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January 19, 2011

Israel should stop hiding at the U.N.

David Suissa January 19, 2011

Why is Israel hiding while its Palestinian “peace partners” are accusing the Jewish state of engaging in an illegal enterprise? In case you missed it, the Palestinian Authority is planning to introduce a resolution to the United Nations Security Council this week declaring all Jewish settlements “illegal.” It’s not enough that most of the world already believes this; the Palestinians are feeling so confident these days, they’ve decided to push their luck and intensify their campaign to malign Israel. Israel, no doubt expecting that the United States will veto the measure, has responded by burying its head in the sand. This is a big mistake.

Opportunity knocks

Rob Eshman January 19, 2011

Is it possible that when you clink glasses and say, “Happy New Year,” someone is actually listening? That’s what it felt like this week, with two enormous pieces of good news to start the year off. First there was outgoing Mossad director Meir Dagan’s assessment that Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons is not as close as was once thought, is perhaps even as far away as 2015. For the past decade, Israelis have been warning that Nuclear Mullahs are just around the corner. Even when they moved the End Times back, it was never more than a year or two. After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bristled at Dagan’s optimistic assessment, the spy chief reeled it in a year, but the fact remains: This is very good news.

Calendar picks and clicks: Jan. 19–Jan. 28, 2011

Ryan Torok January 19, 2011

SAT | JAN 22 (THEATER) “Stories From the Fringe: Women Rabbis, Revealed!” a new play written by Rabbi Lynne A. Kern and Ronda Spinak and directed by Eve Brandstein, examines the stories of 18 L.A. rabbis, including Sharon Brous, Rebecca Dubowe, Denise Eger, Zoë Klein, Naomi Levy, Laura Geller and Miriyam Glazer. Laraine Newman, Caroline Aaron and Richard Kind star in tonight’s VIP Night reading. Q-and-A follows Sunday night’s performance. Sat. 7 p.m. $85. Sun. 7 p.m. $65. Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles. jewishwomenstheatre.org.

Letters to the Editor: Debbie Friedman, The King’s Speech, Immigration

Jewish Journal January 19, 2011

Jewish Life Exists in San Gabriel, Pomona Valleys. I was pleased to read the Jan. 7 article “University of La Verne Hires New Jewish President.” The University of La Verne is a wonderful asset for the greater Los Angeles area, and now, with Devorah A. Lieberman as the incoming president, there is a special connection to the local Jewish community. However, the story failed to acknowledge that there are Jews living in the area and community where the University of La Verne is located. The Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys provides programs and services that meet the needs of the Jews living in our community — an area from Glendale in the west to Rancho Cucamonga in the east and south to Whittier; an area that has an estimated Jewish population of 40,000 to 80,000.

Answering the call to greatness

Jewish Journal January 19, 2011

On the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, 35 volunteers and 15 Teach For America teachers joined our team in Washington, D.C., to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King through a day of service. Together they created thousands of study materials for hundreds of students in struggling schools across the District of Columbia. The volunteers came together as a diverse group, from big cities and small towns, a range of professions and varying degrees of Jewish connection. But for those five hours on Jan. 17 they were a community united in answering Dr. King’s call to greatness. In fitting testament, each wore a shirt proclaiming that \”Everybody can be GREAT because everybody can SERVE.\”

Singer Macy Gray turns to fans on Tel Aviv concert

Jewish Journal January 19, 2011

R&B and soul-singer Macy Gray has asked her fans in a message on her Facebook status whether she should cancel scheduled concerts in Tel Aviv \”in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians.\” \”I\’m booked for 2 shows in TelAviv. I\’m getting alot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians. What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians is disgusting, but I wana go. I gotta lotta fans there I dont want to cancel on and I dont know how my NOT going changes anything. What do you think? Stay or go?\” read the status posted Monday night.

Work resumes at Shepherd Hotel site

Jewish Journal January 19, 2011

Work on the construction of a Jewish housing project at the site of the Shepherd Hotel in eastern Jerusalem resumed following the dismissal of a halt work injunction. An Interior Ministry appeals committee said Wednesday that work could continue on the site after rejecting a complaint filed Sunday with the Jerusalem municipal building committee by The Muslim Committee, a new nongovernmental organization that describes itself as seeking to preserve Muslim sites in Israel. Work was ordered stopped after the complaint was filed, pending Wednesday\’s hearing.

Christian charity in Haiti is the Jewish thing to do

Rabbi David Wolpe January 19, 2011

Dona is a 14-year-old boy in Port-au-Prince. When his mother was pregnant with him, she hid in fear from his father. In time, he found her and insisted she have an abortion. She refused. They fought, and she ran.

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