Within hours of the bombings, which struck trains in the center and suburbs of the Spanish capital on March 11, security was beefed up in cities across the Continent as news of the carnage left Europe as shell-shocked as the United States was on Sept. 11, 2001.
Robby Berman was a journalist living in Israel writing about organ donation when he came across some alarming facts: Out of 200 people who were declared brain-stem dead in a given year, only 70 families agreed to organ donation — giving Israel the lowest percentage of organ donors in the Western world.
Several high-profile cases in recent years — both locally and nationally — have helped foster a newfound willingness among rabbis to work with mental health professionals not only to handle crises, but to take proactive measures as well.
Milken Community High School senior Nona Farahnik was named Milken Idol for her stirring pro-Israel speech in the school\’s March 10 public speaking finals, with other competitors talking about bullies, cheating, the homeless and Special Olympics in the \”American Idol\”-inspired contest.
David Neal didn\’t expect to get his nose broken when he tried to opt out of attending a production of \”Godspell.\”
Make a play date today or tomorrow. The Celebrity Staged Play Reading Series performance of \”Talley\’s Folley\” presents husband-and-wife team Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James reprising their roles in last month\’s Pasadena Playhouse production.
Tribes of Jews move through the history of Los Angeles in predictable cadences.
I can\’t explain it any better than this. I think I\’ve lost my mojo.
The catastrophic simultaneous terror bombings that rocked Madrid and sent the United States, Israel and other freedom-loving and freedom-seeking countries reeling symbolized more than a small victory of evil over righteousness.
It\’s spring in Sacramento, and that means the Capitol steps are jammed again with protesters against government cuts — the first protesters to show up in mid-March were thousands of community college students demanding that California taxpayers continue paying the nation\’s steepest college subsidies per student.
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