On any given Sunday, there are more community-bonding events going on than you can shake a lulav at. Take June 10, when The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) buzzed with activity.
Before a rare bacterial infection ruined his body, Christopher McMillian was a top student in Cindy Berger\’s fifth-grade math class at Wilshire Crest Elementary School.
Hundreds of Valley residents attended a rally Sunday at Shaarey Tzedek Congregation to protest a possible MTA busway that would turn Chandler Boulevard into a segment of the proposed East-West Transit Corridor.
The Peninsula Hotel Beverly Hills was the site of a distinguished gathering of literary stars.
A new initiative has been launched to send one or two members of every synagogue in the United States to Israel in the coming months. Dubbed \”Operation Joshua,\” the campaign is the latest effort to show solidarity with the Jewish State.
With the risk imposed by the new intifada, the near-term security of individual Israelis weighs heavily on all our minds. However, we also must consider threats farther afield, as Iran, Iraq and Syria threaten the long-term stability of the entire Israeli state.
The House International Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill this week that would continue to restrict foreign access to Iranian and Libyan oil resources as punishment for those countries\’ support of terrorism.
In the pilot episode of "State of Grace," 12-year-old Grace McKee sashays out of her limousine and plucks the mezuzah off her friend Hannah Rayburn\’s front door.
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein went ahead and called her new essay collection "Shiksa Goddess." But not to worry, the title essay — a spoof on discovering her Episcopalian "roots" — and 34 others prove that Wasserstein remains the same witty Jewish cultural critic her fans have come to love through her plays, like "The Sisters Rosensweig" and the Pulitzer prize-winning "The Heidi Chronicles."
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