The world Jewish community finds itself at something of a crossroads as it enters the first decade of this new millennium. By decade\’s end, the majority of witnesses to the Shoah will no longer be alive.
An Israel solidarity rally, organized by the grass-roots association Stand With Us, attracted several hundred local Jews and other supporters of Israel to the intersection of Wilshire and Veteran boulevards in Westwood.
Earlier this week, the Jerusalem Post ran an editorial strongly criticizing some of the most visible American Jewish personalities for neither speaking up in the defense of Israel, nor visiting the country.
As the City Council begins it consideration of Redistricting Commission-drawn district maps, a conflict between Valley activists and Jewish interests seems to have been resolved. But as proposed districts are scrutinized and rescrutinized block by block, the question of whether the 5th City Council District will contain three core Orthodox neighborhoods remains open.
When Uri Tauber went to a party as a young man, before checking out the availability of girls or drinks, he would first compute in his mind how much dynamite it would take to blow up the place.
Suddenly, instead of being journalist and subject, we are two Jews sharing our fears about anti-Semitism and the fate of the world.
U.N. and E.U. diplomats, at least in their public comments, appear less vitriolic about the string of lethal suicide bombings in Israel than the Israeli response to them and often seem to morally equate the two.
It was a day of funerals, as Israel buried 14 victims from Sunday\’s suicide bombing attack in a Haifa restaurant.
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