Forever the rebel with a cause, Soviet-refusenik-turned-democracy-proponent Natan Sharansky has left the Israeli government rather than take part in the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Dad\’s first bypass surgery was 25 years ago. I don\’t think any of us realized he was living on borrowed time.
In the late 1940s, Ron Farrar\’s and Joan Pachtman\’s passion to help those in need charted the course for personal passion and lifelong matrimony. The West Hills residents met in college, when Ron was a member of a veteran\’s organization and Joan belonged to a service club.
Two boys from Boy Scout Troop 613 based at Shaarey Zedek Congregation in Valley Village were feted this month at a court of honor for having achieved the Boy Scouts of America\’s highest rank. Josh Bregman, 18, and Yehuda Jawary, 17, are the first in the troop to advance through the seven ranks of scouting to reach Eagle Scout, which less than 2 percent of scouts achieve.
Until last week, Los Angeles mayoral challenger Antonio Villaraigosa had received unchallenged campaign mileage from touting his role in Proposition 1A, the $9.2 billion school bond that voters approved in November 1998. Villaraigosa had been state Assembly speaker when the Legislature put it on the ballot.
Hahn characterized his predecessor, Mayor Richard Riordan, as someone who \”spent a lot of time and effort raising money to rearrange the members of the school board.\”
First lady of Jewish folk music Debbie Friedman comes to Los Angeles tonight for the first time in more than a year. Get your fix this evening at University Synagogue, where she\’ll host their \”Havdalah Benefit Concert\” honoring Rabbi Zachary Shapiro.
Interfaith Passover seder participants dine in a banquet hall at Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The April 29 seder grew out of an 11-day interfaith trip to Israel and the West Bank in February.
Here are my top 10 tips for celebrating Israel Independence Day:
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