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May 19, 2010
DENNIS PRAGER: A Letter to young Jews
There is a good chance that being a Jew means little or nothing to you. That would make a great deal of sense because few Jews have been raised to take Judaism seriously. This is not a judgment on your parents. Most of them weren’t raised that way either. It is just a fact.
DAVID SUISSA: Eva’s Peace Process
How could a frail, 83-year-old Holocaust survivor battling leukemia have a deeper understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than some of the great minds of the Jewish world? I asked myself that question last Friday night, while listening to my good friend Eva Brown, a Holocaust survivor who’s a regular guest at our Shabbat table.
Drive Seeks to Make Markets Bloom in Poor Areas
Armed with visitor badges, about 30 members of the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) and the Alliance for Healthy and Responsible Grocery Stores ambushed City Hall a couple of weeks ago. The strategy on that day, May 4, was to make unannounced visits to the offices of all 15 City Council members to ensure that a proposed grocery reinvestment ordinance is on the radar of council members.
Pearls at White House as Obama signs Freedom of the Press Act
President Obama signed the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act on Monday morning, May 17, joined by six family members of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was killed in 2002 by Islamic extremists.
L.A. Latino Leaders Visit ‘Real’ Israel
When Gil Artzyeli was hired in 2008 as deputy consul general of the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, his mission was clear: to strengthen ties between the Latino and Jewish communities. Last week, that mission took a big leap forward as 21 non-Jewish community leaders toured Israel and the West Bank.
Eisenberg: Zombie-slayer, nerd, chasid
Jesse Eisenberg appears flummoxed by his heartthrob status with fans who love adorably awkward actors reminiscent of a young Dustin Hoffman. The modest young thespian tends to eschew Hollywood parties and isn’t completely comfortable being recognized on the street.
Director plumbs own rocky youth for ‘Rollers’
“I’m not a Chasidic Jew, and I’ve never been a drug smuggler,” said “Holy Rollers” director Kevin Tyler Asch. But he brought a different kind of personal experience to his debut feature about a Chasid who becomes immersed in an Ecstasy cartel, inspired by a true story from the 1990s.
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