The charge of spying on its face appeared so preposterous that it has drawn widespread condemnation – from an international community that has not often sided with Israel.
Salam al-Mayarati certainly can\’t be trusted. At best, he is not a friend of the Jewish community, let alone of Israel (\”Caught in the Crossfire,\” June 30).
While there\’s not exactly a Jewish angle on Vietnam, the curious traveler with a penchant for history, art, culture, and fine food will probably find a trip quite rewarding.
Throughout Los Angeles, Iranian Jews stood by their phones and radios at 1 a.m. Saturday to hear the first news on the sentences imposed on the \”Shiraz 13\” Jews, charged with spying for Israel.
Several years ago, before I became an attorney, the news of Iran\’s star-chamber proceedings and convictions of Jews would have sent me protesting in the streets.
About the only words of praise for Chuck Quackenbush, who resigned last week (June 28) as California insurance commissioner in the face of certain impeachment, have come from Holocaust survivors grateful for his dogged attempts to force European insurance companies to pay claims stemming from the Nazi era.
Last Friday was bittersweet for Sandra King. Closing a chapter in her professional life that has lasted a quarter of a century, King stepped down as executive director of Jewish Family Service (JFS), a beneficiary agency of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.
All of us question authority at times. We do it for any number of reasons. Sometimes our ego motivates us. Sometimes the motivation stems out of a true desire to bring about a needed change.
My parents were Elderhostel students this week at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, and I shared Friday night services with them in the Conservative tradition of my youth.
David Lehrer may be overstating his case only slightly when he says that most Westsiders are unaware of what goes on \”6 inches below the 10 freeway and 6 inches east of the Golden State.\”
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