Olmert indicted in Holyland scandal
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted on bribery charges in one of Israel\’s largest corruption scandals.
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January 5, 2012
At town hall in 30th congressional district, two insiders and two outsiders trade barbs
Jonah Lowenfeld
January 5, 2012
The Mensch List 2011
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
As we assembled our sixth annual mensch list we were left to wonder, once more, how to choose from, among others, an 18-year-old volunteer cadet for the LAFD, a pediatric resident who promotes breastfeeding and a woman so generous toward the homeless that she offered a young man shelter in her own home. We are inspired by all these stories.
Remember Us project means they’ll never be forgotten
Danielle Berrin
January 5, 2012
There was a moment while preparing for her bat mitzvah when Rebecca Hutman feared the occasion would not live up to its importance. She wasn’t settled at a shul, and the experience was feeling kind of rote.
She’s found a world of volunteerism
Ryan Torok
January 5, 2012
Izzie Levinson, 16, grew up in a family that is devoted to community service: Her father, David Levinson, is the founder of Big Sunday, an extensive regional volunteer program that grew out of a Mitzvah Day project.
Listener, advocate for the dying
Anita K. Kantrowitz
January 5, 2012
Getting old, as Bette Davis famously said, is not for sissies. And developing a terminal illness, as Davis later learned, is no picnic either. Yet while most of us fear sickness, aging and the end of life, hospice volunteer Michael Curtis finds solace and purpose — pleasure, even — in being with the elderly as they face death.
A spit of death
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
I am sickened to hear the recent reports from Israel concerning eight-year-old Naama Margolese who is afraid to go to school because “orthodox” extremists spat on her and called her a whore for dressing \”immodestly.\”
Mitt Romney embraces the neocons
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
The top three vote-getters in the Iowa caucuses — Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) — responded to success in very different ways. Santorum, best known for his antediluvian views on gay rights and choice, emphasized the economy and job creation.
Israeli, Palestinian peace negotiators to meet on Monday, U.S. says
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators will hold their second round of face-to-face talks within a week on Monday in Amman, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Israeli military bans a dozen settlers from the West Bank
Jewish Journal
January 5, 2012
The Israel Defense Forces has issued orders banning 12 settlers from the West Bank.
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