My trip to Romania: the Holocaust, Antonescu, and upwardly mobile Mormons
Mark Paredes
December 19, 2012
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December 19, 2012
Women praying to be heard at the Western Wall
Rabbi Laura Geller
December 19, 2012
We approached the entrance to the Kotel Plaza a little before 7 a.m. on Rosh Hodesh Tevet. In my bag was my tallit, the beautiful purple-and-blue one that was hand woven as a gift from the students and faculty at USC more than 20 years ago, when I completed my time there as the Hillel rabbi.
Netanyahu: Israel will build in Jerusalem despite criticism
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his government would press ahead with expanding Jewish settlements around Jerusalem despite Western criticism of its plan to build 6,000 more homes in territory Palestinians seek for a state.
The Hagel dialectic: Defenders and detractors tussle over Israel record
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2012
The expected nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary has sparked an outcry from segments of the pro-Israel community.
Richard Falk removed from Human Rights Watch committee
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2012
Human Rights Watch has removed Richard Falk, United Nations special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, from one of its local committees.
Alleged Tel Aviv bus bomber charged
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2012
An 18-year-old Palestinian man was indicted for allegedly leaving a bomb on a Tel Aviv bus that left more than 20 Israelis wounded when it detonated.
Fiscal cliff threatens all Californians
Jonah Lowenfeld
December 19, 2012
Who should worry about the looming package of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that will hit this nation if Congress cannot come to a deal to avoid what has come to be known as the “fiscal cliff?”
An age of broken glances: On ‘Why Love Hurts’
Rabbi David Wolpe
December 19, 2012
Each time I officiate at a marriage, I perpetrate a small fraud. I read the ketubah, the marriage contract, in its original Aramaic and then I read the “translation.\”
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