I was one of the half-million congesting downtown Los Angeles the weekend of the massive pro-immigrant rally. My mother, who also went along, did so because many of her friends were marching, and it was a great social occasion.
The holiday of Passover celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, but the Haggadah doesn\’t mention. Nachshon ben Aminadav. Who was this man?
Israeli politics were shaken to their core by dark horse newcomers belonging to a party few had heard of. Close to a quarter of a million Israelis voted for the Pensioners Party, also known as GIL (age), a party run by nonpoliticians that didn\’t even exist three months ago; a party founded only after the regular political parties ignored the pleas of its constituents and relegated their demands low on the totem poll.
According to some once-doting men, I\’m terrific. I\’m also beautiful, talented, smart, sassy, funny, dynamic, cute and sweet. To make matters worse, I\’d make a fantastic mother. And the final blow? Apparently … I\’m a catch. I listen intently to my lover-gone-evil dumper\’s compliments — and cringe. Somehow my fairy tale has gone awry.
In Israel, no one wants to be a friar — a sucker, a patsy, a flunky, a tool.
It\’s the Israeli equivalent of the Chinese never wanting to lose face. And in Israel, this primary motivation explains much of the country\’s machismo — and perhaps even its political situation.
Los Angeles hosted the national kickoff for LiveNetworks last weekend, bringing together about 75 of the program\’s 87 participants. Hailing from five regional \”hubs,\” the participants will meet about six times throughout the year in their hub location. In the process, they\’ll meet with local leaders and philanthropists, attend seminars and receive individual coaching and mentoring.
While this was the third year for Kosher World, it was the first time the show joined with the ethnic and halal markets, under the umbrella of the World Ethnic Market.
The last few months have seen a flood of studies of Gen-Y Jews — all trying to map their sense of Jewish identity, affiliation patterns, needs, hopes, beliefs and behaviors.
Tendler\’s resignation comes shortly after his nephew, Rabbi Aron Tendler, resigned under pressure as rabbi of Shaarey Zedek Congregation in Valley Village.
You didn\’t see many Jews amid the sea of Mexican and American flags during the recent pro-immigrant rallies that filled city streets, but Jews and Jewish groups, in largely liberal Los Angeles, have been advocating on behalf of immigrants, mostly outside the view of television cameras.
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