L.A.’s newest rookie transplant: Elaine Soloway
Jewish Journal
January 29, 2015
Next time you move cross-country to Los Angeles, do it the Elaine Soloway way.
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January 29, 2015
Rahat’s week from Hell
Simone Wilson
January 29, 2015
Mayor Talal Al Krenawi was tired. He’d been in and out of media interviews, meetings, mourning circles and angry phone calls for days.
Bibi must stop an Iran bomb even if it offends Obama
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
January 29, 2015
There is nothing wrong with an Israeli prime minister doing his utmost to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, even if it offends the sensibilities of the American president.
Moving and shaking: Bet Tzedek, Beit T’Shuvah and Forbes
Ryan Torok
January 29, 2015
Halfway through Bet Tzedek’s annual dinner gala at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel on Jan. 22, Jessie Kornberg, the brand-new president and CEO of the nonprofit legal-aid organization, stepped onto the stage.
Funding for survivor services sees a big jump in 2015
Ryan Torok
January 29, 2015
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany — also known as the Claims Conference — is providing a $10.1 million increase in funding this year to California-based Holocaust survivors, according to a Claims Conference’s December press release.
A day in the life of the (model) Knesset
Tess Cutler
January 29, 2015
American Jewish University’s (AJU) dining hall was abuzz with chatter on Jan. 18, when about 100 local high school students debated Israel’s proposed, controversial nation-state bill as part of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’ Model Knesset Day.
Rabbi Ariel Rav-Noy, shliach at Chabad Persian Youth Center, dies suddenly at 36
Jared Sichel
January 29, 2015
Rabbi Ariel Rav-Noy, shliach at Chabad Persian Youth Center, dies suddenly at 36 .
Me and La Migra
Jewish Journal
January 29, 2015
I am carrying through here on my prior post about the Wong family by making visits on Xmas and New Year’s to their rented beach front manse (for one third of San Diego rents) in Rosarita Beach.
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