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August 13, 2014
Israel, Palestinians pursue Gaza deal with cease-fire clock ticking
The threat of renewed war in Gaza loomed on Wednesday as the clock ticked toward the end of a three-day cease-fire with no sign of a breakthrough in indirect talks in Cairo between Israel and the Palestinians.
L.A.’s Iranian Jews stand with Israel during war
During the war between Israel and Hamas, local Iranian Jews have taken a two-pronged approach to supporting the Jewish state: raising substantial dollars on behalf of humanitarian causes in Israel and speaking out on Farsi-language media outlets based in Southern California.
Obituaries
Philip Ball died July 18 at 80. Survived by wife Tirzah; son David (Leslie), daughter Karyn; sister Judith Levine; 2 grandchildren. Hillside
Menahem Golan, Veteran Israeli Film Producer, dies at 85
Menahem Golan, a pioneer of Israeli cinema who made a splash in Hollywood with B-movie action flicks in the 1980s, died on Aug. 8. He was 85.
Letters to the editor: Listening to teachers and understanding Israel and Hamas
I would like to comment on Rob Eshman’s recent editorial in the Jewish Journal “Peaceniks for Murder” (Aug. 8).
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