During weeks like this, when antisemitic violence scourges the nation once again, this time in the form of a hostage crisis, it’s a marvel how refreshing it is to hear someone speak of the Jews and our enemies with such politically incorrect truth.
As the leader of a congregation with over 400 families, Kipnes take his role as a rabbi and his obligation to make a positive impact on the world very seriously.
Marek Edelman suggested that the most appropriate way to memorialize the past is through how we live our lives in the world today.
When I discovered Judaism in my early 20’s and began the conversion process, I learned about how we have to be grateful for everything we have.
The sad truth is that antisemitism has reared its ugly head in the United States and around the world in recent decades and not only has it happened more often, but also it has become normalized, ignored, forgiven.
The Farmer’s Market, now surrounded by the razzle-dazzle Grove shopping center, has been a source of solace for me since I moved to LA in the early eighties.
“We Muslims living North America undeniably have an increasing anti-Semitism problem and seemingly we have yet to even begin to address the issue honestly, morally and accurately … but again we have to,” Antepli wrote.
Akram held the four hostages in Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville for nearly 12 hours on January 15; one hostage was released and the rest later escaped after one of the hostages, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, threw a chair at Akram.
Kupfer, 24, was working alone at the Croft House furniture store in Hancock Park on January 13 when she was stabbed to death; her body was found by a customer 20 minutes later. The suspect has been identified by police as Shawn Laval Smith.
Whether sounding the alarm over the COVID variant of the week, political infighting, social divisiveness, inflation, crime, or supply chain stoppages, what good is a COVID booster when a shot of the news can give you a heart attack?
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