Jewish vets urge action against sexual abuse in U.S. military
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
Jewish war veterans are calling for meaningful action to be taken to combat sexual abuse in the U.S. military.
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July 2, 2013
Mural sings a farewell song for cantor
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
It is not uncommon for a synagogue to honor a cantor who leaves the congregation. Torahs and plaques adorn the halls of temples around the world paying homage to the influential people who have served them.
Charter school moving to Shomrei Torah
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
Shomrei Torah Synagogue has found a new occupant for the space on its West Hills campus that once belonged to New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS). Ivy Academia Entrepreneurial Charter School is moving its eighth- to 12th-grade students and its business operations from Chatsworth to the synagogue’s campus.
Shabbat in Iraq: Under the gun
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
Military life can be grueling — both physically and emotionally draining. For Eric Goldie, military life has made for a storied and rewarding career that has challenged him in unexpected ways. In 2010, Goldie was mobilized for deployment to Iraq, and added to his list of challenges as a soldier came the question of how to observe Shabbat in Baghdad.
Jewish school in the desert closes
Jared Sichel
July 2, 2013
The only Jewish day school (K-5) between Los Angeles and Phoenix officially closed on June 30 due to lack of funds and an anticipated drop in enrollment for the upcoming school year. The last day of school was June 13.
Plastic surgery gets lift
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
In Los Angeles, facelifts, breast augmentations, tummy tucks and nose jobs are about as common as juice bars and bad traffic on the 405.
BioWeld1: Bye to stitches, staples
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
Women giving birth by Caesarean section could be the first to benefit from a revolutionary Israeli invention for closing surgical incisions without stitches or staples. The technique also promises to leave patients less prone to infection and scarring. BioWeld1, a unique trademarked product from Israeli startup IonMed, welds surgical incisions using cold plasma.
Uncorking Anaheim’s Jewish past — the vintage years
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
Long before Tomorrowland, there was another land in Anaheim, created and inhabited by Jews, that as a child growing up there in the 1950s and ’60s I had not the slightest clue existed.
Bnei Brak resident arrested for ‘price tag’ attack on monastery
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
A Bnei Brak resident was arrested in connection with the arson and vandalism attack on a Christian monastery that drew international condemnation.
Study: Ethiopian women in Israel have fewer children
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2013
A Knesset study commissioned after accusations that Ethiopian women waiting to come to Israel were given contraceptive injections against their will shows they had far fewer children than the country’s average.
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