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January 6, 2016
The moral and intellectual state of the Jewish left
There is at least one thing about which my critics and I can agree: The very many responses — published in the Jewish Journal and elsewhere (The Forward, Huffington Post and various blogs) — to my Dec. 4 column titled “The Torah and the Transgendered” are an excellent measure of the moral and intellectual state of the American-Jewish left.
Solomon Wolf Golomb, USC professor, to receive top science-engineering honor
For recreation, Albert Einstein played the violin, while Solomon Wolf Golomb, an esteemed professor of engineering at USC, finds his relaxation in inventing mathematical games, such as “cheskers,” a hybrid of chess and checkers.
Rental properties in U.S., landlords in Israel
Three years ago, Dana Lebel, a marketer of health supplements, bought her first apartment in Rishon Lezion, a city just south of Tel Aviv.
After nuclear test, U.N. readying new measures against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council said on Wednesday it would begin working immediately on significant new measures in response to North Korea\’s fourth nuclear test, a threat diplomats said could mean an expansion of U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang.
Hyla Frank’s pet project
It all started early last year when Hyla Frank’s best friend was moving from Los Angeles to New York and Frank made a goodbye gift: a pair of pillows, featuring sewn depictions of her friend’s two dogs, which she couldn’t take with her.
‘Unless I’m told otherwise, I will be Jewish’: Peter Jacobson on his TV career
During his 25-year career in Hollywood, actor Peter Jacobson has played doctors (“House M.D.”), lawyers (“Ray Donovan,” “Law & Order”) and studio chiefs (“Entourage,” “The Starter Wife”).
Raising kids with spirituality
Rabbi Paul Kipnes and his wife of 25 years, Michelle November, know a thing or two about kids.