Teens Pulling Their Weight on Big Sunday
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
April 21, 2010
You know how when you put on a new pair of socks, and they’re all soft and comfortable, you feel warm and pampered and sort of protected?
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April 21, 2010
Student Zionist Group Hosts Israel Commemorations
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
April 21, 2010
Nearly 1,000 people crowded into Beth Jacob congregation on April 19 for a program co-sponsored by five Orthodox congregations and hosted by Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles, an Orthodox Zionist youth group.
Cutting-Edge Traffic Safety Research in Israel
Dikla Kadosh
April 21, 2010
In Israel, every fatal car accident makes the national news. When four people were killed in an accident in the Negev in March, the entire country was abuzz about the tragedy. A comment posted on a Ynet article reveals the prevailing mindset in Israel: “Is this a ‘cultural’ given and can the ‘culture’ of driving in Israel be significantly altered?”
The Jewish Medium Is the Message
Naomi Pfefferman
April 21, 2010
Rebecca Rosen didn’t realize she could contact the dead until 13 years ago, after she learned her father had attempted suicide. She grew up in a tightly knit Conservative Jewish family in Omaha, Neb., where her mother is executive director of the Jewish Federation and Rebecca attended religious school and had her bat mitzvah.
Israel at 62: The Limits of Debate
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2010
As Israel prepares to celebrate its 62nd birthday, the weather outside is chilly. The climate at home is not wonderful either.
Zionist Nightmare Gives Him That Shrinking Sensation
Uri Dromi
April 21, 2010
I have never in my life been to a shrink. The reason is that I want to leave my money to my kids, not to other people’s kids. Also, I consider myself to be absolutely normal. Nevertheless, recently I felt the urge to lie down on a couch, stop pretending that I’m in control and that I have a clue about what’s going on, and just surrender to an all-knowing, wise man, who will fix everything. I guess that the session would run as follows.
Jewish Side of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
JewishJournal.com
April 21, 2010
Some recommended panels including Jewish authors:
LAUSD Students Protest Westside Pet Store
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2010
“Shame, shame, shame! It’s time to go humane!”\n\nProtestors circled for an hour near the pet store Barkworks at the Westside Pavilion shopping center in West Los Angeles on April 17. Among the protest participants were 60 LAUSD high school students involved with YouTHink, an education program of the Zimmer Children’s Museum, as well as representatives of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), a national nonprofit that investigates pet shops, puppy mills and breeders.
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