Of all Julie Weiss’ memories of her father, his larger-than-life personality stands out most: Maurice Weiss was a drummer — a regular on the radio by age 5 — a bandleader, a stock broker, and a tennis and racquetball player who took up acting at the ripe age of 70.
Camp Judah West, which has run travel and sports camps in West Los Angeles for the past four years, has procured a rental location near San Diego and is organizing a five-week summer camp session based on the ideals of Jewish camping, Zionism and Torah.
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is bringing his passion for Jewish-Muslim relations to the West Coast.
The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was tested near the city of Modi\’in, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Six wounded Syrian rebels who were treated in an Israeli hospital after being wounded in their country\’s civil war were repatriated.
French police arrested two men on suspicion that they helped Mohammed Merah in two killing sprees in the Toulouse area last year, including at a Jewish school.
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