Attention young Orthodox high school graduates: Planning to attend college this year on the East Coast? Why not do something really radical: Stay in Los Angeles?
The Orange County engineer often thinks about returning to his father\’s old house in Jaffa. It was a family jewel, Abuljebain said, telling how Israeli forces expropriated that home more than 50 years ago to make room for Jewish residents. As the 54-year-old Kuwaiti-born Palestinian sees it, the illegitimate, racist and imperialist state of Israel is the barrier standing between him and the realization of his homecoming.
Youngsters across the Southland and beyond banded together April 17 to participate in J-Serve 2005, the first-ever national day of service for Jewish teens. J-Serve, designed to correspond with Youth Service America\’s National Youth Service Day, offers Jewish teens a way to get involved in tikkun olam projects in their local communities.
Between the stars for Shari Lewis and Sidney Sheldon on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three middle-aged Russian Jews and a 30-something Arizona native are hoping a controversial artist will help establish them as players in Southern California\’s museum culture.
Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, fell this year on Thursday, May 5. Did your school honor the day? Quartz Hill High School, in the Antelope Valley, honors the Holocaust every year by putting on a competition for the best creative work.
We can\’t speak for our entire congregation, but Rabbi Karen Deitch\’s article (\”SWF Rabbi,\” April 1) did not embarrass us (Letters, April 29). We invite you to attend one of our erev Shabbat services when Deitch is officiating.
As Syria formally pulled its troops out of Lebanon last month, the Lebanese and the Syrian chiefs of staffs gave speeches to mark the occasion. The words they used were flowery, but their faces were grim.
The backlash against the decision by a union of British university lecturers to sever ties with two Israeli universities began almost as soon as the controversial motion was passed.
There were important issues on the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Israel last week. Still, Russian newspapers seemed most impressed that Putin — the first Russian or Soviet leader to visit the Jewish state — wore a kippah on his head when he visited Yad Vashem.
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