Torah portion: Even Nixon
Rabbi Dov Fischer
August 6, 2014
Parashat Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11)
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August 6, 2014
Jason Alexander brings Neil Simon’s ‘Broadway Bound’ to L.A.
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
It has been nearly 30 years since actor/director Jason Alexander, perhaps best known for his role as George Costanza on the TV series “Seinfeld,” appeared in the original New York production of Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound,” the third play in a trilogy that included “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “Biloxi Blues.”
Gaza cease-fire holding on second day, talks under way
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
A Gaza cease-fire was holding on Wednesday as Egyptian mediators pursued talks with Israeli and Palestinian representatives on an enduring end to a war that has devastated the Islamist Hamas-dominated enclave.
Rabbi Juan Mejia: From Catholicism to Judaism
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
Recently, Temple Ner Tamid in Downey hosted Juan Mejia, a rabbi who has been profiled in the New York Daily News and Israel’s Haaretz; the Jewish Daily Forward called him one of “America’s most inspirational rabbis.”
Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem: Moral idiots
Dennis Prager
August 6, 2014
About 10 days ago, Penelope Cruz and her husband, Javier Bardem, signed a public letter in Spain along with prominent Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and other Spanish directors and actors accusing Israel of “genocide” and “extermination.”
Savoring life in Tel Aviv under the rockets
Jewish Journal
August 6, 2014
I walk six blocks each morning through the Florentine neighborhood of Tel Aviv to the bus stop for the 51.
What’s the difference between cave men, Saddam Hussein and Hamas?
Steve Greenberg
August 6, 2014
What\’s the difference between cave men, Saddam Hussein, Moammar Gadhafi and Hamas?
In race for Congress, how different are candidates Elan Carr and Ted Lieu?
Jared Sichel
August 6, 2014
Democratic State Sen. Ted Lieu and Republican District Attorney Elan Carr may be competing to fill longtime Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman’s seat in November, but in an era in which the two parties rarely work together, the similarities between these two candidates are one of this race’s greatest distinctions.
Moving and Shaking: University Synagogue hires new cantor, Rabbi Michy Rav-Noy’s half marathon
Ryan Torok
August 6, 2014
University Synagogue recently hired Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro as its new cantor.
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