May 14, 2014

Israeli ‘Price Tag’ attacks stir alarm

Jewish Journal May 14, 2014

Houses of worship have been vandalized, businesses defaced and car tires slashed.

Birthright to bring Israeli-American kids to their homeland

Jared Sichel May 14, 2014

As the sun dipped below the horizon on the evening of May 6, nearly 100 local supporters of Birthright Israel gathered under a massive tent in the backyard of the Encino estate of philanthropists Adam and Gila Milstein.

Hopes fade for survivors after Turkish mine fire kills more than 274

Jewish Journal May 14, 2014

Hopes faded of finding more survivors in a coal mine in western Turkey on Wednesday, where 274 workers were confirmed killed and more than 90 more still feared to be trapped in what is likely to prove the nation\’s worst ever industrial disaster.

Crossing the Street

Susan Esther Barnes May 14, 2014

J Street’s real failure

David Suissa May 14, 2014

Just when J Street’s reason-for-being, a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fell into a deep coma, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations gave the “pro-peace, pro-Israel” group new life by rejecting its bid to join the umbrella group.

UCLA pro-Palestine groups gain ground with pledge signings

Jared Sichel May 14, 2014

The pro-Palestine campus movement flexed its muscles again last week as 18 of 30 candidates for positions in UCLA’s student government signed a pledge to not take trips to Israel that are sponsored by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Hasbara Fellowships.