Torah portion: Abraham–a magnetic leader
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
October 21, 2015
While waiting in line at a Los Angeles International Airport gift shop last week, I noticed a colorful display of magnets.
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October 21, 2015
Rabbi Solomon F. Kleinman, social justice advocate, founder of first synagogue for the deaf, 95
Ryan Torok
October 21, 2015
Rabbi Solomon F. Kleinman, who served as rabbi of Temple Ahavat Shalom (TAS) in Northridge from 1973-1986, died Oct. 9. He was 95.\n
Wracked with violence, Israel has full support from majority of L.A. Jews
Ryan Torok
October 21, 2015
Maty Baruch was wearing a hamsa necklace and pushing an overflowing shopping cart down Elat Market’s produce aisle before Shabbat on Oct. 16 when she was approached by a reporter, asking how she feels about the current terrorism in her native Israel.
Calendar: October 23-29, 2015
Amanda Epstein
October 21, 2015
This off-Broadway production tells the true story of Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor nicknamed the “Jewish James Bond.”
Merkel says Israeli settlements ‘counterproductive’
Jewish Journal
October 21, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the building of Jewish settlements was counterproductive and urged Israel and the Palestinians to calm the situation after weeks of violence.
Jews’ anger at Ben Carson’s comments needs explaining
Dennis Prager
October 21, 2015
Why all the Jewish anger over Dr. Ben Carson’s comments on guns, Jews and the Holocaust?
Terror is not evenhanded
David Suissa
October 21, 2015
There are certain things I read that upset me but also put me right to sleep. One of them is any official statement that is mind-numbingly safe and politically correct.
Photographing Ethiopian immigrants in Israel and L.A.
Avishay Artsy
October 21, 2015
In the 1980s, when photojournalist Irene Fertik learned that Ethiopian Jews were being airlifted to Israel, she wondered how they would be treated in their new country.
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