The White House dinner on Sept. 1, prior to the official launch of renewed Palestinian-Israeli talks, will be key to outlining the contours of the negotiations.
The announcement of a new round of U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, set to begin Sept. 2, has been accompanied by an intense debate on whether these direct talks will achieve serious and meaningful results. While optimists hope for success, there are many complexities: borders, settlements, recognition and “identity issues” such as Jerusalem, historical narratives and refugee claims.
When the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust officially opens in its new home in Pan Pacific Park on Oct. 14, it won’t just be moving to a bigger, more prominent and more easily accessible building. It will be moving into the 21st century.
Jewish “bad boys,” an alleged cover-up by our government and the outing of an American female spy are among the themes highlighted in this autumn’s releases, which include a number of provocative documentaries as well as some dramatic films based on highly charged, real-life events.
A pro-Israel group has launched an online campaign to buy Israeli goods.
A leading American Jewish umbrella group has started a national campaign in support of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The film “100 Voices: A Journey Home” chronicles the journey last year of a group of American cantors to Poland, for many the land of their forefathers, to sing in Europe’s largest concert hall in Warsaw, join a Jewish festival in Krakow and pray at Auschwitz.
On the evening of Aug. 26, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies found three men identified as Iranian Jews shot to death inside an apartment located in the 600 block of North Kings Road in West Hollywood.
Last week, the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles (JCF) awarded more than $1 million to five new and innovative programs aimed at improving Jewish life in the Los Angeles area.
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