Kassams strike southern Israel
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
At least four Kassam rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel.
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February 1, 2012
Turkey’s jails filling up with journalists
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
Aziz Tekin, a correspondent for the Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, had the misfortune of becoming a news item himself over the weekend when he became the 105th journalist in Turkey to be put behind bars.
Letters to the Editor: Kosher lettuce, Christianity, children’s art and Eric Roth
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
Reading Jonah Lowenfeld’s “Can We Afford Kosher Lettuce?” (Jan. 27) was a déjà vu moment for my wife and me. We, too, bought the special worry-free, super-kosher romaine lettuce with the rabbinical seal of approval for our Pesach seder — and immediately came face to face with an enormous slug.
Taliban ‘poised to retake Afghanistan’ after NATO pullout
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
A secret U.S. military report says that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control over Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
A Biblical garden story
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz and his wife, Karen, are stumped. They’re trying to explain just how many varieties of lettuce they’ve been able to grow since an urban farming company called Farmscape installed an organic garden in their yard last year. It’s a Wednesday, and rather than roving the aisles at Ralphs or Trader Joe’s, they’re standing in their driveway, pulling a veritable cornucopia of vegetables from a narrow strip of land that once was grass.
LimmudLA, Jewlicious: Two gatherings, one goal
Ryan Torok
February 1, 2012
Over Presidents Day weekend last year, nearly 500 Jews of all affiliations holed up at the Hilton hotel in Costa Mesa to attend virtually round-the-clock lectures, workshops, musical performances and more. Volunteers serving as speakers covered the growth of European Jewry, alternative Jewish travel in the West Bank and whether morality can be achieved without God, among other topics. They were all participants of LimmudLA, the annual Jewish conference for study and community.
Komen foundation cuts funding to Planned Parenthood
Jewish Journal
February 1, 2012
The Susan B. Komen for the Cure foundation cut funding for Planned Parenthood breast cancer testing.
Beyond labels, raising autistic son yields treasure
Ryan E. Smith
February 1, 2012
Jews and people with autism have a lot in common, if you ask Ezra Fields-Meyer. As an autistic young man, he knows he has a good memory and likes to repeat things. As a Jew, he’s noticed similar qualities, which he pointed out during his bar mitzvah speech a few years ago.
February is Inclusion Awareness Month
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
February 1, 2012
Jay Sanderson visited Vista Del Mar’s Ness Gadol Shabbat services last week, and it was a personal as well as communal inspiration for him to see kids and young adults with autism and other disabilities lead prayers for the wider community.
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