Innovation has become one of those buzzwords applied to ventures ranging from an educational technique to an iPhone app, from an environmental startup to an unusual approach to arts and culture.
Israeli officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have brushed off remarks by U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to a Jewish audience that some commentators called offensive.
On the night of Dec. 6, the group known as NuRoots is kicking off the Chanukah party to end all Chanukah parties: 35-plus events taking place over eight days all over the Los Angeles region, from Venice to downtown to Woodland Hills.
“Shah! Don’t be too Jewish” is how Charles Silberman described the dominant attitude of American Jews in his 1985 classic, “A Certain People.”
Recent coverage about sexual misconduct among rabbis, specifically the Eric Siroka case, questions how well the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) balanced its responsibility toward unsuspecting communities with its loyalty to the accused rabbi.
Nicholas Thalasinos, the Messianic Jew killed in the shooting spree in San Bernardino, reportedly sparred with his alleged killer over Islam and Israel weeks before his death.
I first encountered the Christmas tradition of “Elf on the Shelf” — based on the 2005 children’s book of the same name — in the home of a dear friend six years ago.
Jewish World Watch (JWW) awarded its 2015 Global Soul Award to the Katzburg Gabriel family on Nov. 18 during its annual gala event, held at UCLA Royce Hall.
Israel has quietly tested ways of defeating an advanced air-defense system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East and that could limit Israel\’s ability to strike in Syria or Iran, military and diplomatic sources said.\n
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