Dr. Laura Kruper knows the surgery she’s suggesting is a slim silver lining to an otherwise devastating diagnosis. Nevertheless, she says, when the right patients come in to her office facing breast cancer, she tells them, “We have a great option for you. …”
The staff at Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) is beginning to feel the fatigue. For more than two years, they have marshaled all their resources to deal with a steep increase in demand for their services in helping people find jobs.
John A. Pérez, speaker of the California Assembly, represents downtown Los Angeles and several communities east and south of the city center. Pérez spoke to The Journal in his office, beneath a large photograph of the Breed Street Shul in Boyle Heights, the neighborhood where his mother grew up.
A lively and literate voice has joined the ongoing debate over the existence of God, a timeless conversation that has been conducted in public in recent years by intellectuals ranging from Christopher Hitchens to Rabbi David Wolpe. “Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic’s Quest” by Michael Krasny (New World Library: $22.95) is remarkable for its clarity and candor in describing the author’s journey as a “self-identifying Jew” from the unquestioning religious belief of childhood to the challenging stance of an agnostic.
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