Shmulie Hauptman: Hatzolah leader brings first aid to Jewish community — and beyond
Ryan Torok
January 6, 2015
On a rainy weekday in December, Shmulie Hauptman wore a reflective Hatzolah of Los Angeles jacket.
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January 6, 2015
Snow forecast takes Holy Land by storm
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
With memories still fresh of the Holy Land\’s worst storm in 50 years last winter, Israelis and Palestinians stocked up on supplies for a forecast heavy snowfall on Tuesday.
Dave Bullock: Bringing cameras to Skid Row residents
Ryan Torok
January 6, 2015
Dave Bullock is a co-founder of the Skid Row Photography Club, which provides digital cameras to Los Angeles’ Skid Row residents — the club’s members — and through their pictures allows outsiders like himself a chance to see their lives in another light.
Ellen Brooks: Lending a hand at Cedars-Sinai for 38 years
Jared Sichel
January 6, 2015
When Ellen Brooks retired in 1977 at the age of 34 from her job as a production assistant on the Warner Bros. lot, she was looking forward to spending some time traveling the country with her new husband, Dr. Philip Brooks, a gynecologist approaching his 50th anniversary at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
After decades of distance, Japan and Israel establish closer ties
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
Reading his Japanese-language newspaper over breakfast, Rabbi Mendy Sudakevich spotted an ad for a self-help DVD titled “Get rich like the Jews.”
Historians on Israel
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
According to Voltaire, history “is nothing but a pack of tricks we play upon the dead.” I’m more concerned about tricks that historians play upon the living.
Israeli nationalist leader in spotlight over 1996 Lebanon attack
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
Naftali Bennett, leader of an ultra-nationalist Israeli party and a potential future defense minister, is in the spotlight over his indirect role in an army shelling attack that killed more than 100 Lebanese civilians nearly two decades ago.
Report: Qatar deports Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
Qatar reportedly has deported Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal to Turkey.
Ringleader in killings of 3 Israeli teens sentenced to 3 life terms
Jewish Journal
January 6, 2015
The leader of the terrorist cell who kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teenagers in June was sentenced to three life sentences.
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