Among their normal responsibilities on college campuses across America, Chabad emissaries organize events, teach Torah and engage students one-on-one in learning sessions.
Yasha Michelson, co-founder of Paper or Plastik Cafe in Mid-City, is not a typical café owner. And his café is not typical either.
In my son’s special education high school class, the teacher spent a lot of time preparing the teenage students who have a variety of special needs, from autism to intellectual disabilities, on how to be as independent as possible, a major goal of the program.
Donald Trump upset the apple cart, pulling off a victory in the Electoral College by sweeping the Rust Belt states.
On Nov. 9, about 12 hours after Donald Trump had won enough electoral votes to become the president-elect, the mood at a West Hollywood Starbucks was somber.
Jacqueline Beth Banchik died Dec. 28 at 73. Survived by husband Howard; daughter Anissa (Tim) Siegel; son Randy (Jannell); 6 grandchildren; sister Robyn (Michael) Altman. Mount Sinai
Michael Lewis Goldberg, associate professor in the University of Washington-Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, died Dec. 26 in Los Angeles.
Parashat Vayechi is an opportunity to meditate on the proximity of life and death.
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2334 against the settlements is a “black swan.”
The history of European Jewry has been well organized and cataloged, but until now there has been no large-scale effort to gather documents and other materials pertaining to Sephardic Jewry around the Mediterranean, according to Sarah Abrevaya Stein, UCLA history professor and holder of the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic studies.
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