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December 7, 2011

Clergy object to LAPD’s methods of clearing Occupy L.A.

Jonah Lowenfeld December 7, 2011

The members of an interfaith group of clergy who ministered to Occupy Los Angeles protesters throughout the two-month occupation of the lawn around Los Angeles City Hall are objecting to what they call a distressing “level of violence and brutality” used by the 1,400 Los Angeles Police Department officers who cleared the encampment from City Hall Park in the early morning hours of Nov. 30.

Interfaith music, with soul

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

The Baptist pastor and the Orthodox rabbi’s daughter walk onstage. This isn’t the beginning of a groan-inducing joke told over a couple of beers — it’s what celebrated Jewish singer/songwriter Neshama Carlebach does every time she performs with the Rev. Roger Hambrick and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir. And while the relationship might seem somewhat unusual, for Carlebach, it’s produced the sort of excitement and joy she yearns for in her artistic life.

UCLA Orthodox program raises funds, but need continues

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

More than 100 students, alumni and parents raised $23,000 for UCLA’s JLIC (Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) during a Nov. 18 fundraiser, contributing roughly a quarter of the $100,000 that the program now needs to raise annually to ensure its continuing presence on the Westwood campus.

A student-designed billboard

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

Most billboards along La Cienega Boulevard might hawk Dolce & Gabbana and Louis Vuitton, with lots of skin and pouty looks, but a new one that just went up across the street from Pressman Academy presents quite a different image.

Temple Sinai going green with rooftop solar panels

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

Temple Sinai of Glendale is about to begin installing a solar energy system in an effort to go green. The 30-kilowatt rooftop solar panels will be unveiled at an induction ceremony at Temple Sinai on Dec. 11 at 10 a.m.

Letters to the Editor: Reform Judaism, job searches, high-speed rail

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

In a recent broadside, David Mamet accuses Reform Judaism of surrendering “Hebrew, the Talmud, kashrut, ritual, the Eastern European Jews and currently [toying] with condemnation of its co-religionaries in Israel” (“Conflict, Choice and Surrender,” Nov. 18). Unfortunately, he ignores the facts.

My Single Peeps: Jason L.

Jewish Journal December 7, 2011

Jason lives in the same building as I do and shares an apartment with two friends from high school. During our interview him for this profile, one of the roommates, Rebecca, wanders around the house, eavesdropping.

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