#myLAcommute I sketch people on the train
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
#myLAcommute asks locals where they\’re coming from, where they\’re going and why.
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January 11, 2016
Aid convoy reaches starving Syrian town of Madaya
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are reported to have died of starvation.
Israeli American Council plans Los Angeles facility
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
The Israeli American Council plans to create a major hub for Israeli-Americans and American Jews in Los Angeles.
Anger soars with demolition of popular East Jerusalem eatery
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
Last Friday evening, those Jerusalem families looking for a tasty, low-key night out found, instead of the homey and simply named Seafood Restaurant of Beit Safafa, a south Jerusalem neighborhood straddling the Green Line [the demarcation line between pre- and post-1967 war], found, instead of the eatery, a pile of rubble.
Book on 8-year-old Warsaw Ghetto boy wins Jewish literature medal
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
A critically acclaimed novel told in the voice of an 8-year-old boy in the Warsaw Ghetto is the winner of the 2016 Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature.
Conservative Judaism — many options, unlimited possibilities
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
When I was a law student, I took a course by a renowned professor who warned that if a prosecutor ever told us that our client only had two choices, we should walk away from the bargaining table. His point: There are always more options.
No comparison between Israeli NGO bill and US law
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is trying to sell the argument that her pending “NGO transparency” bill is no different than a U.S. law called the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA
Jewish-Israeli citizen arrested after saying he helps find Palestinians who sell land to Jews
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
A left-wing Jewish-Israeli activist who was recorded saying he helps Palestinian authorities find and kill Palestinians who sell land to Jews was arrested.
Seven candidates qualify for Thursday’s main presidential debate
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2016
Seven Republican presidential candidates will participate in Fox Business Network\’s prime-time debate on Thursday, but Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and former business executive Carly Fiorina did not qualify for the main event, the network said on Monday.
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