Sam Worthington on Playing a Holocaust Survivor and Mossad Agent in “The Debt” [VIDEO]
Naomi Pfefferman
August 31, 2011
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August 31, 2011
Letters to the Editor: Israel’s renewal, Arab Spring, Boyle Heights, Glenn Beck
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2011
David Suissa’s “Salon Nation: Israel’s Struggle For Renewal” (Aug. 26) was excellent in describing what common-sense actions should be taken. Unfortunately, too many changes are required before Israel could be considered a “light unto the nations.” In my opinion, the best chance for peace would have been Israel’s unilateral establishment of a Palestinian state after the victorious Yom Kippur War and the signing of the Egyptian peace treaty.
Let’s take our story on the road
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2011
When I first heard that famed architect Daniel Libeskind is being commissioned to design the National Museum of the Jewish People in Washington, D.C., my first thought was, “Is this really necessary?”
Don’t confuse Assad and Gadhafi
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2011
Think kiwis and kumquats. While it is true that they are both fruits, the similarities between them end right about there. So, too, the similarities between Libya and Syria.
Back to School: Parashat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
Rabbi Elazar Muskin
August 31, 2011
With a new school year upon us, I found the following story, “What Teachers Make,” revealing.
In praise of falsehood
Gina Nahai
August 31, 2011
What is it with people telling the truth all the time? I don’t mean under oath, or even in response to a question that has been posed to them…
To my child on the way to college
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2011
This is the beginning of your life’s great adventure. At your bar/bat mitzvah, we spoke about you becoming an adult.
‘We-come-to-you’ Judaism
David Suissa
August 31, 2011
The American Jewish community spends a fortune every year trying to keep Jews connected to their Judaism.
Face to face
Rob Eshman
August 31, 2011
I asked Aatekah Ahhmad Mir, a journalist from Lahore, Pakistan, and Emal Naweed Haidary, a journalist from Kabul, Afghanistan, what sights they wanted to see while in Los Angeles.
What makes a skateboard kosher? [VIDEO]
Jonah Lowenfeld
August 31, 2011
In high school, Avi Greenberg sometimes spent eight hours a day skateboarding. He kept a board in his school locker, and he wore through them quickly, sometimes as many as five in a month.
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