For a modern happy meal, many Israelis these days are forsaking golden arches and looking to a chain of coffee shops where mere pocket change can buy a sandwich and a hafuch (Israeli cappuccino).
During a recent Jewish Women’s Theatre (JWT) rehearsal, a young actress reads a solo scene from a show that’s about to open.
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation has removed a sign from Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park, a Los Angeles county park near Glendale, that read “Welcome to Hindenburg Park.”
PARASHAT KEDOSHIM (LEVITICUS 19:1-20:27)
When I picked up my son’s high school graduation announcement cards from Fairfax High School last week, it reminded me of other graduations, and I found myself thinking back to 1985, when I graduated from the double master’s program at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, in what was then called “Jewish communal service” (now nonprofit management), and also at USC, in public administration.
On a recent weekday morning, nearly 20 USC freshmen gathered for a seminar that looked at the contemporary Israeli and Palestinian experience through literature, poetry, film and television.
In his final appearance at the prestigious Milken Institute Global Conference as consul general of Israel in Los Angeles, David Siegel focused on the big picture — the really big picture.
Seven Muslim women, of whom six regularly wear the hijab, or Muslim headscarf, are suing Urth Caffé, alleging they were forced to leave its Laguna Beach location because of their religion.
When people gather around a table with food, in most instances conversations tend toward lighter or topical issues, like gossip or politics.
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