Paul Simon says he’s may be nearing end of career, considering retirement
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
Paul Simon is still touring at the age of 74, but he might soon hang up his guitar for good.\n\n
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June 29, 2016
Words that presidents won’t say
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
The controversy over President Barack Obama’s refusal to use the words “Islamic terrorism” is not unprecedented.
A generosity gap? Not on our watch
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
For anyone concerned about the future of Los Angeles and the role of charitable giving in creating a healthy community here for us all, a recent study by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs is cause for serious concern.
Jews part of interfaith effort helping needy Moroccans at Ramadan
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
Chabad of Morocco joined a Christian-Jewish fellowship and a local Muslim group in an interfaith effort to provide food at Ramadan for thousands of needy Muslim families in the country.
United Auto Workers rejects NYU graduate student union vote backing Israel boycott
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
The United Auto Workers union struck down a vote by the graduate student union at New York University to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
California’s bill to combat BDS passes state senate judiciary committee
Ryan Torok
June 29, 2016
California State Assembly Bill (AB) 2844 had a long and winding path to its passage by the California State Senate judiciary committee June 28.
Smashed car window covers 6-year-old in glass, may be hate crime
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
A teenage boy hurled a rock into the car of an Orthodox Jewish woman in Brooklyn, shattering the back window and covering her 6-year-old child in glass.
ISIS fighters more vulnerable than its ideology
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
Turkish officials have confirmed 41 deaths, including 13 foreigners, and 239 wounded, in an attack by three suicide bombers at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport Tuesday night.
Orthodox groups file petition to stop egalitarian section at Western Wall
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2016
A group of Orthodox Jewish organizations is hoping Israel’s High Court of Justice will stop a non-Orthodox prayer section from being added to the Western Wall.
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