The dust-up over Jesus Day is turning into a firestorm. Thanks to the Internet, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush cannot shake continuing criticism for the role that his religious faith might play in his presidency.
A lot of people have a lot of questions about the scandal involving the Orthodox Union and Rabbi Baruch Lanner.
The whole time Stacie Chaiken was growing up, nobody discussed her great-grandfather, Louie.\”My Grandpa Irving refused to speak about his father. Ever,\” says Chaiken, whose monologue, \”Looking for Louie,\” is premiering at Pacific Resident Theatre.
There was a lot of behind-the-scenes activity last Sunday on Sony Pictures Studios\’ Main Street set, but this was no movie production. In the days leading up to a Democratic National Convention (DNC) kick-off reception, representatives of several major Jewish organizations were racing to accommodate thousands of delegates, elected officials and members of the press. Adding tension to the entire proceeding: As preparations approached the 11th hour, a keynote speaker for the event was unconfirmed.
In 1776, printers in New York City organized and declared a strike in support of the newly formed United States of America.
In a small grove of trees on the campus of Pierce College in Woodland Hills this past Sunday, a group of government officials and concerned citizens gathered to honor the victims of hate crimes. About 300 people representing a cross-section of the diverse Los Angeles community attended the Unity Over Hate Rally, all braving the intense August sun to share their support for peace, both locally and across the nation.The rally\’s main focus was to commemorate the events of Aug. 10, 1999. The families of those wounded that day in the shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and of Joseph Ileto, the Filipino-American postal worker gunned down by the same alleged perpetrator, came up to the podium and tried to bring meaning to their personal tragedies. Alongside the stage stood a poster of Ileto, with his first name used as an acronym for Join Our Struggle [to] Educate [and] Prevent Hate.Ismael Ileto, Joseph\’s brother, gave the morning\’s most moving speech, noting that it had been a year of heavy losses for his family.
Catalina is only 22 miles across the sea from Los Angeles, but to many visitors it feels like a distant land. For one particular community of Sephardic Jews, it\’s that very feeling that has kept them coming back over the past 75 years.
Standing alone next to a yellow sign with black letters warning, \”Buchanan is the Fourth Reich,\” Bob Kunst, president of the Shalom International, became a magnet for heated emotions on the sidewalk outside Long Beach\’s Convention Center last Friday afternoon.
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