I’ve always worked in the service industry. I was a butler for 11 years before I became a maître d’. My job is to make customers feel at home, to anticipate what they might need, to have empathy. I’m on my way home. My commute is a little bit over an hour, but I enjoy it. Being from the Netherlands, I’m used to trains.
Del Mar Blvd. to Cahuenga Blvd.
#myLAcommute is a project of Zócalo Public Square
On June 12, Eve Karlin made Aliyah to Israel with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh. Twelve hours later, at 3:30 a.m., she woke up to the sounds of loud sirens.
Pairing the tender fish brochettes with the vibrant herb sauce and crispy potatoes reminded us of eating by the sea with the scent of saltwater in the air.
While you don’t need a reason to try some new cool, sweet ice cream — or ice-cream adjacent — recipes, it’s certainly fun to have one.
Among all the visits and meals and catching up with new and old friends, two experiences are unique and will remain in our memories for an exceptionally long time.
There are rare moments when to not take time out from ordinary life and show gratitude seems ungracious.
They are not friends. People like them have no friends.
Beyond the predictable partisan food fight, the United States faces a larger challenge if it continues to ignore the student debt crisis: diminishing global competitiveness.
I can’t believe that you are gone. I can only believe that you are in hiding and will return.
A Teen’s Journey from Los Angeles to Kibbutz Nir Oz—a story of loss, hope, and the power of Jewish Roots.
The window of political inclusion — opened slowly over decades — was never fixed in place. And if current trends continue, it may not stay open much longer.
The grief you feel for the victims is mixed with immense anger toward the perpetrator.
If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had stopped by, he likely would have been moved by the outpouring of support and perhaps inspired to return to Israel and resume what these demonstrators believe was a prematurely halted war.
This is possible. It takes regime change. Americans took the plunge in 1776 and broke free. Now it’s the turn of the Iranian people.
Netanyahu has made no secret that he wants his ultimate legacy to be the leader who finally made Israel safe. The necessary steps for that to happen all depend on a resolution to the Gaza war.
I was not a professional writer. But I was hopelessly in love with storytelling.
Behind all the flash, AI is quietly removing the intellectual itch, the false starts, the second guessing, all those difficult mental activities that accompany brain work.
AJU is embracing a bold, strategic vision for what Jewish life in America can look like a generation from now.
The three-year, cohort-based program is built for experienced professionals already working in Jewish schools, synagogues, camps, and nonprofits.
After October 7, the most ardent supporters of Hamas were found on college campuses, in the audience at concerts and performing on musical stages.
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