My favorite part of my commute is listening to music and wondering about life. I work in the jewelry district selling custom-designed pieces. You get what you pay for with diamonds. Sales and discounts don’t really exist in this business. A guy should spend at least $7,000 on an engagement ring. It’s not that much for a lifetime of happiness.
6th Street to Wilshire Blvd.
#myLAcommute is a project of Zócalo Public Square.
The first parliamentary election since Oct. 7, 2023, pits Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition against Gadi Eisenkot’s ideologically diverse opposition, with neither bloc expected to secure a governing majority.
Sleep-deprived and anxious, I called my friend Yossi Klein Halevi in Jerusalem in the hope that it might bring some relief to my nervous system.
The event will cover topics like family relationship challenges, passing down Jewish joy, long-distance grandparenting, and the role of grandfathers, while offering tools for active grandparents.
This is where democracy is truly tested. Not at the ballot box on Election Day, but long before, in classrooms where educators decide whether to avoid controversy or help students learn how to engage disagreement with curiosity, respect, and a recognition of one another’s humanity.
Like in many other Western countries, the center in France has capsized. All that’s left is the death-wish nihilism of the extremes—and an unhealthy dose of Islamist menace.
No matter how long we have lived, no matter how far we have traveled, the most important part of our becoming may still lie ahead.
Faith is disappearing in the western world, but we carry on.
The Ziegler reopening reflects AJU’s broader goal of helping create a sustainable pipeline of future rabbis.
This is not the party I want to be at.
It’s no coincidence that American Jews generally don’t know that at some point the German language slithered its way into their last names.
The classroom becomes an instrument for advancing political causes rather than a place where those causes are freely examined and debated.
What could our lives look like if we embraced the infinitesimal as infinite?
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Does the company we keep enable our name to be a blessing? Are we doing enough to make our name as great as God intends?
Three years after Oct. 7, a country trying to heal is still waiting for a full accounting of what went wrong.
Second of two parts
“These women were pivotal to both the process and the outcome of the trial. Yet they were marginalized on many occasions, literally reduced to footnotes.“
This Hamin Toscano recipe reminded us of a Tuscan wedding soup.
