Balancing a large tray on her shoulders, Nahide Kafri dashed from table to table serving dinner to patients with Alzheimer\’s disease at the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging (JHA).
Last week\’s release of the Israeli-Palestinian \”road map\” signaled the start of a new round of U.S. Mideast diplomacy and a new challenge for the pro-Israel groups that don\’t like some interpretations of the plan.
Funders of UC Berkeley\’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies have links to Al-Qaeda, according to a campus Jewish newspaper.
Amram Mitzna\’s decision to abdicate the leadership of the Labor Party after just months on the job seems to signal the lowest ebb for a party that dominated Israeli life for decades.
Becker General Contractors\’ Sandy Becker was happy to be at what is known in the real estate and construction business as a \”sunriser\” — an early morning get-together.
Only after \”The West Wing\’s\” Joshua Malina won $50,000 for Bet Tzedek Legal Services on celebrity \”Jeopardy!\” May 2 did he stop worrying.
Since the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) reported that 52 percent of Jews were marrying non-Jews, the American Jewish community has been split on how to respond. While many on the left have called for greater outreach and acceptance for interfaith families, others have urged the community to more aggressively promote \”inmarriage.\”
Yesterday, I got three messages from my mother, a long distance Jewish mother joke from my brother in London (\”A homeless man approaches a Jewish mother on the street. \’Lady, I haven\’t eaten in three days,\’ he said. \’Force yourself,\’ she replied.\”) and the last was from the Loews Hotel confirming my reservation for Mother\’s Day brunch.
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