On a recent sunny midmorning in the Westlake district, an area west of downtown Los Angeles that has been home to Jews since the turn of the 20th century, the student body and staff of Harris Newmark High School — a continuation school — gathered for a celebration.
Last November, a group of ambitious Israeli-Americans captured the inside-the-Beltway limelight for a weekend with a large, flashy conference at the Washington Hilton.
“I love Israel even at moments I cannot stand it.”
Prayer shawls, or tallitot, have long been an important part of Jewish ritual tradition.
The week before Passover, Colel Chabad, the charitable arm of the Chabad movement, brought more than 100 Israeli bar mitzvah boys from all over Israel to the Western Wall.
Get in line to see the power of stage design. Boris Aronson is a celebrated master of scenic design and winner of six Tony Awards in the category.
Most mornings, I can be found walking the streets of my neighborhood, shoes laced up, with a baseball cap firmly in place.
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he continues to believe a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians was \”absolutely vital\” for achieving Middle East peace.
How does a passionate, religious Zionist who is also committed to Israel-Palestinian reconciliation and dialogue deal with nakba, the Arabic term for the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the founding of Israel?
The first full day of jury deliberations in the Boston Marathon bombing trial ended on Thursday without a decision on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the deadly 2013 attack.
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