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February 12, 2013
Obama pledges to stand with Israel, stop Iranian bomb, in State of the Union
President Obama pledged to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb and to \”stand steadfast\” with Israel in his State of the Union speech.
Wendy Greuel: Aiming at ever-higher offices
Looking back on her three decades of work in and around Los Angeles’ public sector, it would be easy to conclude that Wendy Greuel has been preparing to run for mayor for a long time.
Fairy tales won’t bring peace: A tale of ‘Five Broken Cameras’
Five Broken Cameras (2011), a documentary currently up for a 2013 Oscar and co-directed by the film’s narrator and videographer, Palestinian Emad Burnat, and Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi, attempts to erase the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The film unfolds as a Palestinian fairy tale, narrated in a soothing, storytelling voice:
Jews and disabilities: What still must be done
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month. In thinking about Judaism and disability, most might start with the teaching in Leviticus “Do not curse the deaf nor put a stumbling block before the blind.
Israeli lawmakers press for answers on dead Australian ‘Prisoner X’
Knesset members pressed Israel\’s justice minister for answers on \”Prisoner X,\” who was identified in an Australian TV report as an Australian-born Israeli who worked for the Mossad and died in an Israeli prison.
Senate committee advances Hagel nomination
Sticking strictly to party lines, the Senate Armed Services Committee referred the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary to the full Senate for confirmation.
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