were never about evidence. They were about moral conditioning – preparing societies to see Jews as uniquely sinister, corrupting and deserving of suspicion.
The summit’s emotional center remained the lobbying itself: ordinary Californians leaving hotel conference rooms behind to walk directly into the offices where state policy is shaped.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
The Israeli-American scientist is helping transform global agriculture through innovation and sustainability.
“Our main role is to keep the students moving forward, even when the path is complex.” – Professor Yossi Rosenwaks
The play “Giant” and its urgent, timely message could not have come sooner—in part because it clashes with the antisemitism we see on the news. Today a dandy like Dahl is not the problem. What we are all witnessing now is low-class thuggery prowling city streets.
You must keep one foot in the sanctuary even while going out to war; and you must go out to war even when your heart yearns to remain in the sanctuary.
If you created a time capsule representing who you are and what you stand for, what would be included?
