March 1, 2010

‘Hurt locker’ writer brings the trauma home

Naomi Pfefferman March 1, 2010

When Mark Boal arrived in Iraq to cover the Army’s high-risk bomb squad for Playboy magazine in 2004, officials startled him with two unusual questions.\n\n“They wanted to know my blood type and my religious affiliation,” Boal said. “When I asked why, they said ‘In case we have a funeral for you.’ And then they said, ‘Since you’re Jewish, you should really keep that under your hat. They behead Jews over here.’ And Daniel Pearl had just gone missing.”

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Aaron Wood March 1, 2010

Farrakhan: Blame the Jews!

Brad A. Greenberg March 1, 2010

Top 5 Joan Rivers red carpet one-liners

Danielle Berrin March 1, 2010

Jewish community mulling response to Chile quake [UPDATE]

Jewish Journal March 1, 2010

As U.S. Jewish organizations ponder how to respond to the massive quake that rocked Chile, they report that the infrastructure of the country\’s Jewish community suffered little damage.

Dodgers Legend Koufax Pitches Wit, Wisdom to Enthusiastic Audience

Carin Davis March 1, 2010

\”Dodgers spring training kicks off Friday with a game against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Ariz., but an early preseason event last Saturday treated L.A. baseball fans to an evening with Jewish pitching legend Sandy Koufax and Dodgers manager Joe Torre. The 90-minute program at downtown’s Nokia Theatre, a benefit for Torre\’s Safe at Home foundation, was a rare public appearance for the reclusive Koufax.

In Memory of Rabbi Moshe Tutnauer

Jewish Journal March 1, 2010

Having spent the last week in Israel to tend to my ailing mother, a patient in the ICU at Hadassah Medical Center, I prepared to return to my home in Sacramento. Last night before I boarded my El Al Flight from Israel to Newark,NJ, I fired up my laptop to check my email. The first of many new email messages was from Rabbi Elie Spitz telling me that he tried calling me in Sacramento to inform me of the death of Rabbi Moshe Tutnauer. I read no other emails. I sat at Gate D-7 in shock. The funeral would be tomorrow (Friday) at 11am in Jerusalem. At that moment I heard the announcement for last call for boarding flight 0027. I boarded the plane and took my seat, still in shock by the news. Finally I said to the gentleman sitting on the aisle in row 51, “I need to get off the plane” and explained that I just received word that a remarkable teacher, dear friend, ‘my rabbi’ had died and was being buried in Jerusalemin the morning.