The White House expressed deep concern on Wednesday about the escalating violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem and urged Israelis and Palestinians to restore calm after a spate of attacks.
On Sept. 28, one of the longest academic strikes in Israel’s history finally came to an amicable close when students enrolled in Israel’s Christian school system belatedly began their school year after 27 days of protests by teachers, administrators, parents and students.
Charles Aaron died Aug. 29 at 95. Survived by daughters Michelle (Gary) Merritt, Suzanne Ehrmann; 2 grandchildren; brother Leonard. Mount Sinai
With the number of Syrian refugees climbing above 4 million, local Jewish organizations are taking note and reaching out.
Members of Sinai Temple in West Los Angeles gathered on Oct. 4 to celebrate the end of something — but it wasn’t just the last day of sukkot.
He looks almost as boyish as when he played Kevin Arnold on “The Wonder Years,” but Fred Savage is now 39, a married father of three, and three decades into a TV and movie career that has kept him steadily employed as an actor and director.
Clifford Odets’ celebrated play “Awake and Sing!” about a Jewish family in the Bronx struggling to survive during the Depression, has been revived innumerable times since its Broadway debut as a Group Theatre production in 1935.
A former State Department official and a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal has joined the crowded field of candidates seeking to replace outgoing Congressman Chris Van Hollen in 2016.
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