Jews devoted to hurting Jews
Dennis Prager
December 10, 2014
We Jews produce many wonderful people. We also produce a uniquely large number of people who devote their lives to hurting their own people.
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December 10, 2014
Torah portion: Father and son
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
December 10, 2014
Parashat Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)
CIA used Israel to justify torture
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
The newly-released report by the US Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA’s use of torture says that CIA lawyers used Israel as a justification for building a legal case for torture of Al-Qa’ida suspects after the 9/11 attacks.
Chanukah: The Twitter holiday?
David Suissa
December 10, 2014
Chanukah is both the most powerful and most precarious of Jewish holidays.
Tikkun Olam isn’t in the Torah: it’s liberal orthodoxy, not Jewish Orthodoxy
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
To thunderous applause, President Barack Obama described himself in a March 2013 Jerusalem speech as “a man who’s been inspired in my own life by that timeless calling within the Jewish experience – tikkun olam… the work of repairing this world.”
Calendar December 13-19
Laura Donney
December 10, 2014
Maybe the best way to achieve peace is to laugh our way there. Comedy troupe Sultans of Satire bring the funny to benefit the Levantine Cultural Center, the only Middle Eastern and North African cultural center in the Southland.
Letters to the editor: Israel’s nation-state bill, BDS, Chabad, strawberry sufganiyot and more
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
Until now, I had not paid much attention to the proposed nation-state identity bill, figuring that it stated the obvious but was being done for emphasis (“Red Lines,” Dec. 5).
Sony CEO ordered ‘The Interview’ toned down, Rogen objected
Jewish Journal
December 10, 2014
Sony Corp. Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai ordered the film \”The Interview\” to be toned down after Pyongyang denounced it for depicting the assassination of North Korea\’s leader, according to emails apparently stolen from Sony\’s Hollywood studio.
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