The recent New York City terrorist episode is yet another grim wake-up call for the Muslims. It should not be ignored or dismissed by the Muslims as a random act of a confused individual who happens to be a Muslim or a Pakistani and that the majority of the Muslims have nothing to do with such acts of terrorism.
“Jewish Life on Campus: Where to Find It and How to Be a Part of It” educates high school juniors, seniors and their parents about Jewish opportunities in universities, while cautioning against the anti-Israel rhetoric in some schools, citing the recent events at UC Irvine. Rabbi Nicole Guzik of Sinai Temple moderates a panel with members of Hillel at UCLA, StandWithUs, the Conservative Jewish student organization KOACH and the Greek System. Wed. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Hillel at UCLA, 574 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles. (310) 481-3246. standwithus.com.
A bomb planted on a cart exploded in northern Gaza near the border fence.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday rejected as inadequate an Iranian plan to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel and called the offer a \”transparent ploy\” to try to avoid new UN Security Council sanctions over its suspect nuclear program.
It remains an enduring puzzle why, in a city of more than half a million Jews, where Jewish money supports every form of artistic expression and Hollywood overflows with Jewish talent, the city\’s sole Jewish theater struggles to survive from season to season.
Spurred by a major grant from one of the largest Jewish foundations, the rabbinical seminaries of three major synagogue movements are forging a groundbreaking partnership to train Jewish educators.\n\nThe Jim Joseph Foundation announced Monday that it was giving a combined $33 million to the Reform movement’s Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion, the Modern Orthodox Yeshiva University and the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
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