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October 17, 2016
Regenerative medicine’s cutting edge
An Oct. 20 gala for the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute promises to be full of big names: Hosted by Jay Leno, it will honor philanthropic leaders Adele and Beny Alagem and actor Sylvester Stallone.
How to Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub
It’s that time of year when everything in the supermarket and coffeehouse is pumpkin spice.
Online streaming of Dylan music jumps 500 percent
Online streaming of Bob Dylan’s music has increased by more than 500 percent since announcement of his 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Bob Dylan and Philip Roth bring it all back home
As a fan who runs the “Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Jews” website, I should be ecstatic at the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to the writer whose words have been the soundtrack to my life since I first sang them at a Jewish summer camp some 40-odd years ago.
Teenage daughter of Jerusalem light rail attacker released from detention
The teenage daughter of the eastern Jerusalem gunman who killed two Israelis in a shooting spree in an attack on a light rail stop was released by Israeli security forces.
Donald Trump’s ‘international bankers’ speech leaves some uneasy
Donald Trump’s star, blunted into a circle, may just have re-sprouted six corners.
30,000 young adult Jews visited Israel over the summer with Birthright
Some 30,000 young Jews from 59 countries visited Israel over the summer with Birthright Israel, which offers free 10-day trips to Israel for young Jews between ages 18 and 26.
Taking a pacific tack on Tashlich
On the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, 20 people emerged from the palm tree-framed Malibu Surf Shack along Pacific Coast Highway, lugging long-handled paddles and paddleboards toward the beach.
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