The waiting game continues in Iran, as the judiciary there has postponed at least for another week a decision in the appeals of 10 Iranian Jews convicted on charges of spying for Israel.The delay is ostensibly because the three judges reviewing the appeals are divided on whether the charges the Jews were convicted of actually constituted a crime.
The listings below are for Jewish congregations within the geographic area of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Congregations in areas adjacent to Los Angeles Federation can be found by calling neighboring federations:
The socialist experiment may have failed and the kibbutz movement may be struggling, but communal living is alive and well at the Westwood Bayit. Part of Jewish life at UCLA since 1974, the Bayit (Hebrew for house) is a cooperative living setup where young men and women commit to participating in Shabbat, kosher group cooking and dining, and Jewish programming.
Most Shabbat worshippers expect decorum. But Adat Ari El\’s new Jump-n-Jive minyan is different. Its founder, Aaron Kaychuck, describes the monthly Saturday morning service as \”upbeat neo-Chassidic egalitarian.\” The service is unusual partly because it combines traditional Conservative liturgy with exuberant song and dance, set to the beat of an African hand-drum. It is also distinctive because Kaychuck, who leads the congregants in prayer, is 15 years old.
Sixteen strangers are left on a wilderness island to fend for themselves. They endure starvation, infestation, exposure to the elements. Each night they gather in council to vote one of their company off the island. Finally, only two are left. The castoffs are brought back as jury to choose the sole survivor. Conniving, manipulation, betrayal, deceit – that\’s entertainment! And 48 million Americans stopped to watch. A media sensation, \”Survivor\” made the covers of Newsweek and Time and the headlines in every newspaper.
Ralph Fertig, a retired judge and current community activist and novelist, has what a lot of progressive Californians are looking for: a solution to voting on Nov. 7.
Gerald \”Jerry\” C. Lasensky describes himself as the Jewish community\’s traveling salesman, road warrior and itinerant emissary.
Dear Deborah,My friends and I have always wanted to write to you, and now we have a cause! We are grandmothers (one of us is a great-grandmother) who have been dining out weekly at reasonably priced restaurants for about nine years. We have noticed the rapid and alarming decline of manners in youngsters.
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