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December 23, 2016
Why Do People Still Ask if the Maccabees Were Good OR Bad? Let’s Celebrate the Questions!
Here’s to Pantone’s 2017 color of the year
Drumroll, please. And the Pantone Color Institute’s 2017 Color of the Year is … Greenery.
Eat, drink and be the perfect New Year’s party host
This year, New Year’s Eve lands — plop! — right on the last night of Chanukah. So at sundown, when Jewish families around the nation sing “I Have a Little Dreidel,” it will be just a warm-up for “Auld Lang Syne” later that night.
United Nations Security Council adopts anti-Israeli settlement agreement [UPDATED]
8 things for Jews to do at Christmastime
Enjoy an evening of comedy featuring comedian Elon Gold. Show times: 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. $35. Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 656-1336. laughfactory.com.
U.S. allows UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements to pass
After days of uncertainty, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously (14-0-1) to condemn Israeli settlement construction on Friday afternoon.
Moving and Shaking: Kirk Douglas birthday, JCC’s ‘One. Healthy. Community.’, and more
Legendary actor Kirk Douglas celebrated his 100th birthday with family, friends and a shot of vodka during a party in the Sunset Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel on Dec. 9.
Calendar: December 23-29
The Burbank Jewish Experience joins the Chabad of Burbank for an olive press workshop.
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