Weizmann Day School in Pasadena, the only Jewish day school in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, is expanding its program, opening a seventh grade in September 2010 and an eighth grade in 2011. The school, which is independent and nondenominational, currently has 46 students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
More than 500 early childhood educators from Jewish schools gathered in March at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills for the 30th annual Bebe Feuerstein Simon Early Childhood Institute presented by the Los Angeles BJE (Builders of Jewish Education).
I’ve taken to traveling light to avoid costly airline baggage charges. But my wife wisely reminds me that paying $25 to check luggage costs less than a chiropractor visit.
Rules without enforcement don’t mean much.\n\nThat’s the new tone the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its supporters on Capitol Hill are taking when it comes to Iran sanctions.
A New Israel Fund petition calls on Israel’s prime minister to work with the group to “strengthen Israel’s democratic and pluralistic foundation.”
Israeli police have restricted Muslim access to the Temple Mount over fears of more violence.\n\nOn Monday, police allowed only Muslim men above the age of 50 and all women access to the Temple Mount. No other visitors are being permitted, according to reports. It is not known when the restriction will be lifted.\n
A man and two women were brutally attacked in Berlin allegedly after the assailants demanded to know whether they were Jewish.\n\nAccording to a statement from the Jewish community of Berlin, a man of \”Mediterranean\” appearance on Friday night demanded to know if the three were Jewish. After they said they were, the man \”obviously went to get some friends,\” who then beat the three, all in their mid-20s, in an underground train and on the platform in the Wilmersdorf section of Berlin.\n\nPolice are investigating the incident as an anti-Semitic and racist attack, as it allegedly began with the attackers cursing the victims. The youths then beat and kicked the two women and one attacker smashed a bottle over the man\’s head.\n
Israel has held a journalist under secret house arrest since last December based on allegations that during her military service she leaked classified documents suggesting that the Israeli army violated laws dealing with targeted killings.\n\nAnat Kam, 23, was arrested last December and charged under Israel\’s espionage and treason laws, JTA has learned.\n\nProsecutors are seeking a 14-year sentence, which is considered severe by Israeli standards.\n
Earl David Alter died Jan. 13 at 69. He is survived by his cousins, Kirk (Peggy) Rinella and Neal (Diane) Rinella. Mount Sinai
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