The High Holidays provide some of the greatest frissons one can experience in a synagogue. And the music is, indeed, a big part of those rising chills.
\”Eve of Destruction\” by P. F. Sloan.
Decades of Latino battles to save the schools — not just for Hispanics, but for everybody.
All sermons, whether Reform, Conservative or Orthodox, are there to promote something \”good.\” But how do they get there?
Wars, like hurricanes, tend to expose flaws in societies. In Israel, the recent war with Hezbollah revealed lack of preparedness for this kind of war against an elusive enemy, mediocre
conduct of the operations, deficiencies in equipment, shortages of shelters for the civilians and more.
I\’d like to suggest a small addition to your synagogue\’s High Holiday services this year, as if they\’re not long enough. Sometime before the recitation of the mourner\’s kaddish, or perhaps just before the Torah is returned to the ark, pull out any Sunday Los Angeles Times, and turn to the obituary section.\n
There are so many choices of singles events, but most of them don\’t seem to work for me: SpeedDating — concept is interesting, but my age range and location
never seem to match my availability; outdoor sports — not my thing, and it\’s not that I\’m out of shape, I\’m just a fair-skinned California girl who, in addition to not wanting to be burned to a crisp, has never shown much talent for volleyball or hiking; social dances — I went to enough of those alone when I was in junior high. Enough said.
World War I, Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, Auschwitz and Hiroshima: I, for one, was delighted to see the 20th century end. Because how could the next one be worse? But halfway through the first decade of the 21st century, we are beginning to see how.
At a meeting that featured catcalls, standing ovations and the ejection of a disruptive audience member, Los Angeles\’ County Human Relations Commission voted again Monday to give an award to Dr. Maher Hathout, a local Muslim leader whose harsh rhetoric on Israel generated accusations of anti-Semitism and extremism.
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