New and improved Jewish camps for our gilded age
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
At the oldest Jewish summer camp in New England, you can hike, swim, sail — and now fly through the air with the greatest of ease.
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March 16, 2016
Sex in the Talmud uncovered in different ‘Shades’
Jonathan Kirsch
March 16, 2016
According to a pious tradition, the unmarried men in a yeshivah were asked to leave the study hall whenever the rabbi began to teach one of the passages of the Talmud that frankly address the subject of sex, an act known in talmudic usage as “the mitzvah act.”
Ultra-Orthodox leaders dial up Western Wall rhetoric
Eitan Arom
March 16, 2016
In the weeks since Israel’s government agreed to create a new, egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, ultra-Orthodox leaders and media have dialed up their opposition, threatening to derail what initially seemed a done deal.
Two hate crimes in Los Angeles spur strong Jewish response
Ryan Torok
March 16, 2016
Two hate crime incidents involving spray-painted, anti-Semitic graffiti occurred within the span of less than a week earlier this month — one at Adat Shalom and the other at Pacific Palisades Charter High School.
How to Make Hamantaschen Favors From Paper Plates
Jonathan Fong
March 16, 2016
A Purim celebration wouldn’t be complete without hamantashen, and every celebration needs party favors.
Jerry Seinfeld sells 17 cars for $22M
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
Jerry Seinfeld sold 17 collectible cars at auction for more than $22 million.
Point: What work must be done on our college campuses?
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
Over the past few days, I have done a great deal of soul-searching, and would like to share with you some of my feelings and in a public way reintroduce myself to you.\n
For Angelenos considering aliyah, there’s a fair for that
Jared Sichel
March 16, 2016
Alan Greenstadt, a 69-year-old former CEO with experience in aerospace, defense and telecommunications, has been thinking about making aliyah for three or four years now.
Counterpoint: What work must be done on our college campuses?
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2016
Jay Sanderson, president and chief executive officer of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, fears Israel’s government is “stoking the flames” with heavy-handed counterattacks against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses.
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